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Heatwave! Or so they are promising next week. 🏊️ I'll believe it when I see it. The good news is black fly season is mostly over at this point, so it will make for some good weekends in the wilderness seeking out swimming holes and other places away from the city that aren't nearly as hot.

Tonawanda Coke

Tonawanda Coke Corporation (TCC) has operated a coke manufacturing facility at this location since 1978, and the property has been used for the coke manufacturing since 1917. Coke is made by heating coal at high temperatures in the absence of air. On October 14, 2018, TCC suspended operations and initiated process shutdown to permanently close its facility.

Building the vast complex in Clay conflicts with green promises – newyorkupstate.com

Micron’s concrete dilemma: Building the vast complex in Clay conflicts with green promises – newyorkupstate.com

Syracuse, N.Y. – To build its massive chipmaking complex in Central New York, Micron Technology would have to pour six times more concrete than it took to build the Pentagon.

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The eye-popping amounts of concrete and steel needed to build Micron’s four fabrication plants, or fabs, underscores challenging contradictions both in chipmaking and in the company’s long-term pledge toward carbon-neutral emissions.