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Environmental group requests hearing process on San Onofre restart
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.An environmental group filed a motion Friday asking federal regulators to set up trial-like public hearings before deciding on a proposal by Southern California Edison to restart its troubled San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been out of service...Tags: Memorial Day, Justice System, Judges, Southern California Edison Company, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ford to retain 1,000 jobs at French plant after deal
ReutersBLANQUEFORT, France (Reuters) - Car maker Ford will retain 1,000 jobs at a plant in southwest France after striking a deal on Friday with local authorities to share the burden of new investments needed to keep the factory operating. Under the deal,...Tags: PSA Peugeot Citroen, Automotive Equipment, France, Manufacturing and Engineering
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AGs Tell Feds To Look At More Options For Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Hartford CourantAttorneys general from four New England states, including Connecticut, are asking federal regulators to consider other ways to handle spent nuclear fuel in their review of environmental impacts of the waste's storage on-site at the plants. In a filing...Tags: Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Glastonbury Awarded For Energy Efficiencies At Three Buildings
The town has received three "Power Of Change" awards for energy efficiencies at the wastewater treatment facility, Buttonball Lane Elementary School and Town Hall. The town received "first honors" in the top municipal wastewater treatment plant...
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Struggling ethanol makers hope to snap back
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)FAIRMONT, Minn. Farmer Dwayne Ehlert remembers the moment last August when he delivered a truckload of corn to an ethanol plant here and sold it for a record $8.16 a bushel. "I knew it was good for me, and I knew it wasn't good for anyone else," said...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Valero LP, Ethanol, Credit Ratings, U.S. Congress
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Ford to close Australia auto plants
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016. Ford Australia Chief Executive Bob Graziano said the company will close its engine plant in Geelong...Tags: National Government, Ford, Government, General Motors Corp., Japan
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COLUMN-Peak in Australian commodity investment boom is a good thing: Clyde Russell
Reuters--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 23 (Reuters) - The delay or cancellation of A$150 billion ($145 billion) of resource projects in Australia in the past year is...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Weather Reports, China, Glencore International AG, Energy Resources
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High costs, currency push Ford out of Australia car manufacturing
ReutersCANBERRA (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will shut its two Australian auto plants in October 2016, blaming a strong currency and costs that are hitting manufacturers just as the country looks for other sectors of its economy to cushion the end of a mining boom....Tags: Elections, General Motors Corp., Julia Gillard, Japan, Auto Trends
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Ford adds production in North America to meet new car demand
ReutersDETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is adding a week of production at most of its North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 vehicles and help sustain its gains in U.S. market share. The second-largest U.S. automaker said on Wednesday...Tags: Chrysler, North America, Ford, General Motors Corp., Chrysler Group LLC
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Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
ReutersNEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside. Next year, the management at Kenana...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Ethanol, Brazil, Biofuels, Africa
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GM to put millions into Cadillac plant
DETROIT -- General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing factory, creating 200 new jobs. The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the right...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Labor Legislation, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Career and Workplace
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