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In what is the largest settlement to date over the gasoline additive MTBE, Chevron Corp. and dozens of other oil companies agreed to pay $423 million to settle 59 separate cases in 17 states that were brought by 160 water providers and 340 individuals.

MONTREAL, QC (MARKET WIRE) Golden Spirit Enterprises Ltd. (OTCBB: GSPT) reports that the Company signed an Agreement to form a strategic alliance with Companies West Group Inc. ("CWG"), a Colorado-based Company listed on the Frankfurt Exchange, for the purposes of exploiting the Company's CTC Greencycle technology known as the Thermal Oxidization Process System (TOPS) and Controlled Oxidization Environments (CORE).

Eutek Systems has been acquired by Hydro International.

CALGARY, AB (MARKET WIRE) Budget Waste Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BDGW) announced today that Mr. Danny Mceachren has been appointed to the position of VP External Operations. Mr. Mceachren will be replacing Kelly Podmoroff, who has resigned his positions as both VP External Operations and a Board Director due to personal and health conditions.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Attention business/financial editors and reporters:

Duke energy Corp.'s shareholder meeting Thursday in Charlotte was the most contentious in memory as environmentalists, including some new stockholders, challenged Chief Executive Jim Rogers on the company's plans for new coal and nuclear plants. (DUK)

RALEIGH, NC (MARKET WIRE) SolarBrook Water and Power Corporation (PINKSHEETS: SWPC), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of water quality and clean power products, announced today that it has dispatched staff to the western United States to address several requests for proposals from companies in a variety of industries.

Public and private owners of diesel-powered fleets might be eligible for a grant from the state Department of Ecology to retrofit diesel-engine exhaust systems.

Thanks, in part, to citywide efforts spearheaded by Mayor Bill White and the City Council, Houston is home to the largest number of new-build commercial projects to merit the Designed to Earn the energy Star (DEES) designation.

PINEVILLE, LA (MARKET WIRE) Cleco Corp. (NYSE: CNL) announced today that Kathleen Nolen, senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), is leaving the company effective May 31. Russell Davis, vice president and chief accounting officer, will serve as interim CFO.