Category: Factories
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Vauxhall owner to decide future of UK factories as net zero row escalates
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Stellantis, the parent company of Vauxhall, Fiat, Citroen and Peugeot, is set to decide the fate of its UK plants within weeks amid ongoing rows with the government over electric vehicle sales targets. In June, Stellantis warned it may need to close its factories in Ellesmere Port and Luton unless…
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145 factories face closure over Nairobi River pollution
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The Ministry of Environment has warned that it will close 145 factories and slaughterhouses over dumping solid waste into the Nairobi River. This comes as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Aden Duale, announced the recruitment of 10,000 youth to clean up the polluted Nairobi River. Duale told the National Assembly’s Defence,…
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Kenya races to relax rule on cheaper night tariff for factories
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The Department of Energy will accelerate the review of rules on cheap overnight energy costs ahead of the proposed opening of electricity transmission and distribution to the private sector early next year. Cabinet Minister for Energy, Opio Wandaye, said the government is racing against time to ease conditions that have…