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Consumer prices rise just 0.1% in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in May as higher energy costs were partly offset by cheaper food. The small increase underscores that inflation is mild. The consumer price index ticked up a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent last...Tags: Consumers, Unemployment Rate, Economic Indicator, Employment, Finance
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Turning cow dung into electricity
Dairy farmer Ron Koetsier's 1,200 cows produce roughly 90 tons of manure daily, and for the last three decades, he has tried unsuccessfully to turn the stinky dung into energy to power his 450-acre farm in Visalia. He installed a nearly $1-million...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Science and Technology, Agriculture
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San Onofre shutdown will mean tight electricity supplies
SACRAMENTO — Southern California residents will have to get serious about energy conservation, particularly this summer, now that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has been permanently shut down. Without that nuclear plant, which accounted...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Japan, Alternative Energy, Independent Energy Holdings Plc, Energy Resources
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Californians uneasy about fracking's safety, lack of oversight
As energy companies seek to plumb vast reserves of underground oil in California through the controversial drilling technique known as fracking, voters are concerned about its safety and uneasy with the state's lack of oversight, according to a new poll....
Tags: Business Enterprises, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Litigation and Regulation, Science and Technology, Polls
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An end-run with clean energy funds
Approved by voters in November, Proposition 39 is expected to raise close to $1 billion a year by eliminating a tax break enjoyed by some multistate businesses. The money, however, comes with a significant string attached: For the first five years, half...
Tags: Regional Authority, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Government, Politics
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New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
OCATE, N.M. — Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves, Sandra and Roger Alcon inventory what they see as the bounty of their lives: freedom, family, community, land, animals … and water. "We've lived off the land...
Tags: Science, Business Enterprises, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Credit and Debt
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Brown, senator at odds over clean energy money
SACRAMENTO -- Six months after voters approved new taxes to fund clean energy projects, Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers remain at odds over how to spend the money on improving energy efficiency at public schools and community colleges. Brown, who is...Tags: Regional Authority, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Politics, Government
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A powerful use for spoiled food
What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Solar Energy, Whole Foods Market
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Lower energy and food costs fuel big drop in wholesale prices
WASHINGTON -- Big drops in the cost of food and energy pushed wholesale prices down 0.7% in April, the largest monthly decline in more than three years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The slide in the producer price index, the largest since...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Prices
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Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel find common ground in USC debate
Despite bitter attacks in recent weeks, the two candidates for mayor of Los Angeles grudgingly conceded in a debate Sunday night that their rival was (mostly) honest and not so different on many of the plans they have for leading the city. That didn't...
Tags: Finance, Local Elections, Judaism, Economy, Business and Finance, Wendy Greuel
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Obama, Mexico leader to avoid hot topics, at least publicly
WASHINGTON — President Obama will seek to cement relations with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, over the next two days with vows of neighborly kinship and future cooperation. But the true test of their ability to work together may be...
Tags: National Government, Government, Energy Resources, Migration, George W. Bush
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Eurozone's unemployment climbs to 12.1%, a fresh record high
WASHINGTON -- The Eurozone's unemployment rate hit a record high of 12.1% in March as the region continued to struggle with recession, government officials said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate for the 17-nation group topped the previous...
Tags: European Central Bank, Virgin Group, Ltd., Employment, Finance, Central Bank
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