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Recent Examples of uppersThe collaboration’s blue, purple and green colorways feature full suede uppers, while the white style uses a leather upper with a 3M reflective Swoosh and the black makeup uses a fully nubuck construction.—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Changing worldwide diets alone could lead to a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, because the production of meat, particularly red meat, requires releasing a lot of planet-warming gases, researchers concluded.
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Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
The flue gases leaving these facilities contain 3-15% CO2 by volume.
The city analyzed truck traffic generators in southwest Detroit, identified travel patterns and paid particular attention to the Livernois Junction Intermodal terminal, which accounts for more than 1,200 truck trips per day.
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Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Galen Carr, the Dodgers’ vice president of player personnel, has made frequent trips to Japan as the Dodgers reinforced their stronghold in the country.
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