• It says the way to reduce paper use lies in cutting consumption in industrialised countries, improving papermaking efficiency, and using more recycled paper and materials other than wood in manufacture.

    BBC: Half paper waste 'could be saved'

  • Second, an energy shortage obliged the government to impose rationing aimed at cutting electricity consumption by a fifth.

    ECONOMIST: Argentine, and other, woes are dragging the region down

  • ArcelorMittal Steel USA is finding an uncommon way to beat the competition: It is cutting energy consumption at one of its steel plants in Chicago by re-using heat to make electricity.

    FORBES: Recycling Wasted Heat and Power Could Clear the Air

  • For the SNP, Stewart Hosie warned that the government's cuts could tip the country back into recession and insisted it was not the time to be cutting "government consumption".

    BBC: Alliance Party warns on impact of spending cuts

  • Virginia-based OPower has won many contracts with utilities, such as San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric, to use personalized data, competition and even social media to prod consumers into cutting their electricity consumption.

    FORBES: A Startup's Bid To Use Data To Cut Water Use

  • So the Unger Report releases its eight-point plan for cutting back on oil consumption this summer.

    NPR: Eight Steps to Reducing Pain at the Pump

  • According to Dr Jones there are no benefit of devolving more powers without having a debate about cutting down on carbon consumption as this would have a considerable effect on current supplies.

    BBC: Environment and Sustainability Committee

  • To cut back on the carbon, Gartner recommends corporate techies take steps such as measuring power consumption and cutting back on spare servers and printers to tracking the way gear such as PCs and monitors are junked.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • However fast companies are cutting capacity that once served Americans' debt-fuelled consumption, Japan's whole economic structure is geared towards meeting external demand.

    ECONOMIST: Japan

  • But it noted that China already had made strides in cutting its reliance on external demand and that domestic rebalancing was also under way, with consumption a bigger driver of growth than investment since 2011.

    CNN: OECD: China forecast to overtake U.S. by 2016

  • And in doing so, it would consider reforms of both the tax system (code for raising the consumption tax to increase revenues) and the social security system (meaning, cutting benefits and services from unsustainable levels and increasing payments by retirees and other beneficiaries).

    FORBES: Critical Moment in Japanese Politics and Society

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