Illiopolis and the Plant
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* History: Borden Inc. built the Illiopolis PVC manufacturing plant in 1965 and operated it until 1987, when it was transferred to Borden Chemical, which filed bankruptcy in 2001 and sold the plant to FPC USA (Formosa) in 2002.
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By The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 7--Back when this region was dubbed the "chemical capital of the world," local chemists and plants made far-reaching breakthroughs in several important fields.
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Many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted to big climate changes, which implies that at least in that region, plants may be able to shift long distances.
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By Bethany Meisinger-Reiff Contributing Writer  VANDALIA -- Last week may have been Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, but the city of Vandalia has been aware of -- and preparing for -- the invasive pest for some time.
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By Katie N  Johannes, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 8--A hint of red can be seen on berry plants, and ash trees are just starting to turn yellow, signaling the approach of fall in the mountains.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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Science writer Cheryl Lyn Dybas will be online to answer questions about the discovery of a plant that contains a powerful anti-inflammatory substance.
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The Brazilian winter was almost over, and while the mild winters in Florianopolis allowed me to work on the Agape, the coming of spring meant that it was time to set sail for new adventures. Grayson, the youngest of the Pollywogs, showed up early in the morning at the dock, as I got ready to sail. "What are you doing?", he asked.  "I am getting ready to study algae", I answered. "Algae!", he exclaimed, "why are you looking for that?"
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Corrado Tedeschi e' Higgins, Gaia De Laurentiis Eliza
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By Story by RICK NATHANSON Illustration by CATHRYN CUNNINGHAM Of the Journal  At the beginning of the summer, people were facing tough choices about which plants they might be willing to let die during what seemed like a dry cycle with no end.
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One of my buddies had a brilliant idea I hadn't thought of: Check Pennsylvania's maps for what's called a co-op farm. It's not a commune, it's a farm which offers up it's land to the public for hunting.  What the Farmer Gets  If the hunters are decent-folk, they generally clean up the trash off the property. I personally built a blind out of rocks I happened to find in a fallow field to give me something to sit on and a hiding place. The blind is next to a power utility pole, so it gives me a great shot at birds coming in slowly to land on the wires. He got his field cleaned essentially for free since I also picked up trash. I don't want my game animals eating garbage.  The other bonus the farmer enjoys is limited crop losses to wildlife. This particular farmer was doing the soy-corn-fallow crop rotation which is pretty typical Pennsylvania crop rotation. Doves love this stuff and eat it up. Probably about 2/3rds of the doves I cleaned had corn in their crop.  What the Hunters Get  A place to hunt with a ton of acreage devoted to what essentially amounts to bait.
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By The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 26--Having water is a blessing and a curse. That's how a spokesman for the Imperial Irrigation and Drainage District (IIDD), Kevin Kelly, characterized the current tenuous position in regard to supplying the water needs of Imperial County.
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By The Garden Path, Tim Elkner, Daina Savage  Editor's note: This gardening column is written by Daina Savage, Intelligencer Journal correspondent, and Tim Elkner, Lancaster County Horticulture extension agent.           Hurricane effect. Thank goodness for Ernesto residuals.
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Our South American neighbor expands its production of ethanol and biodiesel. Partnering with Brazil would benefit the economy of a democracy and clean our skies. In Autopia.
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.