In 2004, writer David Owen wrote a piece for The New Yorker magazine that knocked conventional environmental thinking on its ear. His thesis was that if you look at what's important — the amount of fossil fuels burned per...
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ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) - MGP Ingredients Inc. says it has entered a partnership that will allow it to reopen distillery operations at a plant in Pekin, Ill. The Atchison, Kan.-based company on Monday announced a joint venture with...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Shares of Silver Wheaton Corp., which acquires mineral properties, rose Monday as an analyst upgraded the Canadian company on rising silver production. Analyst Michael D. Curran of RBC Capital Markets...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A newly reopened Niagara Falls manufacturing plant will use hydropower to make products for the solar industry. New York City-based Globe Specialty Metals Inc. said it hired 138 people after spending...
Freight trucks, center, breeze through a congested border check point using a Free and Secure Trade Lane, or FAST Lane, in Laredo, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy...