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GE Plans to Order Tens of Thousands of EVs

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The Fairfield, Connecticut-based company also has a vehicle-leasing division through its GE Capital finance unit. and sodium-based batteries for use in large vehicles such as locomotives. In a speech in London, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said that the company will order “tens of thousands” of electric vehicles in about a week.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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On the state level, no fewer than 12 —California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont—all have their own conditions restricting new nuclear construction. However, there is one project that has made some headway. In Kemmerer, Wyo.,

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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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Chloride is the common element in many different types of salts such as sodium chloride (table salt) and calcium chloride (commonly used for road salt). Likens, University of Connecticut. I am greatly surprised by the increasing scope and intensity of these problems as highlighted from our studies. —co-author Gene E.

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