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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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Despite the brand initially looking like another automotive startup doomed to failure, it’s managed to outlast much of the competition and continues to express a desire to break into the North American market. Tran Mai Hoa, VinFast’s Deputy CEO of Sales and Marketing.

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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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Exxon Mobil Corporation added 2.7 Consistent with SEC requirements, ExxonMobil reports reserves based on the average of the applicable market price prevailing on the first day of each calendar month during the year. billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2017, replacing 183% of production.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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The first was a television-style camera system (called a Return Beam Vidicon, or RBV) built by the Radio Corporation of America. Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In Landsat’s winning tech was the Multispectral Scanner System ERTS was the first of its kind.

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