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How Philanthropy Became This IEEE Member’s Cause

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He landed a position with United Illuminating, an investor-owned utility in Connecticut now part of Avangrid. He says the committee attracted him because it documents the history of technology and the history of IEEE. "I I was always happy to get involved," he says. GIVING BACK. I think they do a lot of good," he says.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report recognizes California, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and South Carolina for leading the country with continued and expanded support for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. In aggregate, automakers anticipate that more than 50,000 FCEVs will be on the road in California five years from now.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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But the existential dread associated with being a Black man without documents certifying that he was free became more pitched when the U.S. In 1879, a then-married Latimer moved with his wife Mary, his mother, and his brother William to Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the advice of his sister Margaret.

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California will ban new gasoline car sales

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Other states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C., Minnesota is also expected to adopt CARB Standards in 2025, according to documents released by the agency.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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When I asked him how he got one, he told me that he went around to the various laboratories, collected parts that people owed him, and put it together himself.” It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. EARS wasn’t perfect, Thornburg said.

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Glencore to pay >$1.1B to resolve government’s investigation into bribery and commodity and price manipulation

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In addition, as part of a separate resolution, Glencore Ltd., pled guilty in the District of Connecticut to a commodity price manipulation conspiracy. both part of the multi-national commodity trading and mining firm headquartered in Switzerland, agreed to pay more than $1.1 As part of the conspiracy, Glencore Ltd.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). The WCI released a design document laying out its basic program parameters in September 2008. Northeastern Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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