New York orders stores to shut that door

James S Murray
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Shops and restaurants banned from leaving doors open while air conditioning is running in attempt to curb energy use

Few sights are more likely to send environmentalists into fits of apoplexy than that of open shop doors that allow hot or cold air to spill out onto the pavements. But such energy profligacy looks set...

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