Big changes are coming to GM's factories. The Chevy Bolt EV, a budget-friendly electric car, will soon be gone. Its factory in Kansas will instead make a Buick SUV from China and a Chevrolet Equinox from Mexico. Why the switch? It's all about money and politics. Building cars in China and Mexico go
America's factory farms, or CAFOs, produce a staggering amount of waste. This waste often ends up in our rivers and lakes, making them unsafe for swimming or fishing. The problem is that these farms are not held to the same environmental standards as other industries. Unlike factories, they don't ha
Factories are big polluters, and their emissions don't just hurt the planet. They can make people sick, too. Workers, neighbors, and even the business itself can suffer from the fallout. So, what's the deal with factory air pollution, and what can be done about it? First off, factories release a mi
In December, Britain's manufacturing sector showed some signs of improvement, but the overall outlook remains uncertain. The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for manufacturing rose to 50. 6, up from 50. 2 in November. However, this was lower than the initial estimate of 51. 2. This increa
Smell books have been around since the 1970s, but not many people have studied how they change as kids grow up. These books mix words, pictures, and smells to make reading more fun. A recent study looked at 334 of these books to see how the smells and words change for different ages. For little kid
A terrible accident took place at a factory in Tennessee. Sixteen people lost their lives when the factory exploded. The factory, called Accurate Energetic Systems (AES), was in Hickman County. The explosion happened early in the morning on October 10. No one survived. The sheriffs of Humphreys Cou
In a quiet town in Central New York, a food factory became the center of a dramatic event. Over 50 federal agents stormed the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant, startling everyone. The owners, three brothers named Jeff, Lenny, and Mark Schmidt Jr. , were left in shock. They had never seen anything l
A major setback struck a huge project in Georgia. Hundreds of workers building a battery factory for Hyundai and Kia were taken into custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led the operation, halting construction. The factory is a big deal. It's part of a massive investment in Georgia. T
A recent explosion at the U. S. Steel Clairton plant in Pennsylvania has left a community in shock and mourning. Timothy Quinn, a 39-year-old father of three, was one of the two people who lost their lives in the blast. His sister, Trisha Quinn, shared her harrowing experience of rushing to the plan
A terrible accident took place at a cereal factory in Perryville, Missouri. A worker, Nicolas Lopez Gomez, lost his life while cleaning an industrial oven. He was 38 years old and had been using a power washer on the outside of the oven when the incident occurred. It's still unclear how he ended up
