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Japan: Want people to save energy? Just ask nicely. (It works)
2015-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In October, we described an experiment that tried peer pressuring Americans into conserving electricity during peak hours. (Heres why thats important.) On high-demand days, a company called Opower telephoned people to remind them to cut back on their energy use. Each time, it followed up with e-mails telling people how much they saved compared with their neighbors. Perhaps it was peer pressure, or perhaps it was the telephone calls themselves that did the trick. Either way, people on those days...
Macy's initiates restructuring to save US$140m
2015-01-09 11:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Department store retailer Macy's is to close 14 stores and make a raft of job cuts as it restructures its marketing and merchandise operations in a move designed to save US$140m starting this year.
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Rescuers unable to save dog on ice covered river in New York
2015-01-08 19:04:49| Telecom - Topix.net
Despite a valiant attempt to rescue a dog who ran onto the ice covering the Mohawk River in New York, the dog was not saved, reported Wednesday's Time-Warner Cable News. The dog, described as a seven-year-old husky, escaped from his owner on Wednesday afternoon and bolted onto the ice.
Schlegel: Struggling to save 'Made in the USA'
2015-01-04 14:12:24| Furniture - Topix.net
I read mainly non-fiction, and recently devoured "Factory Man," a fascinating 2014 book about how globalization killed the American furniture business. It dwells on the once massive Bassett Furniture Co.
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2015 Climate change target: 192 nations, two weeks of negotiations and one world to save
2014-12-31 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: In what is widely regarded as the last chance to save the world from the worst ravages of climate change, 192 nations have pledged to agree a global treaty at a two-week negotiating marathon in Paris at the end of 2015 setting themselves the most ambitious political task in history. The plan is for each country to commit to huge cuts in carbon emissions to give the world a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 2C beyond which the consequences become increasingly devastating. Last...
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