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In California’s Inland Empire, the warehousing industry’s growth comes with consequences

by Justin Ho
Apr 19, 2023
Many worry that the industry’s growth has put the local environment and economy at risk.
Above, a massive processing and distribution center in Los Angeles. Warehouses have boomed in California’s Inland Empire over the past decade thanks to the growth of online shopping.
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When you need 70,000 pounds of paper a month and the supply chain is in chaos

by Kai Ryssdal and Anais Amin
Jun 15, 2022
Claudia Smukler of Mother Jones explains the unique obstacles to producing a print magazine in this economy.
Magazines require a high grade of coated paper, one that ink will lay well on.
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Warehouse space in high demand as companies shift to e-commerce

by Andy Uhler
Jun 23, 2021
The U.S. may need an additional 330 million square feet of distribution space by 2025 to handle the expected expansion of online sales.
As people are pivoting away from buying goods, retailers are faced with surplus inventory.
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Air cargo industry braces for global impact of COVID-19 vaccine

by Victoria Craig
Sep 11, 2020
Shipping one dose to nearly 8 billion people would fill up around 8 thousand cargo planes.
This picture taken on May 23, 2020 shows a laboratory technician holding a tray with doses of a COVID-19 novel coronavirus vaccine candidate ready for trial on monkeys at the National Primate Research Center of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Saraburi. - After conclusive results on mice, Thai scientists from the centre have begun testing a COVID-19 novel coronavirus vaccine candidate on monkeys, the phase before human trials. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Why getting your movie into theaters can be difficult

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 8, 2019
Netflix has distribution power indie filmmakers may not have access to.
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