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Plants Tricked Into Tolerating Drought
2015-02-05 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: In a new breakthrough study, scientists have successfully tricked plants into tolerating drought and given vegetation across the globe hope of survival amidst the world's ever-changing climate. Crops and other plants are constantly up against hostile environmental conditions, such as warming temperatures (2014 was the warmest year on record) and a lack of fresh water. But drought is among the top plant stressors, affecting their growth and development. What's more, with extreme weather patterns...
Will Ethan Allen keep manufacturing plants in Vermont?
2015-02-05 03:24:03| Furniture - Topix.net
Furloughing workers around the holiday season increased suspicions that Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari may want to shrink his Vermont plants. "We're investing in new technology.
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International Paper to close Denver and Memphis recycling plants in first quarter 2015
2015-02-04 11:44:44| Paper - Topix.net
International Paper announced it will permanently close its Denver, Colo., and Memphis, Tenn., Recycling plants within the first quarter of 2015. Approximately 25 employees at each plant will be impacted by the closures.
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Workers strike for new pact at nine U.S. oil, chemical plants
2015-02-02 06:07:55| Energy - Topix.net
Union workers took to picket lines on Sunday after strikes were called at nine U.S. refineries and chemical plants in a bid to pressure oil companies to agree to a new national contract covering workers at 63 plants. The walkouts, the first held in support of a nationwide pact since 1980, target plants that together account for about 10 percent of U.S. refining capacity.
EPA Seeks Input On Federal Plan For Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
2015-02-02 05:48:39| pollutiononline Home Page
Reaching out and engaging with the public and stakeholders has been the agency’s top priority throughout the development of this rule, and EPA is committed to continuing this engagement moving forward
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