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...inexorably drying up, along with the profits of the oil companies that operate there. Meanwhile, 30-year-old pipelines that stretch like a giant cobweb over the oil fields of the North Slope, a flat expanse between the majestic Brooks Range mountains and the Arctic shore, need more and costlier maintenance than ever. The new spill puts into sharp relief the same question that has stalemated the ANWR debate since the 1980s: Can oil companies focused on their bottom line be trusted to protect Alaska's fragile environment...
...Internet-based companies like Netflix and VideoOnDemand.com give viewers one reason fewer to buy a ticket. And, for the Brattle, which acquires many of its reels outside the mainstream, rising prices place another straw on the camel’s back. “It’s getting costlier and costlier to do the kind of programming the Brattle does,” Hinkle said. As a result, he said he places a premium on the theater’s unconventional charms. “We’re seen as Boston’s unofficial film school...
...Made in China" is synonymous with cheap products, but the country is exporting something far costlier: environmental degradation. Already, crops in Japan and South Korea are withering from Chinese acid rain, which poisons a quarter of the Chinese landmass. Toxic dust from Chinese sandstorms, the result of grassland erosion and logging that have helped turn 27% of the country into desert, travels as far as U.S. shores, obscuring visibility in national parks and raising mercury levels in fish. Although the U.S. still produces far more greenhouse gases, particularly in per capita terms, China is the world's second largest polluter...
Inflation is back. It's official, and you can blame costlier gasoline and other fuels. But make no mistake: the tab for common services like a hotel stay and garbage removal are jumping too, as is the sticker price on packaged foods and many other household items. Companies are finding that they can pass on part of their soaring raw-material costs...
...parenthood bribe - since the government pays for maternity and paternity leave, health care and education benefits. And it's a level of social spending some say Europe can no longer afford. But the alternative - too few young people to take care of the old - may be even costlier. In Spain, Zapatero is hoping to push his country in the Scandinavian direction by urging companies to set up child-care facilities, subsidizing university fees and promoting long-term employment over short-term contracts. More generous policies like those of France and Scandinavia would require higher taxes, a trade-off many European...