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Southern Company acquiring AGL Resources for $8B, creating 2nd largest US electric and gas utility by customer base

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Southern Company and AGL Resources announced that the boards of directors of both companies have approved a definitive merger agreement under which AGL Resources will become a new wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company for about $8 billion. Including debt, the transaction has an enterprise value of approximately $12 billion.

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Georgia lands $43M battery recycling plant project shortly after Rivian commitment

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Battery Resourcers, a Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials startup with major investors like Jaguar Land Rover, Orbia, TDK, TRUMPF Group, Doral Energy, and Hitachi, will build its newest plant in Covington. based factory in the area.

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

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EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. These chapters included EV Club of the South in Atlanta, as well as the Central Florida Electric Vehicle Association (CFEVA). “It We get along very well with them, we share resources, and we promote events together. EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area.

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Study finds in-car rush-hour exposure to some particulate pollution twice as high as previously thought

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A new study, part of the Atlanta Commuter Exposures (ACE) Study, has assessed on-roadway in-cabin particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) collected from scripted rush hour commutes on highways and on non-highway side streets. Some drivers took highway routes while others stuck to busy thoroughfares in downtown Atlanta. Vreeland et al.

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. These chapters included EV Club of the South in Atlanta, as well as the Central Florida Electric Vehicle Association (CFEVA). “It We get along very well with them, we share resources, and we promote events together. EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area.

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Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

Green Car Congress

Plus, SK On has installed capacity to support the scaling of Ford’s high-volume F-150 Lightning and E-Transits through late 2023—scaling NCM cell production beyond earlier-planned levels from its Atlanta facility and providing new battery cell capacity from its Hungary operation. Driving to more than 2 million EVs by late 2026.

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MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

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On 6 March 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed to set an intermediate FTP NO x emissions limit of 50 mg/bhp-hr in model years 2024-2026 with a final FTP standard of 20 mg/bhp-hr in 2027, representing a 90% reduction below today’s standard of 200 mg/bhp-hr. ppb in the east (Atlanta, GA).

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