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The denim maker and hemp fiber producer said they will work to bring traceability and scale to the textile-grade cottonized hemp grown and processed in the United States, adding to the latter’s new partnership with Pakistani mill AGI. With a plethora of brands recently introducing collections showcasing hemp and hemp blends, often with cotton or other natural fibers such as Tencel, it’s worth questioning whether hemp would soon eclipse cotton as the favorite fiber of the fashion flock. The ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Earlier this month, a report from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave America’s infrastructure an overall grade of C-. The nation’s water infrastructure fell below that average with a C- for drinking water infrastructure, a D+ for wastewater infrastructure, and a D for stormwater infrastructure. Although these grades represent a modest improvement over the 2017 grades, there is much work to be done. Climate change makes t...

Wyden, Merkley Keeping Oregon and 2021 in Sight December 23, 2020 Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley—who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee—and Ron Wyden today announced a wide range of investments that will benefit Oregon and are included in the fiscal year 2021 spending bill that has passed the Senate. The next step is for the president to sign the bill into law.  Taken together, the investments announced by the senators impact virtually all communities in every corner of t...