OnePlanetCapital launches new fund to invest in businesses tackling climate change
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11/01/2021 - 10:09am
OnePlanetCapital, a new sustainably driven investment house, has launched a specialist sustainability EIS Fund to invest in businesses tackling climate change.
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Date: 27 May 2021
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Construction workers make headway on the Hurley water project along U.S. 180 early in 2020. The project was beset by difficulties this year, mainly involving the two new wells drilled west of town to produce water for the municipality, which has always depended on water provided by the Chino Mines Company.
The town of Hurley still has plans for moving forward in the new year on a yearslong water supply project that hit several snags in early 2020, as well as the consolidation of its police department with Bayard’s. The Hurley project included drilling wells to provide water for its residents independent of mining company Freeport-McMoRan, which has been selling the town water since it became an incorporated municipality in 1956. Hurley was originally constructed as a company town for the smelter of the Chino Mines Company, now owned by Freeport-McMoRan. The mine has continued to extend its agreement to sell water to the town since Hurley embarked on its
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The Hurley Town Council unanimously approved a resolution to accept a loan and grant from the New Mexico Colonias Infrastructure Board and New Mexico Finance Authority to execute a project on A Street.
The grant portion of the funding will provide the town with $515,700, along with a $57,300 loan, to add drainage and sidewalks on the north side of A Street.
During their meeting, the council also approved $2,800 to install new air pumps on the Hurley Volunteer Fire Department truck. Town Clerk Lori Ortiz said that while in conversation with Fire Chief Robert Terrazas, he mentioned that their response time has dropped because they have to wait for air to pump into the truck’s brake system.