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The meat comes at an alarming speed. Workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley stand along a production line, responsible for trimming fat from beef as it moves along the line. When the meat arrives in front of them, workers — many of them from Haiti — hook it with one hand and slice it with a knife held in their other hand. But the meat comes at such a rapid pace — some 430 head of cattle per hour — they can barely keep up.

Home buying activity remained sluggish in September despite a mid-month half-percentage point interest rate cut and more homes being available. According to the September report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, the months of available inventory crossed the three-month mark for the first time since the pandemic. For comparison, in June 2023, the metro had 1.25 months of inventory. The number of active listings, at 11,115, is up 4% from August’s 10,724 and 46% from September 2023’s 7,629. The average number of active listings for September 1985-2021 was 15,253, while the record high was 31,450 listings in 2006, and the record low was 3,971 in 2021.

The public is welcome back, although some Halloween special events won’t be offered. Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday after an assessment of the effects of Hurricane Milton. Some Halloween special events won’t be offered and they won’t necessarily be fully functioning Friday, but the public is welcome back, the parks said in statements.

Sibelco and The Quartz Corp. shut down operations ahead of the arrival of Helene. One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by Hurricane Helene is operating again. Sibelco announced on Thursday that production has restarted at its mining and processing operations in Spruce Pine, located 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Asheville.

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) In some assessments, the boldest way for companies to address climate change is to look beyond their operations and cut emissions across their value chain. That means eliminating emissions from their suppliers as well as how their customers use their products. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] There’s just one big problem: companies don’t control the operations of their suppliers.

LOS ANGELES — Tesla unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi at a Hollywood studio Thursday night, though fans of the electric vehicle maker will have to wait until at least 2026 before they are available. CEO Elon Musk pulled up to a stage at the Warner Bros. studio lot in one of the company’s “Cybercabs,” telling the crowd that the sleek, AI-powered vehicles don’t have steering wheels or pedals.