DuPont worker charged in theft of 20k trade secret files

Jessica Mazzola reports for NJ.com:

An East Brunswick man was arrested Friday on charges he stole about 20,000 confidential files from his employer to open a consulting business after his retirement, federal authorities said.

Anchi Hou, 61, a retired employee of DuPont, was charged was theft of trade secrets after allegedly copying and stealing the files from the company’s Parlin manufacturing facility, acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said.

Hou is accused of stealing the proprietary information during the fall and summer of 2016, in advance of his December retirement, authorities said.

The files included formulas, data, and customer information related to developments in flexographic printing plate technology, an advanced form of printing, authorities said.

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At White House meeting, Trump tells Wall Street execs that he will ‘absolutely destroy’ regulations they hate

Prez promises “major haircut” for Dodd-Frank as NYC business leaders seek infrastructure funding and path to citizenship for immigrants Email

Bill de Blasio

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he arrives for a town hall with business
leaders in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington.

Rosa Goldensohn writes for Crains:

The city’s top business executives bent the ears of President Donald Trump and his advisers Tuesday, pushing policies they say are key to the city and country’s economic growth.

More than 50 members of the Partnership for New York City, the town’s leading business group, had four morning meetings at the White House and were to spend the afternoon with the city’s congressional delegation. The theme of their meeting with the president was the business climate.
Trump told chief executives from financial institutions including Citigroup, Deloitte and HSBC that they would see a rollback of industry regulations cumbersome to Wall Street.
“We are absolutely destroying these horrible regulations that have been placed on your heads over not eight years, over the last 20 and 25 years,” Trump said, promising “things that are going to be very good for the banking industry” and “a very major haircut on Dodd-Frank.”
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Best keep this one off the president’s daily briefing list

Ironic?  Bigly.

Karen Yoder files this story for Grist:

A coal museum in Kentucky is switching to solar power.

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The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, nestled in the heart of coal country, might seem like an odd place for a solar project. But the solar panels currently being installed on its roof will ultimately save thousands in electricity costs.


The museum is located in the small town of Benham, a former coal camp. Now, the town will partially run on solar: The excess power from the museum’s solar project will feed into the town’s grid.

Solar panels are being installed on the roof of the museumEKB-TV

“It is a little ironic,” Brandon Robinson, communications director at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, which owns the museum, told WYMT. “But you know, coal and solar and all the different energy sources work hand-in-hand. And, of course, coal is still king around here.”

In the 2016 election, 85 percent of Harlan County, where Benham is located, voted for Donald Trump — likely in part because of his promise to bring back coal jobs, a promise that experts say is unrealistic.

Maybe those coal miners should be looking to get into the solar business.

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County by county listing of Superfund sites in New Jersey

S.P. Sullilvan reports for NJ Advance Media:

Click the link below for a listing, county by county, of Superfund
sites in New Jersey. Many of them have been cleaned up but require long-term treatment and
monitoring.

With the
EPA’s budget on the chopping block under President
Donald Trump’s administration, advocates worry things will backslide for the
Superfund, which has
already been near-broke for decades

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UN report: Clean power is up, costs are down

Roger Harrabin reports for the BBC:
wind powerImage copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe cost of offshore wind energy installations has tumbled over the past three years

The world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, according to the UN.
But the bill was almost a quarter lower than the previous year, thanks to the plunging cost of renewables.
Investment in renewables capacity was roughly double that in fossil fuels, says the report from UN Environment.
It follows news that the cost of offshore wind power has fallen by around a third since 2012 – far faster than expected.
But the report’s authors sound the alarm that just as costs are plunging, some major nations are scaling back their green energy investments.
This, they say, reduces the likelihood of meeting the Paris climate agreement.
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Philly council pulls plug on EV-only curbside parking places

Jim Saksa reports for PlanPhilly:

In an 11 to 6 vote, City Council suspended a program that allowed electric vehicle (EV) owners create EV-only parking spots in front of the curbside electrical outlets used to recharge their cars.

Neighbors complained that the program effectively allowed EV owners to buy a private in-street parking spot—while any electric car could park in the spot, only the specific EV charger’s owner could use the outlet. That spurred Councilmembers Mark Squilla and David Oh to introduce a moratorium bill, which also makes the existing EV-only spots open for any vehicle during the day for up to two hours.
“This policy has become a vehicle for people more interested in owning a private parking spot in front of their home than owning an electric vehicle,” said Oh.
There are 61 existing in-street EV parking spaces, predominantly in Center City.
All EV owners who testified before Council’s vote said that going—and saving—green by forgoing gas was their primary motivation for buying an electric car, not parking.  
A representative for Mayor Jim Kenney said the administration was still evaluating the legislation and declined to say whether the mayor would sign or veto the bill. As a councilman, Kenney introduced the original EV ordinance in 2007.
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