The contract for building the utility plant went to a company that provided site preparation services for the project.

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Last month the company was ordered to re-plant 342 trees it had felled illegally in preparation for the proposed turbine.

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Dr Hoch's team extended this idea, arguing that as a plant starts to disassemble its light-gathering apparatus in preparation for winter, its leaves become particularly sensitive to light damage.

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