Since 1999, it has been illegal to bring new plant species into the archipelago, yet introductions still happen, stressing the need for stronger quarantine control measures.
If today's public wants one thing out of its political leaders - jobs - McAuliffe has made job creation his urgent overriding goal, and he has succeeded in bringing new plants and industry into the state, coming from as far away as China.
Some California energy officials said that the speeded-up efforts to bring new power plants on line and significant savings from conservation were helping by increasing supply and cutting demand.
Nationally, independent power generators are moving quickly to add new plants to bring supply and demand back into line, said Jeffrey K. Skilling, president of the Enron Corporation, a Houston company that is the world's leading trader of electricity and natural gas.
It will cost £40m and will bring new sewage treatment plants to Glen Mona, Dalby, Maughold Village, Port Lewaigue, Glen Maye and Corony.
Growers have also been developing hybrids to bring new vigor to the plants, and to increase consumer choice.
It will bring new opportunities at retrofitting plants, laying down pipelines, and in energy efficiency improvements -- jobs that cannot be shipped overseas.
And both management and the union are content with this arrangement: as Linkhorn reports, "Officials from the company and the union both said it's an innovative solution that will boost production, allow weary workers more time off, and bring new employees into the plant".
Climate change is expected to bring new weather stresses, as well as new plant pests into agricultural regions.
