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The Weekly Carboholic: Stalagmite suggests climate disruption may have changed monsoons

scholarsandrogues.com
12-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Cave record suggests AGW changed monsoons since 1960 Heritage Foundation’s math wrong on green jobs American Medical Association: address climate disruption Australia considers large scale desalinization Rev. Cizek lobbying on...

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themanufacturer.com: UK manufacturers face electricity rise of 23% during Q3 themanufacturer.com

UK manufacturers face electricity rise of 23% during Q3

themanufacturer.com
12-Nov-2008
        

During the third quarter of 2008, UK manufacturers saw electricity prices rise by 23 per cent in comparison to the previous quarter, further adding to manufacturers’ economic woes, according to BDO Stoy Hayward’s Quarterly...

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Scottish & Southern posts 78 pct fall in 1H profit

iht.com
12-Nov-2008 15 related
        

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC, Britain's second-largest energy supplier, said Wednesday that profit for the first half of its financial year plunged 78 percent as higher wholesale gas and electricity costs crunched profit...

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South Africa: Housing Downturn Puts Brakes on PPC

allafrica.com
12-Nov-2008 4 related
        

SA's largest cement maker, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), posted an 8% rise in headline earnings per share for the year to September, but cement volume sales slipped due to a downturn in the residential housing market.

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Tesco chief Sir Terry Leahy urges Gordon Brown to do more to protect businesses

telegraph.co.uk
11-Nov-2008 11 related
        

Sir Terry Leahy, the chief executive of the UK’s largest retailer Tesco, says the Government must step up its efforts to protect businesses from the effects of the deepening economic downturn. By Graham Ruddick in Liverpool Sir...

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Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund Announces Continuing Strong Results in Third Quarter

tmcnet.com
11-Nov-2008 2 related
        

TORONTO, ONTARIO, November 11 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: MPT.UN)(TSX: MPT.DB) ("MPT" or the "Fund"), which invests in essential infrastructure assets, today reported results for the...

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Electricity Cost vs Gasoline and the 135 MPG Myth

evworld.com
11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

SYNOPSIS: EDN Technical Editor Paul Rako continues his crusade of criticism against electric car hype. One of the common misconceptions handed down for the last few years is that the electricity cost to run an electric car is...

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Price of electricity is falling

balticbusinessnews.com
11-Nov-2008 5 related
        

The lower price on coal has made the earlier surging electricity prices to make a steep downturn, today's Swedish business daily Dagens Industri writes. But in spite of the falling prices the electricity giants like Vattenfall...

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RWE npower blames falling pound and energy efficiency for drop in profits

guardian.co.uk
11-Nov-2008
        

RWE npower, one of Britain's biggest energy suppliers, today reported a 29% drop in operating earnings in the first nine months of this year – despite hefty price rises for customers.The German utility largely blamed the...

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Scottish & Southern Energy 'to announce fall in profits'

uswitch.com
11-Nov-2008
        

Gas and electricity provider Scottish & Southern Energy is set to announce a fall in profits for the six months to September, it has been reported. The company's chief executive Ian Marchant is expected to tell investors that...

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