Amy Forliti - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu September 24, 2015
Court Reverses Regulators’ Decision to Grant Certificate
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed regulators’ decision to grant a certificate of need for the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline, saying that state regulators must complete an environmental impact statement before the certificate can be issued....
Stephen Singer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 23, 2015
Conn. Transit Plan Spares Stately Merritt Parkway
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) In a bid to unclog Connecticut’s notorious traffic jams, the governor has put forward a plan to rip up and widen two major highways, Interstates 84 and 95. A third highway, the stately Merritt Parkway, would remain little changed from when it was completed in 1940, a 38-mi....
Thu September 24, 2015
Clinton Breaks Keystone Silence
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she opposes construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, breaking her longstanding silence over a project criticized by environmentalists as a threat to the planet’s climate....
Matthew Brown - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 23, 2015
Rise in Accidents Spurs New Pipeline Safety Rule
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A long-delayed rule to strengthen safety requirements for pipelines that move oil and other hazardous liquids will be unveiled in September following a recent surge in accidents, the U.S....
Bob Salsberg - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 22, 2015
Dukakis, Weld Renew Debate Over Boston’s North-South Rail Connector
BOSTON (AP) Although a political odd couple of sorts, former Govs. Michael Dukakis and William Weld have reignited a longstanding debate over whether Boston’s two major rail hubs, North Station and South Station, should be connected by an underground tunnel....
David Klepper - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 18, 2015
Cuomo, Christie Ask Obama For ’Fair’ Plan for Hudson Tunnel
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The governors of New York and New Jersey wrote to President Barack Obama on Tuesday asking the federal government to pay for half the cost of a new rail tunnel below the Hudson River - a sign that the long-delayed project could be moving ahead....
Fri September 18, 2015
Mauna Kea Telescope Protesters Say Stone Altar Was Destroyed
HONOLULU (AP) - People protesting the construction of a giant telescope on a Hawaiian mountain they hold sacred are decrying the destruction of a stone altar they built near the construction site. The altar known as an ahu (AH’-hoo) was built June 24, the day hundreds of protesters prevented construction crews from reaching the telescope site on Mauna Kea (mow-NAH’ kay-AH’)....
Julie Carr Smyth - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sun September 13, 2015
Panel Weighs Changes to Ohio’s Alternative Energy Targets
COLUMBUS (AP) With months of public testimony concluded, a committee studying the future of Ohio’s alternative-energy targets is weighing what changes to recommend to the law. Chairman Troy Balderson said the Energy Mandates Study Committee, which has been meeting since February, says one thing’s for sure: a complete repeal is out....
Sun September 13, 2015
Judge Tosses Most of Challenge to Use of Ohio Turnpike Money
CLEVELAND (AP) Most of the claims in a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s 2013 decision to use $930 million in Ohio Turnpike tolls to fund non-turnpike highway and construction projects have been thrown out by a federal judge....
Fri September 11, 2015
Department of Transportation Sues IT Firm Over Contract
HONOLULU (AP) - The Hawaii Department of Transportation has filed a lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages from an information technology consulting company that was overseeing a new computer system for the state Highways Division that never worked....
