While energy stocks typically decline in January, they have seen positive results in February, March, April and May.
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If water resources continue to be poorly managed, food and energy production will decline, and waterborne disease will increase.
To the extent that this marks a decline in energy prices since last year, it is helpful.
With the decline in energy production under way, this is now surely inescapable.
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Inflation has been high, but the Committee believes that the decline in energy and other commodity prices and the weaker prospects for economic activity have reduced the upside risks to inflation.
Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.
Last year Russian GDP plummeted nearly 8%, driven downward by a 77% decline in world energy prices.
Oil and gas refining will grow in unit volume, though product prices will decline in this energy boom.
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The gradual switch to cleaner sources of energy has contributed to a 13% decline in carbon emissions from 2007 to 2012, the report said.
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Weaker oil prices--crude had fallen slightly Friday morning on the Nymex, though it had recovered later in the afternoon--contributed to the decline among Russia's energy-heavy exchanges, as did lingering concerns about liquidity in Russia.
Before Fukushima, a "nuclear renaissance" -- as it was termed in the press -- seemed well underway, except for this point: Nuclear power, as a total of world energy supply, has been in steady decline for the past decade.
While other factors, including a sluggish U.S. economy and increasing energy efficiency, have contributed to the decline in carbon emissions from factories, automobiles and power plants, many experts believe the switch from coal to natural gas for electricity generation has been the biggest factor.
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Last year, this decline led to an overhaul of energy sector leadership at Sonatrach and promises of new tax and profit sharing agreements.
The Office of Science, which funds critical early-stage energy innovation research, would see a 20% decline in its budget.
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As the production cost decreases, the average selling price will continue to decline, making solar a more attractive alternative energy solution.
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The jump comes along with a decline in the gasoline prices last week as the International Energy Agency announced that it would release 60 million barrels of crude oil due to the supply disruptions from Libya.
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Cornell attributes Denver's stability to its main industries--energy and technology--that he says aren't likely to decline simultaneously.
Britain saw the same level of decline over those four years, but Scotland continues to have higher energy use.
Many coal companies such as Alpha Natural Resources and Peabody Energy Corporation are mulling over the fate of coal as consumption has continued to decline in the U.S.. Natural gas has undoubtedly given coal companies a run for their money since prices began to slide last year.
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Although this is the first such annual decline since 1955, it is the transitory result of a plunge in energy prices.
That shows up clearly in the sharp decline in the CPI "core" index, which excludes food and energy, from 3.3% to 2.8%.
Unfortunately, the majority of our colleges and universities lack degree programs focused on energy, and the U.S. power engineering education system is on the decline.
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Utilities are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal this year, a 13 percent decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992, according to Energy Department data.
In the U.K.'s North Sea fields, for example, Apache Energy is using new recovery techniques to revive production in a basin thought to be in terminal decline.
Meantime, Nymex crude oil prices were firmer Thursday on some short covering following a surprising decline in U.S. crude oil stocks as reported by the Department of Energy Thursday morning.
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In the U.K.'s North Sea fields, for example, Apache (nyse: APA - news - people ) Energy is using new recovery techniques to revive production in a basin thought to be in terminal decline.
The promise of "energy" has been a big seller in the beverage industry in recent years, with the energy drink market increasing 17 percent in 2011 even as broader soft drink consumption has continued to decline, according to Beverage Digest.
The flood of funding pumped into the clean-energy space by national stimulus packages around the world will peak this year and begin a gradual decline over the next two years, according to a report prepared for the World Economic Forum by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Oil output has been on the decline for a decade and could benefit from the expertise of the U.S. energy giants.
"Every decline in the yen against the US dollar means Japan is paying for more for its energy needs - it's a steep rise in costs for everybody, " said Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Westpac.
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