Nation’s first cobalt processing plant planned for Yuma County
Yuma, Arizona (Az Family) –It has the driving force to reduce the dependence on China for cobalt, the metal key to making rechargeable batteries, computer chips and medical devices. The country’s first cobalt processing facility could come to Arizona. Evelution Energy’s Two years ago, the solar-powered cobalt processing facility was approved by Yuma County leaders. […]
EVelution Energy cobalt processing plant is on track in Yuma for 2025
Evelution Energy’s cobalt processing facility in Yuma County, Arizona Rendering of Evelution Energy’s cobalt processing facility in Welton, Arizona is shown. Construction is scheduled to begin at the end of 2025. Provided by Evelution Energy Evelution Energy plans to build its first US cobalt processing facility in Yuma County by the end of 2025. Cobalt […]
Tennessee OSHA issues no citations for Erwin plastics plant where employees died in Helene flood
Floods in eastern Tennessee. (Photo: Brandon Hull/Governor’s Office) The Tennessee Workplace Safety Agency concluded that the East Tennessee Plastics Factory, where five employees died after the Hurricane Helen floods, had “exercised reasonable hard work” in firing employees that day. Tennessee’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) issued a report on the Impact Plastics Factory in […]
Cobalt processing plant proposed for Yuma County
Yuma County, Arizona (Kyma, Kecy) – Evelution Energy LLC says Yuma County is the ideal location for North America’s first cobalt plant. They say it’s about opportunities, not just cobalt. The cobalt processing plant proposed by Evelution Energy sits on 138 acres of land in Tacna. Once completed, it will become the only facility of […]
Yavapai County Master Gardeners bring Plant to Plate Gardening Classes to Camp Verde Community Library
Verde Valley News – Master Gardener of the University of Arizona Cooperative Expansion in Yabapai County will bring a Plate Gardening Series from the Library, starting Tuesday, March 11th, from 6 weeks of plant to the libraryth 5pm to 6:30pm. Classes will continue on the next five weeks at the library’s terracotta room every Tuesday […]
Massive Green Battery Plant Catches On Fire Again Weeks After Major Toxic Blaze
Multiple reports say the large California battery facility that started a fire again Tuesday night and spewed toxic smoke in January. Smoke was reported at a Vistra battery facility in Monterey County around 6:30pm local time on Tuesday night, and local officials were given plenty of attention to possible air quality issues, and residents and […]
Kentucky BlueOval SK battery plant files for union election, foretelling union goals for Tennessee • Tennessee Lookout
Workers at Kentucky Blue Bar Battery Park It was submitted for election He will join the United Autoworker Union on Tuesday, marking the first major union election petition of the New Year submitted to the South and what can predict future union activities in Tennessee. The electric vehicle manufacturing plant is part of a joint […]
California Authorities Issue Evacuation Orders After World’s Largest Battery Plant Catches Fire
Monterey County officials issued an evacuation order Thursday after a fire broke out at Vistra’s battery facility at the Moss Landing Generating Station. The fire broke out at a battery storage center on California’s Central Coast. politiko reported Vistra Energy, owner of the Moss Landing power plant and lithium-ion battery facility, confirmed that site employees […]
Biden’s Green Push Stumbles As Chinese Firm Ditches Texas Solar Plant
One of China’s largest solar power companies, which was originally set to receive nearly $2 billion in President Joe Biden’s climate change stimulus money, will sell its new plant in Texas. Solar power company Trina Solar insists the decision has nothing to do with President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-China stance or Biden’s pledge to eliminate environmental […]
‘Literal Slavery’: Tim Walz Granted Hundreds Of Thousands To Meatpacker That Had Kids Cleaning Processing Plant
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ordered meat processor JBS to pay up to $126,000 in taxes after an investigation revealed some of the company’s processing plants were cleaned using child labor. gave funds. US Department of Labor Found In February 2023, at least 31 children were found to have been employed in “hazardous occupations […]
