Records: Marengo recycler had earlier environmental problems

The loading dock at the C6-Zero facility is seen Dec. 9, a day after an explosion and fire at the facility in Marengo. Multiple people were injured in an explosion at the facility that says it coverts used roofing shingles into base ingredients, including oil and sand. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)Continue Reading

In the Region of Tucson – Flying Nun Arrives in America Up to early 1986, few people in North America had ever heard of Flying Nun. The odd fanzine had reviewed one or two records, and Rip It Up’s editor Murray Cammick had managed to slip a few records toContinue Reading

Douglas Brinkley speaks onstage during the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala on Dec. 9, 2021 in New York City. Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

When the historian Douglas Brinkley wrote “The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America” (2009), The New York Times called it a “vast, inspiring and enormously entertaining book” for its depiction of a great conservationist president who saved 234 million acres of America’s wilderness.  Brinkley, a professor ofContinue Reading

Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts

The first piece of legislation that newly elected Gov. Paul LePage introduced was a regulatory reform bill he said would cut bureaucratic red tape that stifled economic growth, but that environmental groups said would roll back some of Maine’s most important environmental protections. A watered-down version of the bill, whichContinue Reading

Tribal Rides/Xinda Begins Trading Under The Symbol XNDA

Oct. 15—The first piece of legislation that newly elected Gov. Paul LePage introduced was a regulatory reform bill he said would cut bureaucratic red tape that stifled economic growth, but that environmental groups said would roll back some of Maine’s most important environmental protections. A watered-down version of the bill,Continue Reading

DIFC records strong growth in H1 2022

DUBAI: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, delivered robust growth in the first half of 2022. The Centre’s strong performance reinforces DIFC’s Strategy 2030 to drive the future of finance, differentiate Dubai as a global hubContinue Reading