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  • Apparently, houseplants now contribute to climate change

    01/09/2024 5:41:38 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 34 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 9 Jan, 2024 | Chris Talgo
    The climate-change killjoys have gone to great lengths in recent years linking practically anything and everything as a contributor to climate change. Gas stoves? Check. Dishwashers? Check. Eating meat? Check. Sporting events? Check. Breathing? Check, too. Given this history, I must say I was not all that surprised when I read a recent article in the Washington Post claiming, “Indoor houseplants come with a cost to the planet.” According to article’s author, “greening indoor spaces can also come at an environmental cost. The trucks that transport plants spew carbon emissions, plastic pots and synthetic fertilizers are made from petroleum and...
  • UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins

    11/29/2023 1:58:24 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    The Hill ^ | 11/29/2023 | LAUREN IRWIN
    After ratifying new contracts with automakers following its weeks-long strike, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced plans Wednesday to try to organize workers at more than a dozen factories not currently part of the union. The newest push for workplace improvement will organize more than 150,000 autoworkers across 13 different automakers: BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Rivian, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo, the union said in a release. The announcement comes just days after UAW ratified new contracts with “the Big Three” automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stallantis, after a successful six-week strike earned workers better pay and...
  • pollination

    11/26/2023 1:17:56 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 6 replies
    Britanicca ^ | 10/25/23 | Bastian JD Meuse
    pollination, transfer of pollen grains from the stamens, the flower parts that produce them, to the ovule-bearing organs or to the ovules (seed precursors) themselves. In plants such as conifers and cycads, in which the ovules are exposed, the pollen is simply caught in a drop of fluid secreted by the ovule. In flowering plants, however, the ovules are contained within a hollow organ called the pistil, and the pollen is deposited on the pistil’s receptive surface, the stigma. There the pollen germinates and gives rise to a pollen tube, which grows down through the pistil toward one of the...
  • Switzerland To Keep Nuclear Plants Operating For Longer Than Planned

    11/09/2023 5:12:29 AM PST · by george76 · 9 replies
    Oil price ^ | Nov 07, 2023, | Charles Kennedy -
    Switzerland’s nuclear power plant operators plan to keep the facilities operational for longer than initially planned, ... Switzerland has four nuclear reactors, which generate up to 40% of its electricity ... the energy crisis and concerns about the reliability of electricity supply in the country has prompted utilities to look to extend the lives of the reactors as long as the extension of the operations is found to be safe. Axpo Holding and Alpiq Holding have increased the planned lifespan for their nuclear power plants to 60 years from a previous target of 50 years, which means they could be...
  • The Reason Millennials Are So Obsessed With Houseplants

    10/05/2023 1:50:16 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 30 replies
    Bustle ^ | 9/16/17 | Brandi Neal
    I have two dogs and a cat share with an ex, but I cannot keep a plant alive. My planticide aside, houseplants are all the rage with millennials, but why do millennials love plants? The history of houseplants might surprise you. Apparently, millennials are tending to plants to satisfying their need to nurture. And, while it might be the latest millennial obsession, immigrant communities have long grown plants for reasons entirely different reasons.
  • ‘Recipe for fires’: Invasive plants fueling Maui blazes, experts say

    08/14/2023 1:01:55 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 41 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/14/2023 | Isabel Keane
    Invasive highly flammable grasses in Hawaii have been key to fueling the deadliest wildfires in the US in more than 100 years, experts say. While factors such as extreme weather events from climate change and the state’s local power grid have been blamed for helping to cause the blaze, large plots of land in Hawaii have been overrun by volatile non-native fire-prone grasses that are fueling the deadly flames, according to experts. Land that was once occupied by irrigated pineapples and sugar cane was taken over by the grass species as those businesses began to decline, according to Elizabeth Pickett,...
  • Tyson Foods closing 4 chicken processing plants in cost-cutting move

    08/07/2023 9:07:57 AM PDT · by EBH · 49 replies
    4029/tv ^ | 8/7/23
    — Tyson Foods Inc. is closing four chicken processing plants as it looks to lower costs. The company said Monday that the plants being closed are located in North Little Rock, Arkansas; Corydon, Indiana; Dexter, Missouri and Noel, Missouri. Tyson said that it will shift production to other facilities and halt operations at the four plants in the first two quarters of fiscal 2024. The company currently estimates having $300 million to $400 million in total charges, based on a preliminary analysis. Tyson launched a plan in fiscal 2022 where it targeted $1 billion in productivity savings by the end...
  • Glass Bottling Plants Are Shutting Down After Bud Light Boycott Slammed Sales — 600 Employees Are Now Jobless; 2 Other Big Beverage Stocks To Watch Now

    07/10/2023 11:32:03 PM PDT · by Morgana · 30 replies
    Yahoo Finace ^ | July 10, 2023 | Jing Pan
    Bud Light sales have been slipping, and the impact extends beyond the beer brand. Global glass producer Ardagh Group recently announced that it's shutting down two glass bottling plants — one in North Carolina and one in Louisiana. WRAL-TV reported that the closure of these two plants would result in roughly 645 employees being laid off. According to an internal memo obtained by WRAL, the decision was "due to slow sales with Anheuser InBev," the multinational brewing company behind Bud Light. In April, Bud Light partnered with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who has 10.7 million followers on TikTok....
  • GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants

    06/05/2023 3:03:23 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    AP ^ | 06/05/2023 | TOM KRISHER
    FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said Monday that the company will build internal combustion vehicles throughout this decade, in addition to making electric vehicles. GM has a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles in the United States by 2035.
  • EPA proposes tighter pollution limits for coal plants

    04/05/2023 9:49:38 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 37 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/05/2023 | RACHEL FRAZIN
    The Biden administration is proposing to tighten standards for pollution coming from coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that it is proposing to strengthen restrictions under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for the first time in more than a decade. The agency said it will update limits for pollutants, including lead, nickel and arsenic, by 67 percent for all coal power plants. Exposure to these substances raises the risk of developmental delays in children, as well as heart attacks and cancer. It will also increase mercury controls by 70 percent for some power plants —...
  • Plants Emit a "Rather Noisy" Cry for Help When Under Stress, Scientists Find [Some Animals Can Hear Them]

    04/04/2023 1:06:31 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 53 replies
    CBS News ^ | Li Cohen
    Plant owners know just how difficult it can be to figure out what they need, especially when leaves start browning or wilting. But it turns out that plants may have been telling you all along. A new study found that when plants are stressed, they emit specific sounds that identify what's wrong. Previous studies had shown that plants vibrate when under stress, but for years, scientists have debated whether those vibrations become sound waves. By studying tomato and tobacco plants in an acoustic chamber inside a greenhouse, researchers at Tel Aviv University discovered that it's true – plants cry out...
  • Hershey debuts plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars

    03/07/2023 7:25:16 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 76 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | March 7, 2023 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment. The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April. The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said. Hershey has experimented with vegan chocolate before. It sold an oat-based chocolate bar called Oat Made in some test markets starting in 2021. But the new products will be the first sold throughout the U.S. under...
  • Whistleblower Reveals What is Behind the Mass Attacks on US Food Facilities (Video)

    01/19/2023 8:45:08 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 72 replies
    Rair Foundation ^ | 01/19/2023 | Amy Mek
    In the United States, dozens of food processing plants suspiciously caught fire over the past year. Remarkably, no one was present at the time of the fires. The Eco Health Alliance whistleblower, bioterrorism expert, military veteran, and scientist Dr. Andrew Huff has a possible explanation for the food supply fires. Huff has access to government information about simulating a food supply attack. The information comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Food and Agriculture Sector Criticality Assessment Tool (FASCAT). This also includes which places are particularly at risk.According to Huff, who authorities have harassed due to the nature of...
  • 5 plants that say `holiday season,′ and how to care for them

    12/06/2022 7:01:04 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 14 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | December 6, 2022 | By JEFF LOWENFELS
    Holiday horticulture tends to revolve around the same handful of plants. So if you don’t already have any or all of these five holiday plants, now is the time to get them: PAPERWHITES The bulbs of these daffodil family members are pre-chilled so they can be planted now and produce flowers in a month to six weeks. If you find them for sale, by all means buy as many as you can. The only caveat is that some family members may object to the unbelievably sweet smell of their blooms. POINSETTIAS Poinsettias, of course, are for sale in all manner...
  • QuickCheck: Can Plants See?

    11/29/2022 1:11:12 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 36 replies
    The Star ^ | 11/29 | NIKLAS ALBAKRI
    IT'S a well-known fact that plants lack many of the sensory systems that animals and people use to perceive the world. In fact, for most of history, it was assumed that plants had no sense of perception whatsoever. However, recent study seems to indicate that at least one plant might be capable of “seeing” what's around it. Is this true? Verdict: POSSIBLY TRUE In the early 2000s, plant scientist Ernesto Gianoli came across a curious climbing vine while walking with a student in the temperate forests of Chile. The plant they came across is now called Boquila trifoliolata and what...
  • Plants use their epigenetic memories to adapt to climate change

    11/18/2022 5:38:07 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 12 replies
    sciencedaily.com ^ | November 17, 2022
    Animals can adapt quickly to survive adverse environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper publishing in the journal Trends in Plant Science on November 17 details how plants are rapidly adapting to the adverse effects of climate change, and how they are passing down these adaptations to their offspring. Because plants don't have neural networks, their memory is based entirely on cellular, molecular, and biochemical networks. These networks make up what the researchers term somatic memory. "These mechanisms allow plants to recognize the occurrence of a previous environmental condition and to react more promptly...
  • The World Has a New Weapon: It's Called 'Fertilizer'

    07/10/2022 4:12:43 PM PDT · by Libloather · 39 replies
    Newsweak ^ | 6/21/22 | Gordon G. Chang
    Add one more critical shortage to the world's swollen list. Countries for months have been hoarding fertilizer - and now they are weaponizing it, making sales in return for geopolitical favors. Last July, China's National Development and Reform Commission stopped major companies from exporting fertilizer. In September, Beijing imposed a prohibition on exports of phosphates, a primary fertilizer ingredient, until at least the middle of this year. In October, Chinese officials added inspection requirements to aid enforcement of the bans. The moves were a reaction to rising prices in China and elsewhere. China's fertilizer bans created shortages. The country's traditional...
  • Bioterrorism threat said real

    05/03/2004 2:36:51 PM PDT · by Prince Charles · 6 replies · 293+ views
    Western Farm Press ^ | 10-17-2002 | Harry Cline
    Bioterrorism threat said real Oct 17, 2002 12:00 PM, Harry Cline There are 7,000 unaccounted for former Soviet Union biological warfare scientists and technicians in the world today. Before 9/11/01, that fact would be filed away under "So what...just left over Cold War paranoia." Now, though, that fact is cause for considerable concern to Americans, and a panel of experts on bioterrorism and radical environmental groups speaking at the recent California Plant Health Association and CropLife America joint annual convention in Palm Desert, Calif., only served to heighten that concern when they addressed biological warfare issues facing America today. According...
  • 25 MYSTERIOUS FIRES AT FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS ACROSS US; ‘END-OF-DAYS FOOD SHORTAGE’

    06/01/2022 10:20:13 AM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    Israel 365 News ^ | MAY 2, 2022 | ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ
    As more food processing plants burn down, the prophecy of pre-Messianic food shortages looms more imminent. Though labeled a conspiracy theory, the facts remain undeniable; prices are rising as supply chain problems persist and food becomes dear. BIDEN: PLANNING TO “DISSEMINATE FOOD SHORTAGES.”. The story comes in the wake of a presidential prediction that food shortages were about to become a reality due to the war in Ukraine. While addressing the subject, President Biden made a gaffe that made it seem that the food shortages were, in fact, planned. “We had a long discussion in the G7 with the, with...
  • Don’t Eat That: A Walk Through a Poison Garden

    05/11/2022 9:45:31 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    Yahoo News! ^ | Lydia Kang
    I do enjoy poisoning people. Fictional people, that is. Many find this surprising, given that in addition to writing books, I’m a physician. I’m in the real-life business of keeping people alive. But on my off hours, eh, I kill characters. SNIP In two of my books, The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding and The Impossible Girl, I leaned heavily upon plant lore and plant poisons for key plot points. (Warning: spoilers ahead!)