Ontario extruder cuts into the market for wood railroad ties February 25, 2016 Canadian Plastics
Just because something grows on trees doesn’t make it inexhaustible. Take wood. It doesn’t just grow on trees, it
is the tree. But people still want to use less of it if possible. A prime example is wooden railroad ties. The material of choice for the railway industry since it first began way back when, timber ties are increasingly being replaced by alternatives, not only due to concerns about deforestation millions of hardwood trees are consumed to make railway ties in North America every year but also because of creosote, which has long been used to prevent the wood ties from rotting. Creosote has recently been classified as a probable carcinogen, and creosote-treated railway ties also have the nasty side effect of creating toxic run-off water that in turn contaminates the surrounding surface soil and river ways. How bad a problem is it? Each
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Mandatory harvest of all snagged paddlefish is required on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On these days, all paddlefish caught must be kept and tagged immediately. All paddlefish snagged and tagged must be removed from the river by 7 p.m. each snagging day. Any fish left at the confluence fish cleaning caviar operation after 8 p.m. the day they were snagged will be considered abandoned, and the snagger is subject to a fine.
Snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Participants during snag-and-release-only days need to have in their possession a current season, unused paddlefish snagging tag.
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the fault lines and the shake zone. first we go to lloyd lacuesta. reporter: it wasn t the big one, but for many people it was big enough. the whole building shook. you could see the whole building move back and forth. reporter: the epicenter was 13 miles east of city hall. it felt like i got hit with a punch. we all stood up and said woe. i think the rolling was the scary part. and then we didn t know what would happen next. reporter: nothing happened, not one single 911 call. at the mi pueblo supermarket, nothing came off the shelves. it was like a quick shiver for me, it happened all fast but nothing happened, nothing broke everything was fine. reporter: as a precaution, san jose prepared it s emergency preparation center just in case. but there was no need to activate. officials say it appears the quake occurred on or near the calav era s fault. another reminder we do live in earthquake country. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. the