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Sara Kiley Watson


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Closing the Energy Supply Gap with Cotton Stalks

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016

Pakistan faces a 6 gigawatt energy supply gap, meaning the electrical grid falls short of demand by 40 percent on a regular basis. That’s the equivalent of 3 Hoover Dams of energy production.  Power shortages can lead to increased death tolls during heat waves, darkness in large portions of a major city like Karachi and factory closings, ending thousands of jobs.   EnMass, a green biomass start-up based in Durham has announced that they will begin their first large-scale 50 megawatt biomass project in Pakistan next spring, with plans for another 200 MW in 2018. Their projects could power the...

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8 Entrepreneurs to Know in North Carolina Fashion

Posted by | Oct 11, 2016

With a deep history in textile manufacturing and fashion design and NCSU’s College of Textiles based in Raleigh, North Carolina continues to be a place independent designers, fashion brands and textile startups are starting up.  They’re creating new jobs in the state all while promoting social, ethical and environmental consciousness, helping to refine an industry that has been a staple of the North Carolina economy since the 1800s.  Meet eight of these companies below.  Opportunity Threads  Opportunity Threads is a worker-owned, cut and sew textile plant based in Morgantown, NC. This young business offers sampling, handwork, upcycling and production of over...

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