A BP spokesman said that the letter was intended to "highlight the risk of 'carbon leakage', where EU policy to reduce carbon emissions may result in industry relocating outside the EU, rather than achieving any actual reduction in emissions.
With all the Rust Belt and foreign industry relocating to the South (there are approximately forty automobile plants -- including parts and assembly facilities -- already in Dixie), it made absolute sense for unions to make a serious run at them.
As land and coal-mine subsidence and the conversion of Japanese industry to oil as an energy source accelerated the region's decline, a number of industries relocated to the Keihin (Tokyo-Yokohama) and Keihanshin (Kyōto-Ōsaka-Kōbe) industrial zones.
As labour costs in the developed countries continued to rise, many companies in labour-intensive industries relocated their factories to developing nations, where both overhead and labour were cheaper.
Many industries relocated abroad.
The measures taken may include loans, grants, and tax incentives to private industries relocating in such areas; assistance in developing power, light, transportation, and sanitation facilities; and various degrees of central control over the location of plant construction and expansion.
However, with the introduction of coal-derived coke from the early 19th century onwards, both woodland areas lost their outstanding importance as fuel suppliers and the iron industry was relocated to the flourishing coal fields, particularly to the Rhineland and to Westphalia (Mannel 1908; Wick 1910).
During World War II industries were relocated to Utsunomiya from Tokyo, producing railway cars, aircraft, and machinery.
Sydney also bore the brunt of factory closures and unemployment as industries increasingly relocated from away from the inner city to outer suburban areas.
