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New name is Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.</span></li><li><a href="/confluence/display/glossary/emergency.mit.edu" title="emergency.mit.edu">emergency.mit.edu</a> — <span class="smalltext">the host name of MIT's emergency web site. This site is replicated at emergency.mit.net</span></li><li><a href="/confluence/display/glossary/emergency.mit.net" title="emergency.mit.net">emergency.mit.net</a> — <span class="smalltext">the host name of MIT's emergency web site. 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