A round of layoffs is set to occur next month at Ames, Iowa-based Chevron Renewable Energy Group. According to data on the Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification website, 70 Chevron employees will be laid off effective June 18th. The workforce reduction comes amid some uncertainty in the biodiesel industry. As previously reported on Brownfield, […]
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