2009年1月29日星期四

Dollar at lower 89 yen

The dollar traded at 89.12-17 yen at midday, against 88.94-89.04 yen in New York and 90.02-04 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The euro was quoted at 1.3253-3258 dollars and 118.14-19 yen, compared with 1.3156-3166 dollars and 117.12-22 yen in New York and 1.3260-3263 dollars and 119.38-42 yen in Tokyo late Tuesday.

2009年1月16日星期五

New energy economy

The report recommends that the federal government help build energy-efficient buildings and vehicles, expand Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, expand home weatherization programs and install solar panels on the rooftops of schools and government buildings.
The group also called for new public transportation projects, infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians and more anti-idling truck programs.
If all these recommendations were carried out, America's global warming producing pollution would be reduced by 10 percent and the equivalent of 170 coal-fired power plants would be replaced, the report noted.
"America is at a crossroads on energy. If we continue with business as usual -- dirty energy and highways to nowhere -- we will be laying the groundwork for decades of increased global warming pollution," Jeremy Mills with Environment California told a press conference here.