plant
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A bankruptcy judge ruled that the law firm had a conflict after it represented the self-help guru’s investment entities in claims against the coal plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They also found the bacteria in multiple spots inside the plant and noted that the company had found it repeatedly in prior years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Department of Agriculture plant explorer Frank Meyer collected dozens of soybean varieties in China, many of which government researchers Charles Piper and William Morse planted at the department’s Arlington Experimental Farm in Virginia.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The results do not suggest that people with IBD should eliminate plant foods from their diets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Maybe you boys could plant some of the seedlings,” she suggested.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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Domestic growers could get unlicensed plants easily, according to those people and subsequent rulings by Chinese courts in lawsuits that alleged unlicensed cultivation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And instead of relying on the local soil, they would pot the plants in a material made from coconut fiber, with nutrients and filtered water provided via drip-irrigation technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Other Western companies launched investigations that caught farmers using Driscoll’s plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“It also exacerbates the pressures facing America’s electric grid by forcing critical existing power plants into early retirement and severely restricting the operation of new natural gas plants,” Matheson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Then we are to document which plants and animals live nearby and how they interact with one another and their water source.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Department of Agriculture plant explorer Frank Meyer collected dozens of soybean varieties in China, many of which government researchers Charles Piper and William Morse planted at the department’s Arlington Experimental Farm in Virginia.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
About 30,000 square feet of asphalt was removed, and 35 trees were planted at Esperanza Elementary School, increasing green space across the campus from 9% to 37%, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
So far, this summer the program has planted 615 coral, with 228 of those part of the thermal bleaching study.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some trees were planted in Costa Rica, but the defendants did not maintain the plantation or fund infrastructure to help with harvesting, prosecutors said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
We shovel until the piles are gone and the trees are planted.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Instead of planting berry bushes out in the open, as is often done in the U.S., it decided to grow them in greenhouses using water systems that couldn’t be contaminated by nearby farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They are doing this in a range of ways from planting trees and growing vegetables, to leading bug hunts and rediscovering nature.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Washington said its forces attacked Iranian rocket launchers on the island of Larak on Sunday to prevent Tehran from planting mines in the strait's key shipping lanes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Someone’s planting baby maple trees on the bare patches.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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