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Falling demand for railcars, wind farms costs 381 jobs in Oklahoma

 
BY DEBBIE BLOSSOM    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: January 29, 2009

A declining demand for railcars and a cutback on financing to wind farm developers are behind two state plant closings that put close to 400 people out of work this month in Oklahoma.

photo - Turbines cover a limestone ridge as part of the Blue Canyon wind farm in southwest Oklahoma. PHOTO BY JACK MONEY
Turbines cover a limestone ridge as part of the Blue Canyon wind farm in southwest Oklahoma. PHOTO BY JACK MONEY

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