31.   His flip-flop was applauded by the coal industry, which responded to proposed emission restrictions with the tired doomsday rhetoric of higher energy costs and a nationwide crisis.

32.   Higher energy use means higher emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases, which scientists say are heating up the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.

33.   Higher energy costs have boosted inflation rates recently.

34.   Higher interest rates, higher fuel prices, and higher energy costs have led consumers to be more cautious in their spending.

35.   Higher wholesale energy costs will account for much of the increase, said Anthony Chan, chief economist at Banc One Investment Advisors Inc., in Columbus, Ohio.

36.   However much of that increase was attributable to higher energy prices.

37.   I think of belly dancing as a counterpoint to a higher energy workout like running.

38.   In a speech in Chicago on Thursday night, Greenspan suggested some of the inflationary pressures on the economy from higher energy prices might be easing.

39.   Increased natural gas sales in Europe, lower production costs and higher energy prices helped drive the improvements.

40.   In the oil shocks of that decade, Washington was inclined to avoid recessions at all cost, accommodating higher energy prices by sharply expanding the money supply.