GM to open Michigan battery pack plant
Today, General Motors will take a significant step in furthering the country’s EV industry. It will start operations at the nation’s first battery pack plant run by a U.S. automaker. The plant in Brownstown Township, MI will assemble the battery packs for the Chevy Volt.
GM chose January 7 to open up shop because it’s exactly three years from the initial announcement of the Volt. Energy
Never Say Never(land): UN Names Tinker Bell Ambassador of Green
The United Nations has named Tinker Bell–a leading citizen of both Disneyland and Neverland–as its “Honorary Ambassador of Green” to help promote environmental awareness among children.
Kermit the Frog once observed in song that “it’s not easy being green,” but he was talking about skin color, not lifestyle. For Tinker Bell, being green isn’t just easy, it’s as natural as flying.
The pint-sized pixie first appeared as
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