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Sep 17 2013
Opinion
Going Green: EPA Puts Brakes on Chevy Volt's Battery Manufacturer
After getting scolded by the Department of Energy for paying employees (with taxpayer dollars) to play cards and volunteer at local charities the manufacturer of the Lithium-ion batteries for Chevy Volts finally got their assembly lines moving.
TownhallApr 04 2024
News
Elgin News Digest: Elgin-made item competing in ‘Makers Madness’ tourney or sorts; Kids bike and trike ride upcoming; ‘Master Chorale’ concert at Elgin Community College
Elgin-made product doesn’t make the Final Four in Makers Madness contest The item named coolest thing made in Illinois won’t be from Elgin. In the Elite Eight round of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s “Makers Madness” contest, the BoulePro 200AX made by USACH in Elgin collected fewer votes in a machine-to-machine matchup against the Komatsu Mining Truck manufactured by Komatsu in
Chicago TribuneApr 14 2024
News
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Advocates For Israel To Target Specific Iranian Facilities
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said during an interview on Sunday that Israel should consider destroying Iran’s manufacturing plants that produce missiles and drones. McCaul’s remarks on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” come after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday night that included 185 one-way suicide drones, 110 surface-to-surface
The Daily WireApr 12 2024
News
Traditional German, Swiss Chocolate Makers Feel the Cocoa Crunch
Chocolate sommelier Karin Steinhoff went to an Amsterdam warehouse recently to buy cocoa beans for her boutique German producer. But when she walked inside the cavernous building with her trader, they were struck by how unusually empty it was.
Meager harvests in West Africa are significantly cutting into the crop’s availability, catapulting futures above a record $10,000 a metric ton
BloombergJan 10 2022
News
Workers Sick With Omicron Add to Manufacturing Woes. ‘The Hope Was That 2022 Would Get Better.’
The Covid-19 Omicron variant’s spread among U.S. factory workers is slowing operations and stretching staff for manufacturers, leading some to consider unconventional, and sometimes expensive, solutions to keep operating.
Mounting absences among Covid-infected workers are bringing masks back to some factory floors, executives said, while manufacturers shuttle available workers to jobs
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 12 2024
News
Northern California man wins development impact fees case against U.S. Supreme Court
EL DORADO COUNTY - A Northern California man took his case over development impact fees up to the U.S. Supreme Court and won in a unanimous vote after a 7.5-year battle. "I'm the little guy, and to get that far is amazing and it shows you that every once in a while, the small guy can win one," George Sheetz said. Sheetz wanted to retire back in 2016 and made plans to build a 1,800-square-foot
CBS News (Online)Apr 11 2024
News
Growing our donated organ supply
For those in need of one, an organ transplant is a matter of life and death. Every year, the medical procedure gives thousands of people with advanced or end-stage diseases extended life. This “second chance” is heavily dependent on the availability, compatibility, and proximity of a precious resource that can’t be simply bought, grown, or manufactured — at least not yet. Instead, organs must
MIT NewsApr 11 2024
News
The last place you would expect to hand out fake eclipse glasses is sorry for doing that
A library in New Jersey issued an urgent statement after learning that the eclipse glasses handed out to its patrons may have been fake. The Moorestown Library took to Facebook to post an alert, stating that the “solar eclipse glasses distributed by the Library may be counterfeit.” The statement went on to say that the eclipse glasses were purchased from Walmart.com and labeled as having been
QuartzApr 11 2024
News
Chemicals stored in home garages linked to ALS risk
Newswise — Over the last decade, researchers at University of Michigan continue to find that exposure to environmental toxins — from pesticides used in agriculture to volatile organic compounds in the manufacturing industry — is linked to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The buildup of exposures, which researchers call the ALS exposome, is possibly associated with
News WiseApr 11 2024
News
Moderna halts vaccine plant in Africa amid dwindling orders
Moderna has paused its efforts to build an mRNA manufacturing facility in Kenya while it determines future demand for COVID-19 vaccines on the African continent, the firm said in a statement Thursday. Moderna’s plan was part of efforts to widen access to vaccines that have remained out of reach to large parts of the world. Africa has been trying to reduce the continent’s reliance on the rest
The Boston Globe