Grant Schulte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 10, 2018
Keystone XL Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline plans to start construction next year, after a U.S. State Department review ordered by a federal judge concluded that major environmental damage from a leak is unlikely and could quickly be mitigated, a company spokesman said....
Prinoth - Thu September 20, 2018
Prinoth and its Associates Work to Be Environmentally Conscious
For Prinoth, the protection of the environment is a fundamental stake to consider in the company's activities. It also seems that this preoccupation for environmental consciousness is shared by one of its distributors, Multi Machine, located in New Jersey....
Associated Press - Tue September 11, 2018
Big Oil Asks Government to Protect It From Climate Change
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mi....
Giles Lambertson - Mon August 13, 2018
MIT Takes a Closer Look at Wood Construction
Boston's MIT students and researchers are doing their thing. The academic brain-trust at the Massachusetts university has contributed to society's progress in impressive ways and, perhaps, less august ways — the oxymoronic all-terrain wheelchair comes to mind....
Associated Press - Wed July 25, 2018
Site Work Begins for Oil Refinery Near National Park
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Meridian Energy Group said Tuesday that it has begun site work for an oil refinery about 3 mi. from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, though the project still faces hurdles, including a lawsuit by environmental groups....
Associated Press - Thu July 19, 2018
Wynn Completes $68M Pollution Cleanup at Casino Site
EVERETT, Mass. (AP) Wynn Resorts has removed nearly 1 million tons of contaminated sediment from the former chemical plant site where it's building a $2.5 billion Boston-area casino. The final price tag was about $68 million, or more than double the $30 million previously estimated by the Las Vegas company....
Emily Buenzle - Wed July 18, 2018
Crews Discover Cave Beneath Construction Site
Workers performing water line utility work discovered a cave beneath a high school in Texas' Round Rock Independent School District last month. The school district named the discovery "cave No. 19" – this isn't the first cave that's been discovered in the area – and said that this one is the largest to date, KXAN reported....
Tucson Electric Power - Tue July 17, 2018
TEP Seeks Information on Forest Biomass Generation Technologies, Opportunities
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is seeking information about forest biomass generation systems that could generate power for customers while improving the health of Arizona forests. On June 29, TEP issued a request for information (RFI) about technologies, costs, environmental benefits, construction requirements and interconnection requirements of forest biomass energy projects....
Marc Levy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon July 09, 2018
Pa.: Gas Drillers Must Reduce Pollution
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania will begin enforcing tougher air pollution standards on its booming natural gas industry, the governor's office said June 7, with environmental advocates saying the standards will put the state among the leaders in going beyond federal requirements....
Emily Buenzle - Fri July 06, 2018
Wheeler Steps in to Head EPA as Pruitt Steps Down
Andrew Wheeler, deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will now become the agency's acting head. The change in administration comes after EPA head Scott Pruitt announced his resignation on July 5, The Hill reported....
