ARI announced that combined U.S. factory shipments of 779,422 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for May 2001 were down 1% compared to shipments from the same month last year. Heat pump shipments of 164,060 were up 22%, compared to May 2000.
The Board of Directors for Watsco, Inc., has announced the company’s regular quarterly cash dividends of 2.5 cents per share on both its Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.
Forest growth absorbs a major portion of the United States’ carbon dioxide emissions — an effect called carbon sink — but that effect is going to gradually disappear this century as forest lands mature.
Former workers at a Duke Energy plant told the California legislature that the company allegedly stalled production, discarded spare parts, and took other actions to reduce output and increase electricity prices.