THOSE who complain that air conditioning is too expensive should go to the USA where it is definitely too deer.
Police in Tennessee are said to be searching for an individual who poured deer urine into an air-conditioning unit as a prank and made about a dozen students ill at an East Tennessee high school.

The local fire brigade was called to the school after students were overcome by the odour in one of the classrooms. The students were treated by paramedics who complained of headache and nausea. Firefighters subsequently discovered the source of the smell and shut down the affected air conditioning unit.

Bottled deer urine is used to attract the animals for hunting.

Recession could hit 'green' initiatives

EVEN cynics like me who believe that most companies or individuals don’t mind being ‘green’ providing it doesn’t cost them any money, might be surprised to learn how many would shun ‘green’ initiatives even if it saved them money.

According to a recent survey of 500 senior private sector managers in the UK by power firm EON, nearly half said a recession would impact their ability to be ‘greener’ by cutting back on the resources dedicated to saving energy.

Across the UK, only one in three companies said they would be taking steps to reduce their energy consumption in 2008 and just one in eight actually planned to increase their energy saving initiatives to help save money.

In 86% of cases, companies did not have someone dedicated to managing their energy use.

Over the last 12 months, 50% of all UK businesses took action to reduce energy consumption. Most popular methods were installing energy efficient lighting (53%), followed by adjusting heating/air conditioning temperatures (46%).

Workers already out as second leak strikes

THE Pork Farms plant in Nottingham was recently the site of two separate ammonia leaks from its refrigeration system within the space of a fortnight.

The firm’s 386 staff were all evacuated safely after the first incident on February 12 involving the escape of half a tonne of the gas. The second incident on February 27, reported as being due to a ‘suspected component failure’, also passed off without incident. Evacuation was less of a problem this time, however, as some staff were on a 48-hour strike over working hours.

Ellesse