Sentences with phrase «soaring fuel costs»

The conjunction of soaring fuel costs and increasing concern about aviation's contribution of GHGs to the environment is causing mainstream decision makers to reconsider the qualities of the airship.

From soaring fuel costs to lost work hours to increased greenhouse gases, transportation gridlock is like slow - drip torture on the economy, gradually sapping its productivity.

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But by 1974, with fuel prices soaring and development costs estimated at $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion, Boeing's partner in the project, International Husky, couldn't find enough customers for the 754, and the project was canceled.

Mylan and federal investigators finalized a $ 465 million settlement of charges the drugmaker overcharged the government for the injection allergy medication EpiPen, resolving an issue that fueled nationwide debate over soaring drug costs.

Tory Treasury spokesman Philip Hammond tells the Daily Mail that «Gordon Brown's legacy to Britain's hard - working families is falling take - home pay, soaring food and fuel costs.»

But chicken and beef producers, manufacturers that need corn syrup, and families of all stripes get pounded by soaring costs, to generate a fuel that gets one - third less mileage per tank than gasoline.

The CO2 from fossil fuels used to produce most of the electricity in Virginia contributes to global warming, while the soaring cost of energy undermines the global economy and contributes to hunger around the world.

The $ 116 million filing for higher electric rates was based on soaring costs for natural gas and coal, the chief fuels used to generate power.

Higher development fees in many municipalities are also adding to costs, as are fuel surcharges increasingly being levied by gravel, lumber and concrete suppliers in the face of soaring diesel prices.»

Soaring apartment costs in Silicon Valley are fueling popular support for an idea bitterly opposed by many landlords in America's technology capital: rent controls.