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Persimmon starts ‘orderly shutdown’ of its construction sites and axes one of its dividends

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Persimmon starts ‘orderly shutdown’ of its construction sites, bans most face-to-face meetings with homeowners and axes a dividend Housebuilder warns it faces a ‘material slowdown’ in new sales Interim dividend for shareholders in axed, but final dividend is postponed Sales sites shut from Thursday and face-to-face contact with customers cut  By Jane Denton For Thisismoney … Read more

Old appliances and construction material continue to emit banned CFC gases from the junkyard

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Dumped old fridges and insulation material from older homes are responsible for 25BILLION metric tons of CO2 being released into the atmosphere over two decades Scientists from MIT found unexpectedly high levels of CFCs in the atmosphere CFC gases were originally banned in 2000 after being linked to ozone damage They were emitted by older … Read more