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ONTARIO - As consumers tighten their belts and businesses reduce inventories, trucking companies in the Inland Empire are feeling the economic pinch.
Giving Gov. Charlie Crist a major boost in his fight to curb greenhouse gases in Florida, a state environmental panel on Tuesday endorsed a rule that would impose rigorous emission standards on new cars and light trucks.
Behavioral economists offer insight that could be of use to the Obama administration as it works to devise a long-term plan to reduce deficits.
Scores of grand-scale facilities are proposed for California. Their possible effect worries environmentalists and others. Just up the road, past pump jacks bobbing in California's storied oil patch, look sharp and you'll catch a glimpse of the state's energy future.
With its historic mansions, large trees and wide sidewalks, Gainesville’s Green Street is a favorite route for walkers and joggers. But when a massive flatbed truck filled with caged chickens zooms by, some pedestrians cover their faces.
An announcement by Climate Change Minister Penny Wong of a reduction target of between 5 percent and 15 percent from 2000 levels, as is being speculated, would represent “a profound failure,” the 54 organizations said in the open letter, a copy of which was e-mailed to Bloomberg News.
TALLAHASSEE - A campaign to make new Florida cars more fuel-efficient - and more costly - was launched toward the Legislature on Tuesday when a regulatory board endorsed new emissions rules backed by Gov. Charlie Crist, but opposed by auto interests and others.
Electricite de France S.A. today announced that, through its subsidiary EDF International, it has sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy proposing to acquire a 50% ownership interest in Constellation's nuclear generation and operation business for $4.5 billion.
General Motors has submitted its 37-page "Restructuring Plan for Long-Term Viability" (a.k.a. request for an $18 billion bailout) to Congress. on the part of Detroit.
The Government may be about to bail out cash-stretched Surf Life Saving New Zealand to ensure that our beaches are guarded this summer.
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