In the winter, warm air near the ceiling is pushed downward, reducing heating bills.
Talking about how the warm winter caused low demand for natural gas, which resulted in low prices, Mr. McClendon said a warm summer would increase demand for power generation and could boost prices for natural gas.
An unusually warm winter pulled forward some hiring that normally occurs in the spring.
Mold spores can be highest in rainy winter months in warm climates, such as California.
The unseasonably warm winter led to slow sales of apparel and snow-related merchandise.
Over a third (37%) cannot afford warm winter clothes for the children and one in five cannot afford toys and sports equipment for them.
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Alpha Natural Resources has endured weak demand from power utilities through an unseasonably warm winter in the U.S. and stiff competition from cheaper natural gas.
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The unseasonably warm winter has resulted in a glut of lobster this year, bringing prices to a 40-year-low, according to Maine Marine Commissioner Patrick Keliher.
Economists warn though that the warm winter may be artificially fueling both job creation and consumer spending, leaving a slowdown likely later this spring or during the summer.
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Most analysts expect oil prices to be softer in the first quarter as the euro-zone crisis dominates the news and unseasonably warm winter weather keeps oil demand weak.
As well as high rainfall during the winter, the warm temperatures in February - reaching 17.2C at Aberdeen Airport on Tuesday - have led to rapid snow melt, feeding the hydro schemes.
While Moscow said the failure to notify Ashgabat was an accident, Russia simply did not need the gas as European demand was down significantly due to the financial crisis and a relatively warm winter.
An abnormally warm winter led to greater spending.
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An unseasonably warm winter in most parts of the country also means that the fleas and ticks will be in full force this summer, and grooming is one more way you can regularly check your pet for issues.
Natural gas output fell 5.9 percent worldwide, driven by an 8.7 percent decline in the U.S. Exxon and other domestic gas producers cut back production starting last year after U.S. natural gas prices fell to decade-lows in the wake of the historically warm winter of 2011 - 2012.
Many meteorologists and scientists say that a single warm winter is all part of the natural variations of an unpredictable climate, but a new climatic survey has reported that Europe's Alpine region is now warmer than at any other time since the Middle Ages, so could the current conditions be a taste of things to come?
You will quickly discover what the locals have known for centuries: the tuff rock keeps rooms cool in summer and warm in winter.
Highly effective, and completely maintenance free, it kept their pueblos warm in winter, and cool in the summer using only stone age technology.
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Earlier this year the government backtracked on plans to break up Gazprom, worried perhaps about the effect on the firm that keeps Russia warm in winter.
So get some sheepskin covers--cool in summer, warm in winter.
"Keeping warm during winter power outages is critical, especially for the elderly or for people who are not physically active or use life-sustaining equipment, " said Theresa Murray, the agency's executive director.
This style, found almost nowhere else in Germany, uses dry straw and water reed to build the roofs, resulting in a home that is cool in the summer and warm in winter.
The loser is the owner of that real-life store: the person who has stocked the merchandise, hired the staff, paid to keep the store cool in summer and warm in winter, written the rent checks and the tax checks.
Visitors should wear warm clothes and winter boots to keep from slipping on the frozen floors.
Just how do the less fortunate stay warm in the winter and feed their livelihoods?
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In these warm states, winter weather is good for home searches and going to open houses.
Thames Valley Police officers can now keep warm in the winter weather with a uniform-issue woolly hat.
Britons kept themselves warm during the winter by raging against highly paid bankers.
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