Bill Spinney got some unwelcome news in the mail recently.
“Last month’s electric bill was $14, which was kind of high,” he said recently. “My wife and I are trying to figure it out. Maybe we left some lights on or something.”
That was not a misprint. [...]
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Less than a year after a 31.3% price hike, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) last week approved an additional 24.8% rise, with further increases in the pipeline: 25.8% in 2011 and 25.9% in 2012. According to Rennie Property, South Africa’s leading specialist commercial property management company, this will [...]
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The world’s unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year, new figures reveal, as water-stressed countries around the world try to build their way out of trouble.
Making fresh water from the sea was once the preserve of cruise [...]
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