MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Legends Business Group announced today that development has now been started on two of five variations of alternative energy products that Legends Power had been working on with its own research in conjunction with a Florida-based engineering firm.

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Many have lauded various nations for subsidizing alternative energy production as part of a concerted world-wide effort to wean humans of destructive carbon-based energy. But they forget that governments, especially when pressed by finances or fear, can change their minds rapidly.

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Rep. Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, and Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, are teaming up on a bill designed to create hubs of economic development based on alternative energy-related manufacturing.

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Senegal’s Renewable Energy Ministry signed an accord with Cuxhaven, Germany-based Plambeck Neue Energien AG that may lead to the construction of solar and other alternative energy plants, according to an e-mailed statement from the ministry.

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Clean-tech and alternative-energy firms added 5,000 jobs, a survey by Next 10 found. About 174,000 Californians were working in eco-friendly fields by early 2009, with nearly a quarter of the jobs based in L.A. Jobs at clean-tech or alternative-energy companies have flourished in California, with nearly a quarter of them based in Los Angeles, a new study has found.

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