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 […]
Supreme Court Allows Biden-Harris EPA Power Plant Rule To Stay In Effect
The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a victory to the Biden-Harris administration by allowing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power plant rules to remain in effect amid continuing legal challenges. Regulations finalized in April require coal-fired power plants to cut their emissions by 90% by 2032, a requirement Republican states and energy companies have pushed […]
A Free Community Celebration and Plant Sale
Written by CJ Marr sedona news – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village, in partnership with Milkweed for Monarchs, is pleased to announce the Fall Monarch Festival, a special free event open to all. Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 19th from 9am to 12pm at the Rotary Community Garden. The Rotary Community Garden is […]
‘Bad For The State And Our Country’: Trump Comes Out Swinging Against Chinese Communist-Linked Plant Backed By Dems
Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post Tuesday night that he fully opposes a China-linked, Democrat-backed electric vehicle battery parts factory proposed for construction in Michigan. The subsidiary Gotion said:Fully owned and controlledGoshon Hi-Tech, a China-based battery manufacturer, plans to build a large manufacturing facility in Green Charter Township, Michigan, with the […]
American Auto Giant Pivots Plans To Build Electric Vehicles At Major Plant To Produce Heavy-Duty Pickups Instead
Reuters reported on Thursday that Ford has scrapped plans to build electric vehicles (EVs) at a major factory and will instead build large gasoline-powered pickup trucks at the plant. The company had originally planned to build the three-row electric SUV at its Oakville, Canada, factory between 2025 and 2027, but the plant is now expected […]
Scientists Gather To Debate Renaming Plant Names Riddled With Racial Slurs
Botanists will vote at an international botanical congress in Madrid on renaming plant species that contain racist insults or other offensive names, Nature magazine reported on Tuesday. The International Botanical Congress, which meets every six to seven years to consider naming rules for plants, fungi and algae, is set to vote on two proposals for […]
7 Things: Trump trial continues to be a mess; six illegal minors found working in a chicken plant in Walker County; and more …
7. The NFL is a league with many convicted or suspected criminal players. Keep your distance The quote was taken from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine University, where Butker encouraged women to take on household responsibilities and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Joe Biden's stance on abortion. Facing backlash, […]
South Korean auto supplier opens $128M Tuskegee plant, 170 new jobs expected
The South Korean auto parts maker has opened its first U.S. production plant in Tuskegee, Alabama. Samkey reportedly invested $128 million in building the plant, which is expected to employ more than 170 people when in full operation. “Samkey is a premier addition to Alabama's vibrant automotive industry, and the opening of its state-of-the-art facility […]
