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heirloom

[air-loom] / ˈɛərˌlum /


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The project is at two different sites: Heirloom in Shreveport and Climeworks in Calcasieu Parish near Vinton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"Heirloom varieties... are able to adapt to climate change, to more severe water shortages, to extremes of cold and heat," said Mario Marino, from the climate change division of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Heirloom officials said they anticipate transitioning to underground storage wells in the future, pending permitting approval from the Environmental Protection Agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

This latter method is offered by US company Heirloom Carbon Technologies, among others.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The two newspapers which had undertaken to boom the "Valley House Heirloom Theft" had almost limitless circulations.

From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)




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