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Article #3735Re: Tell Me About GE (General Electric)
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 02:40
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 02:40
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R. Barry Angell (barrya@heaven.gvg.tek.com) wrote:
: In article <329unr$l0@trurl.cs.utexas.edu> hiep@cs.utexas.edu (Hiep Huu Nguyen) writes:
: >
: > 6) How does GE influence the local, national, and international
: > governments?
: >
: GE was at one time heavily involved in the nuclear weapons industry. They had a major presence in
: Washington, lobbying on behalf of more weapons production. A group called INFACT led a consumer
: boycott against GE for this reason.
: I have not heard of any change in the above situation.
: Is GE still heavily involved in the nuclear weapons busisness? Is the boycott still active?
: --
: Barry Angell
: barrya@gold.gvg.tek.com
: Work 916-478-3749 Grass Valley Group
I could be wrong, but I believe GE was involved in civilian/commercial
nuclear power, not in nuclear weapons.
They got out of the nuclear power business years (15-20?) ago.
Merlin Dorfman
DORFMAN@NETCOM.COM
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