He insists that industry, as well as governments, must tackle the core issues, rather than trying to rid themselves of responsibility through measures like carbon offsetting - where individuals or companies balance their carbon output by financing green projects.

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The balance of firms reporting higher output during the three-month period fell to 33% from 38% in September, while the balance of respondents reporting a decline in new orders widened to 17% from 1%.

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In addition to potassium (Potash), nitrogen, and phosphate are the other two ingredients, in proper balance, necessary to increase crop output and promote overall health of plants.

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The bulk of media output tends to be western based and by far the balance of the population is towards the western side of the country.

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Despite the recent weak readings, we expect business investment in equipment and software to grow at a moderate pace this year, supported by high rates of profitability, strong business balance sheets, relatively low interest rates and credit spreads, and continued expansion of output and sales.

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Understanding consumers' desire for products that reduce their household energy costs, both of LG's 3D LED HDTVs have a variety of energy-saving features, such as Intelligent Sensor to automatically calibrate and optimize brightness, contrast, white balance and color, based on the ambient light in the room, thereby saving on energy output under most circumstances.

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They then weigh all this in the balance and inform it with their own experience - if only all those who influence the use of scientists' output did the same.

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Peak Oil means that, on balance, fields around the world that are young and still under high gas pressure, thus expanding their oil output, are equaled by older declining fields with lower pressure, which are forced to let their output slip each year.

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