GM brings back 30 at engine plant
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- GM brings back 30 at engine plant
- TVA scrutinizes dike at New Johnsonville plant
- Concerns over ash pond pollution grows
- Ford expected to reopen Cleveland engine plant
GM brings back 30 at engine plant
Bizjournals.com
’s Tonawanda engine plant were recalled Monday. But because of quickly changing production schedules linked to depressed new vehicle sales the recall of a small portion of the more than 740 Western New York auto workers currently on layoff might only last one week says Scott Adams UAW assistant regional director. “The 30 who are some of the 465 (at GM) who were on indefinite layoff were brought back to run a line. But because there is so much uncertainty it looks like they’ll be back for only one week” he said. At other Buffalo-area auto supplier plants Adams said:• 105 hourly employees at the.
TVA scrutinizes dike at New Johnsonville plant
The Tennessean
“The Tennessee Valley Authority provides electricity to Tennessee and parts of six surrounding states. In addition to the Tennessee coal-fired plants TVA has two in Kentucky and two in Alabama. (Its Widows Creek plant in northeastern Alabama had a smaller spill in January. )(2 of 4)TVA has taken steps to address the issues at New Johnsonville spokesman John Moulton said Friday. He said the plan includes monitoring the clear-water seepage more in-depth engineering analysis and plans to build new permanent spillways.
Concerns over ash pond pollution grows
USA Today
— The danger of combustion waste from coal-fired power plants became big news in December when a dam holding back a mountain of ash at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant collapsed spreading a billion gallons of sludge over several hundred acres near Knoxville. By the time that slide occurred however the problems that coal-ash residue can cause had already been part of life for nearly two years here at the site of the Gibson power plant the nation’s third-largest coal facility owned by Duke Energy. Ash ponds — ponds filled with ash waste — at the Gibson plant tainted both a new wildlife sanctuary for endangered birds and the drinking water of the small community of East Mount Carmel in 2007. Two years later the cleanup is still ongoing. The problems here as well as those in Tennessee and elsewhere have environmental advocates calling for national standards for handling the massive quantities of ash and other coal-combustion wastes — more than 125 million tons a year according to the American Coal Ash Association. A 2007 study by the U.
Ford expected to reopen Cleveland engine plant
The Associated Press
plant in suburban Cleveland which has been idle for nearly two years is about to begin making a new fuel-efficient engine for some of the company’s 2010 model cars. Ford has called an 11 a. EST Friday news conference to announce that its Cleveland Engine Plant No.
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