The debt crisis in the West means that it is very hard for Western green energy companies to find financing for their technologies, then to market them as finished products.

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Since the plans means building on green belt land, it will be referred to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.

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It means three Liberal Democrats, two Tories and one Green make up the cabinet which is likely to change again after the May local elections.

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It means the council's decision not to register the northern half of the land as a town green has been overturned.

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"It's a green project and we are encouraging other entities and industries to look at ways and means of bringing down the levels of pollution, " says Lusaka-born Chikamba, 43.

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It means police have the power to confiscate alcohol from people on streets in the Hodge Hill, Yardley, Hall Green, Longbridge, Weoley Castle areas, as well as parts of Aston and Handsworth Wood.

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