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Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used...
Tags: Explosions, Companies and Corporations, Fertilizer, Chemical Industry, Economic Policy
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Agriculture, Explosions, Ohio River
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Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster for more than a decade are hopeful that they've come up with a cause. Environmental testing paid for by the families found a suspected cancer-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family, Trials
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AP Source: Subaru to expand Indiana plant
DETROIT (AP) — Subaru plans to expand its Indiana factory and add workers to build the Impreza small car there in 2016, a person briefed on the matter says. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement is scheduled to be...
Tags: Tribeca, Automotive Equipment, Subaru, Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars
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Search for radioactive leak at Palisades nuclear plant
WSBT-TVVAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Government regulators and the operators of a nuclear power plant are trying to figure out why several gallons of radioactive water leaked into Lake Michigan over the weekend. The Palisades nuclear power plant remains...Tags: Lake Michigan, Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Accidents
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For Wash. government bean-counter, a pot education
SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases. Now, the married,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Lab Tests, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Treatments
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Proposed ordinance requires review of soil, water table data during the building permit process
WSBT-TVYou'll remember when the ethanol plant shut down last year, homes in that area flooded. All of the water that had been used by the plant stayed in the ground and seeped into those homes. Some City Council members took a step Wednesday to make sure... -
Fire investigators enter site of Mishawaka blaze
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- The twisted, steel remains of the old RMG Foundry building still loom over the Mishawaka fire station on Union Street. The site of the old Dodge Manufacturing plant went up in flames Feb. 11, but fire investigators were first able to enter...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Weather Warnings, Weather, Economy, Business and Finance
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Firm holds out hope for reopening of South Bend ethanol plant
SOUTH BEND (AP) — The president of a company that saw Indiana's oldest ethanol plant sold as part of bankruptcy proceedings say he hopes the liquidators who purchased the facility might reopen it. But a Purdue University professor who follows...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Biofuels
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Dousing hot spots before launching full probe into Mishawaka fire
MISHAWAKA – Firefighters Tuesday evening were still tackling the fire at the old RMG Foundry. The flames out are, but hot spots are still the issue. More than 200 RVs, boats and collectible cars went up in flames and the building next to the...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Economy, Business and Finance
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Judge OKs New Energy sale
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The New Energy Corp. ethanol plant cost more than $180 million to build in the early 1980s. But when it was sold at auction last week as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the winning bid came in at just $2.5 million....Tags: Renewable Energy, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Crime, Law and Justice, Biofuels
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Homeowners press city for solutions to rising water near ethanol plant
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND -- Homeowners who live near a shuttered ethanol plant on the southwest side of town pressed city engineers, Tuesday evening, for solutions to rising water, which is now starting to seep into some nearby houses. But the meeting, which was...Tags: Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Biofuels, Ethanol
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