Baker sees GE move, ties to Housatonic as ‘separate issue’

STATE HOUSE — A dispute between General Electric and federal environmental officials is a "separate issue" from the company's forthcoming move to Boston from Connecticut, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday.

State and Boston officials announced last month that GE would move its global headquarters to the South Boston waterfront in a deal involving more than $145 million in state and city financial incentives. In western Massachusetts, the Housatonic River, near a former GE industrial facility in Pittsfield, has been the site of ongoing Environmental Protection Agency cleanup efforts.