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UAW talks debase as cut-off date nears

Baua Electric

“The proposal Ford offered us is garbage,” stated Nicholas Brooks, a member of UAW Native 862 at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant. ” “We are surprised by and strongly refute the NLRB charge filed by the International UAW,” GM stated in a remark attributed to Gerald Johnson, govt vice chairman, world production.

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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

Green Car Congress

Under the plea agreement, both Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress, must certify that they have reserved sufficient assets to meet legal obligations with respect to its coal ash impoundments within North Carolina, obligations estimated to be approximately $3.4 million tons of coal ash); Kentucky (approximately 1.5