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The Financial Times reports today that the major cement manufacturers expect cement demand in Europe and The US to be 30% and 44% (respectively) lower than in 2007. A squeeze on infrastructure projects, thanks to exploding government debts and tightening of spending is primarily to blame, they said. The major producers are clearly focused on developing markets [...] “Why would you waste time changing that? We never had any complaints!” An associate was recently relaying a story to me about how he was trying to improve some of the documentation going to the customer when he was hit with these statements. We’ve all heard this and most of us have probably fallen victim to it [...] Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson yesterday announced that carbon dioxide endangers the public health under the Clean Air Act and is therefore subject to EPA regulation. USA Today (12/8, Vergano) reports that the EPA ruling gave “the Obama administration power to regulate smokestack and tailpipe emissions that feed global warming,” explaining that it “covers six [...] |
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