Corinne Grinapol

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank and Dept. of Environmental Management have selected consultant Arup to conduct a statewide study of its 400-mile-plus coastline to examine climate change impacts and risks.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says NY Power Authority will run the effort to develop one or more power plants upstate, but offers no specifics on design, siting or project delivery approach.

Release of funds approriated under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and held at Citibank now is,being litigated in two D.C.federal courtw.

The release of the IRA-approriated funds, held at Citibank, are currently being litigated in D.C. district and appeals court. 

Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure. 

With desalination in Spain an important strategy amid ongoing water shortages partially linked to climate change, a plant in Torrevieja—a coastal Mediterranean city in the country's southeast—plans to boost its output of desalinated water by 50%.

Given that the aim of this ecotourism project connecting two lakes was to create a network of roads, 31.4 km in total, to allow visitors access to a remote, mountainous area, accessibility was a challenge.

Despite signs of global progress on climate change mitigation, the COP 29 conference this year is underway in Azerbaijan as nations face still high carbon reduction hurdles and new political and financial strains.

Despite signs of global progress on climate change mitigation, the COP 29 conference this year is underway in Azerbaijan as nations face still high carbon reduction hurdles and new political and financial strains.

Biden administration announced Oct. 8 $2.6 billion more for that effort, distributed through drinking water state revolving funds and added to $15 billion funded through the federal infrastructure law.

Members will receive $800 a week in maternity benefits for a minimum of 12 weeks, union General President Brent Booker told the Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in New Orleans.

Shimmick Construction Co. is general contractor under a $373.8-million design-bid-build contract for San Diego's North City Pure Water Facility and Pump Station—a 30-million-gallon-per-day plant that is part of the Pure Water San Diego Program.

<p>The 21 projects total $325 million and include weatherization, workforce development, wastewater treatment and energy efficiency retrofits among other endeavors. </p><br>

HDR recently introduced three redevelopment concepts for Harbor Island off Grand Haven, Mich., which will offer recreational activities on the former industrial and waste disposal site. 

<p>The certificate-granting academy’s name references the Omaha Tribe, known as “the ones who go against the current,” many of whose members live on the reservation where the school is located.</p>

<p>A consortium led by France-based Suez Group, with Razel-Bec and VINCI subsidiary Triverio Construction has been awarded a civil engineering contract for the Haliotis 2 wastewater treatment facility in Nice, by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur and Eau d’Azur.</p>

<p>The Loss and Damage fund for vulnerable nations now is operationalized, with initial funding commitments of more than $420 million. </p>

<p>In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water—the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example—the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.</p>

Energy and resilience megaprojects starting and planned in New York and New Jersey pose big logistical challenges but will generate major economic and quality of life benefits, said public and private sector industry experts at recent ENR forum in New York City.

<p>The East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland, Calif., awarded a $237-million contract to Flatiron for construction projects at two of the utility’s water treatment plants: the Upper San Leandro Water Treatment Plant, built in 1927, and the Sobrante Water Treatment Plant. </p>