Carroll said Franklin also shaped the path for present-day meteorologists, like CBS Philadelphia's Grant Gilmore, who track a range of weather patterns, including an ongoing trend of progressively warmer temperatures due to pollution from cars and factories.
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Brandon Goldner,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Rather than invest that capital in new factories, new workers, or new supply chains, most chose to return it to shareholders through stock repurchases.
Like so many other places in regional Britain, its mines and mills have been replaced by retail and service industry jobs; its local stores now vape shops or vacant altogether.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
In the 1890s, textile mills across New England replaced steam engines with electric motors.
EarthJustice alleged that the orders override decisions made in the interest of customers by power companies, grid operators and state utility regulators to retire the plants, according to Post-Tribune archives.
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Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
These plants have a vining growth habit and need to be staked or caged for support.
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