Sentences with phrase «homes near the plant»

Residential homes near the plant that were built in the 1940s have become run - down, which is why retailers have avoided the area altogether, says Dunaway.

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Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Eunita Rushing feels at home when she's near plants, so perhaps it's no surprise that since 1999 she has been the enthusiastic president of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, which works in partnership with the Chicago Park District to raise funds and awareness for educational and public programs for the conservatory, located on the city's West Side.

The Des Plaines trail meanders through areas such as Van Patten Woods, a popular family destination near Zion, as well as unusual natural areas such as the Wadsworth Demonstration Project, where the river winds through a living laboratory to study wetland restoration, and MacArthur Woods near Libertyville, home to endangered plants.

The governor has a different attitude about nuclear power plants downstate, where he is trying to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant near his home in Westchester.

He is actively planning for the rapid closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, which is around 30 miles north of New York City and near Cuomo's home in Westchester County.

Located between Greenland and Russia, Svalbard experienced a near - complete loss of its vegetation during the last ice age and was quite sparse even 10,000 years ago, but today it is home to a thriving plant community.

Insiders say the most vulnerable are the National Accelerator Centre near Cape - town, home to a number of particle accelerators, including a powerful cyclotron used for medical, biological and physical research; Mossgas, the multi-billion rand project set up to beat oil sanctions by pumping natural gas ashore from beneath the Indian Ocean; and the Koeberg nuclear power plant at Melkbosstrand.

Both plant threats face rice farmers near his parents» home in India.

RADIOACTIVE food and jewellery from homes near the Tokaimura nuclear plant in Japan are revealing the impact of the accident there last year.

Kobita's garden consists of a 300 square foot plot near their home, planted with more than 30 kinds of fruits and vegetables.

While the marketing campaign hits home the almost gimmicky Team Cap vs. Team Iron Man storyline, albeit nowhere near as bad as the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob fangirl war in Twilight (shudders), Civil War finds itself obligated to plant the seeds of two years worth of MCU films, mainly the introduction of breakout additions in Black Panther and Spider - Man.

But when you hammer out of the Trigger and onto the Bridge Straight at Summit Point's Shenandoah Circuit, the ass - end hanging out on the stripes as the TORSEN limited - slip differential plants both rear Bridgestones convincingly into the pavement, there's a distinct commonality of character that makes you forget entirely that the badge on the steering wheel is more often at home on upscale Camry clones and near - luxury hybrids.

Intrigued by school gardens near his home in New Mexico, Ancona created this large - format book that follows the development of a garden and the students» responses to it, from plans to planting to watering to harvest.

What do you think it does to home prices when a seller is required by law to declare that the house is located near a dog food plant?

She grew up in homes near rivers and tending the plot that her father carved out for her in a garden filled with fruit trees, edible plants, flowers, and an assortment of animals.

The contradictory nature of the drug war came home to Pine Ridge August 24 as federal agents cut down and seized the one - acre field of hemp plants growing at Alex White Plume's home near Manderson, South Dakota.

In Michigan and elsewhere, wind plants erected near homes have spurred health and safety complaints and lawsuits.

«Los Angeles is ringed by cement plants, and three of them operate near my home in Rosamond,» said Jane Williams, of Sierra Club and Desert Citizens Against Pollution.

There have been many problems reported from families in homes near Michigan's wind plants, resulting in a lawsuit from 17 residents in Northern Michigan.

A girl makes her way to her home near a coal - fired power plant in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, on Jan. 28, 2015.

A solar power plant near Seville, Spain, provides electricity to 200,000 homes — promising news for the sunniest place in the world, the deserts of the U.S. Southwest, where solar energy could provide for 80 % of Earth's current use.

Since then, risk assessment has been used to estimate the probability of a catastrophic meltdown at a nuclear power plant, or the probability of a population of grizzly bears becoming locally extinct because too many roads were cut into their forest home, or the probability of children having their IQ lowered by exposure to toxic lead and PCBs in the soil near schools built on a toxic waste dump.

Certain neighborhood features near a home — like cemeteries and power plants — could drag down a home's price.

5) Trees Make a Big Impact Finally, plant a tree (or two) near the southwest corner of your home.

«Place an accent by a home's feature, such as an attractive plant near a fireplace to draw the eye to it or a tall palm or two in place that directs the buyer toward another part of the home or suggests a separation of areas.