General Services Administration - Tue October 11, 2022
GSA Administrator Highlights 'Buy Clean' Progress in Ohio
On Sept. 15, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan joined White House officials and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Ohio to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration's Buy Clean Initiative....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu October 06, 2022
Buy Clean Initiative: Interagency Task Force Readies to Issue Instructions
Instructions for integrating President Joe Biden's Buy Clean Initiative are on the way, compliments of an interagency task force overseeing the procurement program. Agencies will receive the instructions, which prioritize the purchase of steel, concrete, asphalt and flat glass that feature lower emission levels in their manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal....
Associated Press - Wed October 05, 2022
Texas Company to Repair Pipe From Massive Oil Spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) A Texas oil company was granted permission to repair an underwater pipeline that ruptured off the coast of Southern California a year ago, spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude and forced beaches and fisheries to close....
Volvo - Tue September 20, 2022
Volvo LIGHTS Project Wraps Up in Southern California
Volvo Trucks North America announced the culmination of the Volvo LIGHTS project — a three-year project that brought together 14 public and private partners to design and implement a blueprint for the robust support ecosystem necessary to deploy battery-electric trucks and equipment at scale....
Offshore WIND & CEG - Thu September 15, 2022
First Phase of Rhode Island's Offshore Wind Terminal Begins Construction
A plan to make East Providence, R.I., a major player in the burgeoning offshore wind industry kicked off on Sept. 12 with the groundbreaking of a new wind turbine shipping and staging area along the city's waterfront....
AEM - Tue September 13, 2022
Future is Now: Examining Construction's Power Alternatives
At the center of any construction alternative power discussion is diesel. Diesel remains the go-to power on job sites — according to the Diesel Technology Forum, 98 percent of construction's energy use in the United States comes from diesel....
National Asphalt Pavement Association - Thu September 08, 2022
CRH, Top Asphalt Producer, Joins NAPA Climate Initiative
CRH Americas Materials, one of North America's largest asphalt paving companies and asphalt producers, has joined The Road Forward, an industry-wide initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements....
Globe Newswire - Tue September 06, 2022
Construction Begins On World's Largest Air Capture Plant
Occidental and its subsidiary 1PointFive recently announced they plan to begin detailed engineering and early site construction for their first large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Ector County, Texas, near Oxy's portfolio of acreage and infrastructure that are conducive to safe and secure storage of carbon dioxide....
National Asphalt Pavement Association - Tue September 06, 2022
NAPA Partners With ENERGY STAR, Launches Asphalt Plant Energy Performance Peer Exchange Program
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program as a partner. Through this voluntary partnership with ENERGY STAR, NAPA will encourage its members to reduce energy consumption and costs at asphalt mixture production facilities by employing proven energy-saving technologies and practices....
National Asphalt Pavement Association - Tue August 30, 2022
Support for Asphalt Pavement Net Zero Initiative Expands With Addition of Granite Construction
An industry leader in sustainability, Granite Construction has joined The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050....
