Sentences with phrase «as for plants»

As for plants, I like perennials, buy them once and you are done!

As for plants soaking up the excess, forests and other vegetation are indeed major carbon sinks that can absorb lots of carbon — in other words, healthy forests could offset some of our global warming pollution.

As for plants soaking up the excess, forests and other vegetation are indeed major carbon sinks that can absorb lots of carbon — in other words, healthy forests could offset some of our global warming pollution.

As for plants, the largest of the large today is General Sherman, a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park, California, which has a trunk volume of around 1500 cubic metres.

Nevertheless, the general principle holds for them as well as for plants.

As for the plants, they have all been re-potted.

They work to secure media attention for their own work as well as for plant - based and cultured meat companies, and they have been covered in more than 480 scientific and mainstream media venues.16 Little is known about the impact of these interventions on public opinion, though it seems that raising public awareness of cultured products may be valuable, especially since the field is so new.

Not exact matches

The LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has announced plans for a $ 21.4 million rights issue pitched at lesss than half its current share price, as it seeks to complete its first waste treatment plant in Shenton

Reporting based on an entire harvest could be misleading, as unscrupulous companies could attempt to cover up for plants lost due to powdery mildew or other pests.

The owner of a biodiesel demonstration facility in Airdrie who had ambitions to build as many as 12 plants in Western Canada has dropped those plans and converted the existing facility to make canola oil — for cooking purposes.

Yet, as a small business owner or entrepreneur, it is common to plant your seat in a chair for hours on end to do what it takes to grow your business.

A spokesman for the National Farmers» Union said: «British farmers should have the choice to access the best technologies, such as advanced plant breeding, to ensure they can remain competitive and produce quality food while protecting the environment.»

In her role, Heverly oversees aspects such as making sure lighting is optimized for productive work, adding plants to beautify the space and helping to adjust workstations to be ergonomic.

Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.

Expedia is «planting seeds for faster growth,» snapping up international hotels in Europe and Asia as a way to boost profits, according to one Wall Street firm.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

One day, it might be green plants and bouncy music; the next, it might be a fully customizable desk, telecommuting or living in Switzerland — all of which have been touted in recent research as ingredients for a pleasurable work existence.

As Chapmans dug the foundations for the new plant, they discovered a storm sewer that did not appear on municipal plans.

As the leader of the company, Lukens turned the plant into one of the biggest producers of boilerplates and rails for the locomotive and shipping industries.

Plans call for the converted warehouse to be used as a «nut house» when the new plant is complete, allowing ice cream with nuts to be made in an entirely separate facility.

Pete Mateja of that Office of Automotive and Vehicle Research is quoted as saying «The Chrysler Windsor plant, we definitely need to hold on to it or it's going to be devastating for Windsor.»

There's something very prideful about wanting to build our own world - beating businesses and not wanting to be a simple branch - plant economy, but in a globalized era there are many roadblocks — such as access to the big bucks needed for expansion — to doing so.

In its most report on the best eating plans, US News and World Report described vegetable - based («plant - based») diets as «good for the environment, your heart, your weight, and your overall health.»

Guggenheim fellow and Detroit native Clemens was there for much of the year - long decommissioning process, as workers stripped the plant's salvageable parts and carefully disassembled its press lines for shipping to booming factories in Mexico and Brazil.

That figure removes the impact of international accounting rules for the agricultural industry that requires cannabis companies to record the value of their plants as income as they grow, before the product is sold, lifting the bottom line.

Apple (aapl), for one, has planted a flag in the ground firmly in favor of privacy by default, as demonstrated in their recent battle with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over unlocking an iPhone used by a terrorist.

The Trumps and Macrons helped plant a tree on the White House grounds together before boarding Trump's Marine One helicopter for a scenic tour of monuments built in the capital city designed by French - born Pierre L'Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, the first U.S. president's home along the Potomac River.

Known as the man who reversed the fortunes of Hitachi, Hiroaki Nakanishi is now preparing the Japanese conglomerate, which makes everything from elevators to nuclear plants, for its next challenge.

As it happens, EnCana itself has invested in a specialized $ 10 - million plant near its Peace River, B.C., operations that treats «sour» water from a saline aquifer for use in its shale drilling.

Perth - based explorer Image Resources has entered into an agreement for the purchase of a wet concentration plant, and an offtake deal for product from its Boonanarring mineral sands project near Gingin, with a Chinese zircon company to emerge as a major shareholder.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

There Friedberg observed that most farmers plant corn and soybeans because they make can make the most money through those crops, in large part because of their role as animal feed that supports humans» massive appetite for meat.

The basics: The leaf of a plant served as the blue print for the car's body shell.

Danone sees potential for yogurt made from plants, as shown through its acquisition of nut milk brands So Delicious and Silk parent WhiteWave earlier this year.

Plant - based proteins are gaining steam as consumers try to cut down on meat for health reasons as well as to lighten their impact on the environment.

GreenBuilt searched for a healthy, durable, climate resilient material that could provide high - quality permanent housing as well as temporary shelter, and hempcrete (a bio-composite made of the hemp plant's inner woody core combined with a lime - based binder) appeared to be a superior option because of its sustainability and carbon sequestration properties, as well as its potential to spur economic development.

While reverse osmosis is touted as a cheaper, lower - energy alternative to large - scale distillation, Carlsbad's $ 1 billion construction project is a reminder that such plants still may not be practical for every water - scarce community.

For example, through events such as mini sailboat races in Central Park or black - tie ice skating in front of the Statue of Liberty Noto seeks to plant the idea in customers» minds that his Prosecco creates an occasion out of the ordinary and makes life sparkle.

That means the company's up for creating anything, including «plants with enhanced traits,» according to Caribou's website, as well as animal and human editing.

LG is considering Tennessee as a location for a new home appliances and television plant as part of its deliberations, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.

Though his mouth was on fire, Frind calmly planted a kiss on Kanciar's lips and feigned ignorance as she went scrambling for water.

The 100 % Northern Minerals owned project will operate as a large - scale pilot plant for three years, with the goal of expanding into one of the world's only significant suppliers for critical heavy rare earths outside of China.

Quitting Korea would, however, not be an easy call for GM as it relies on those plants as a key export hub - building vehicles for the United States and Latin America, although it could build models such as the Chevrolet Trax elsewhere.

On the afternoon of Monday, January 31, human - resources manager Brown sat anxiously by his phone, waiting for a call from Stack, who was negotiating with Harvester at his lawyer's office in downtown Springfield.Since SRC did not want to assume Harvester's liabilities to employees for sick pay and vacation time, everyone in the plant had to be terminated as soon as the buyout was completed.

Besides providing such familiar tax incentives as a five - year income - tax exemption for coveted corporations, the government often shares the cost of training workers and even puts up part of the capital for plants and equipment.

In 1973, Iovine was working as a go - for at New York's famed Record Plant, one of the world's premier recording studios.

Called «Just Mayo,» the product is plant based and, as a result, a viable food option for people who either can't eat animal protein or don't want to.

A faster ramp - up of the battery plant would be crucial as Tesla has said it would respond to brisk demand for the Model 3 by tooling up its factories to build 500,000 vehicles a year in 2018, two years earlier than planned.