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US trade deficit narrows sharply

2013-02-08 15:23:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A rise in US exports during December have led the country to close its trade gap with the rest of the world.

Mass., eight other states to sharply cut power plant carbon dioxide emissions

2013-02-07 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Boston Globe: Massachusetts and eight other Northeast states are nearly halving the amount of carbon dioxide power plants are allowed to emit - a dramatic reduction that is expected to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to the state while combatting global warming. The revision of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative agreement comes four years after the nine-state program first put in place a cap aimed at curbing emissions of the key heat-trapping gas in order to slow manmade climate change. "This...

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U.S. January sales for plug-in electric vehicles drop sharply

2013-02-01 22:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: U.S. plug-in electric cars started 2013 slowly, as sales of the Chevrolet Volt, the Toyota Prius Plug-In and Nissan Leaf each had deep dropoffs in January from December. Volt sales fell 57 percent in January from December, Leaf sales fell 56 percent and Prius Plug-In sales were down 36 percent. Industrywide, U.S. auto sales fell 23 percent from December, and rose 14.2 percent from last January. Even after accounting for the fact that January is one of the slowest months of the year for auto...

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