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Warm weather can add to US growth or weaken it
Fri,27 Apr 2012 10:26 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the first three months of this year. Governments spent less, and businesses cut back on investment. But consumers spent at the fastest pace in more than a year.
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Weird Weather is Making America Antsy
Fri,27 Apr 2012 08:25 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Is your house driving you buggy? If so, you're not alone. A national survey in the U.S. found that 84 percent of American homeowners experienced a pest problem in the last 12 months, which could make this a good year for pest control professionals. Slightly more than half of all homeowners think it's essential to use the services of a pest control company. Full Story | Top |
Kenya Q1 tea output falls 15 pct on extreme weather
Fri,27 Apr 2012 02:13 AM PDT
Reuters -  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's tea production for the first three months of this year fell 15 percent to 72 million kg compared with the same period in 2011, hurt by extreme weather conditions, the Tea Board of Kenya said on Friday "The fall is mostly weather related. The drought was quite severe this time around. Initially there were cases of frost and we had about 3,000 hectares under attack," Sicily Kariuki, the board's managing director, told Reuters. Kenya is the world's leading exporter of black tea, and the commodity is its tope foreign exchange earner.
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Deckers ' 1st-qtr profit falls short of forecasts
Thu,26 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Associated Press - Deckers Outdoor Corp. said Thursday that the unusually warm winter weather hurt demand for its Ugg boots, which helped send its first-quarter profit down 59 percent. The shoe maker also lowered its full-year guidance, and its shares plunged more than 15 percent after hours. Full Story | Top |
Chesapeake Wyoming well response delayed by weather
Thu,26 Apr 2012 02:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s crews have delayed their attempt to control a well blowout in Wyoming until the weather improves, the company said on Thursday. Chesapeake lost control of the well near Douglas, Wyoming on Tuesday leading to a blowout that leaked natural gas and drilling mud. "We're waiting for the wind direction and speed to change," Chesapeake spokeswoman Kelsey Campbell said. She declined to specify the exact weather issues stalling the company's response to the blowout. ... Full Story | Top |
Obama Throws Environmentalists a Bone; Get Ready for 'Agent Orange Corn'
Thu,26 Apr 2012 10:14 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - The Washington Post on Obama and climate change For those who've complained about President Obama's mum-ness on climate change, the commander-in-chief has broken this silence on the issue, somewhat. The editorial board at The Washington Post discusses comments made by the president to Rolling Stone, in which he said, of the upcoming election, "I will be very clear in voicing my belief that we're going to have to take further steps to deal with climate change in a serious way. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. voters favor regulating carbon dioxide: survey
Thu,26 Apr 2012 08:56 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three out of four U.S. voters favor regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse-gas pollutant, and a majority think global warming should be a priority for the president and Congress, a survey of American attitudes on climate and energy reported on Thursday. The survey was released one day after Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with President Barack Obama in which he suggested that climate change would become a campaign issue this year. ... Full Story | Top |
'Gaia' Scientist Takes Back Climate Change Predictions
Wed,25 Apr 2012 09:27 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - A scientist and author, James Lovelock, who once predicted doomsdaylike fallout from climate change has backtracked, calling his own projections and those of others "alarmist." Even so, climate scientists stress Lovelock's backtracking doesn't negate the reality of climate change, and in fact, his past predictions highlight some overall misunderstanding about planetary warming. Full Story | Top |
Prompt gas prices rise on undersupplied system
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Prompt gas prices rose on Wednesday morning as the market was more than 20 million cubic metres (mcm) undersupplied and the immediate weather forecast showed a continuation of cool and rainy weather. Gas for day-ahead delivery was up 0.65 pence a therm to 59.60 pence at 1010 GMT and within-day gas was trading around 58.70 pence per therm. The gas market was expected to be 22.10 mcm undersupplied on Wednesday, according to data from National Grid, as storage flows into the system dropped. ... Full Story | Top |
A Common Mining Byproduct Spreading Breast Cancer; Reading Palm Trees
Tue,24 Apr 2012 12:49 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Discovered in Green: Small amounts of a common contaminant is spreading breast cancer, reading palm trees teaches us about plant diversity and climate change, handling bark beetles, and how to get plant's to act less defensive. Fresh news and ideas about our planet's futureSee full coverage Small doses of cadmium are spreading breast cancers. Small concentrations over a long period of time causes breast cancers to develop and spread in a more aggressive way. ... Full Story | Top |
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