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The so-called business-as-usual scenario doesn't include that eventuality, officials explained.
EU Looks to Carbon Reductions Alessandro Torello 2011
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"Taxpayers should not be made to bail out a business-as-usual Postal Service," Issa said.
Postal Service close to going broke Ed O'Keefe 2010
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When some business leaders see any signs of improvement in the economy, notes World Economic Forum presenter and innovation and technology expert Don Tapscott, "they have a natural inclination to fall back on old ways and conclude it is business-as-usual."
Dov Seidman: Which CEOs Get 'Should?' Dov Seidman 2011
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This is calculated by using an approved methodology to subtract the estimated emissions of a given project from a hypothetical 'business-as-usual' emissions baseline.
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But Obama must know that a business-as-usual policy that provides modest federal assistance for clean energy with an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for energy production just won't cut it when it comes to climate change.
Bill Chameides: A Look at Our Energy Outlook Bill Chameides 2012
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It's about choosing the new economy -- clean energy, energy efficiency, cleaner transportation, carbon reduction and the like -- over the old economy of fossil fuels and business-as-usual carbon emissions.
Clint Wilder: Elvis Costello's New Economy vs. Big Oil's Old One Clint Wilder 2010
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Bonusgate smacked both of business-as-usual and ineffectual oversight, not the change that Obama said was coming to Washington.
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"Taxpayers should not be made to bail out a business-as-usual Postal Service," Issa said.
Postal Service close to going broke Ed O'Keefe 2010
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It's about choosing the new economy -- clean energy, energy efficiency, cleaner transportation, carbon reduction and the like -- over the old economy of fossil fuels and business-as-usual carbon emissions.
Clint Wilder: Elvis Costello's New Economy vs. Big Oil's Old One Clint Wilder 2010
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But Obama must know that a business-as-usual policy that provides modest federal assistance for clean energy with an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for energy production just won't cut it when it comes to climate change.
Bill Chameides: A Look at Our Energy Outlook Bill Chameides 2012
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