Volvo - Mon October 30, 2023
Volvo Group North America Achieves the Better Plants Challenge Energy Savings Goal for Second Time
Volvo Group North America (VGNA) has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently for achieving energy savings of close to 26 percent due to greater efficiency efforts across its manufacturing footprint as a partner in the Better Plants Challenge....
AEM - Mon October 23, 2023
Rise of Renewable Diesel — and What it Has to Offer Construction Industry
To fully understand the potential of renewable diesel and its role in what's expected to be a greener, more sustainable future for the construction industry, it's important to understand what's expected of the fuel in both the near term and the long term....
Caltrans - Wed October 18, 2023
Caltrans Signs Contract For First N.A. Zero-Emission Trains
Caltrans recently signed a historic, $80 million contract with Stadler Rail Inc. to deliver the first zero-emission, hydrogen intercity passenger trains in North America, furthering California's standing as a world leader in clean transportation....
NJ.com - Mon October 09, 2023
Construction of New Jersey's First Ocean Wind Project Gets Going Onshore
Onshore construction for New Jersey's first offshore wind farm kicked off in Lacey Township on Oct. 2, with work slated to continue at Island Beach State Park through next year. The next steps include work to ultimately install copper and aluminum cables meant to connect with the electric grid at substations located at former power plants in Ocean and Cape May counties....
Embassy of Sweden - Tue October 03, 2023
Swedish Consortium Joins Initiative to Electrify U.S. Construction Industry
The Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative, a collaborative program founded by Business Sweden, the Embassy of Sweden in USA, the Swedish Energy Agency and Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova, announced a new partnership to electrify the construction industry....
bp - Tue October 03, 2023
bp Begins Peacock Solar Project Outside Corpus Christi
bp has started construction on its 187MWdc Peacock Solar project, located 10 mi. north of Corpus Christi in San Patricio County, Texas, helping support the global transition to lower carbon energy. Peacock will sell all of the electricity it generates under a long-term power purchase agreement to Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, which produces materials used to manufacture clothes, food containers, packaging, agricultural film and construction materials....
Navistar - Thu September 28, 2023
Navistar Recognized by EPA as SmartWay Program High Performer
Navistar Inc. announced its recognition as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) High Performer in the SmartWay Program's Shipper category. The EPA's SmartWay Program helps companies advance supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking and improving freight transportation efficiency....
Wirtgen Group - Wed September 20, 2023
Less Noise, Dust for More Sustainability
Excessive noise and dust emissions result in damage to health in the long term. To protect not only employees on building sites, but also human and animal life in the surrounding area, Kleemann continuously develops new measures for reducing and efficiently containing noise and dust emissions....
Caltrans - Tue September 19, 2023
Influx of New Projects Will Help Impacts of Climate Change
Powered by an infusion of state and federal investments, Caltrans announced it has awarded $41.6 million in planning grants for 90 sustainable, climate-resilient transportation projects throughout California that address local and regional impacts of extreme weather events fueled by climate change....
Boston Herald & MassDOT - Thu September 14, 2023
MassDOT's Removal of Tobin Bridge's Lead Paint Chips a Prelude to Major Rehab
Environmental advocates in Chelsea, Mass., say they are seeing less toxic lead paint chips fall to the ground from the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge due to mitigation efforts the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) put into place after hearing calls for action....
