Pam McFarland

An emerging ecosystem of data and climate risk intelligence firms are using AI tools and other technologies to bridge impact knowledge gaps that federal agencies have been unable to fill.

The federal government shutdown may be nearing an end after 41 days, but the DOT, EPA, and the Corps face weeks of delays as agencies reopen under tight funding limits by Jan. 30.

Administration argued to justices Nov. 5 that the 1973 law offers a legal basis for presidential authority to impose tariffs in emergency conditions without congressional approval. 

Administration argued to justices Nov. 5 that the 1973 law offers a legal basis for presidential authority to impose tariffs in emergency conditions without congressional approval. 

New report looks at how to prioritize infrastructure investments in cash-strapped communities. 

Attending nations, which did not include the U.S. officially, left international climate meetings at the UN-hosted event in Brazil with mixed results. 

The Trump administration announces new steps and some funding to spur interest in coal, but observers are skeptical.

Public works departments and the design and construction firms that work for them already see fallout from the suspension of FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

Construction on a $341-million water quality improvement project for California’s East Bay Municipal Utility District reached the halfway mark this summer as crews began concrete pours at portions of a large drinking water treatment facility located 65 ft beneath ground level.

Experts cite mistakes and mischaracterizations in administration report being used to bolster overhaul of U.S. environmental and energy policy. 

Michigan plant, the first U.S. commercial reactor set to operate after decommissioning, gains federal approvals despite opponents' strong safety concerns 

An $815-million water reclamation facility represents a number of firsts for the Salt Lake City Dept. of Public Utilities.<

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding is set to boost water infrastructure resilience in North Carolina, but more than $100M in FEMA funds are in limbo due to new administrative changes at the US Dept. of Homeland Security, its parent agency, 

Temporary injunction issued Aug. 7 by Florida federal judge restrains all work for two weeks while opponents' court challenge moves forward against detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the Everglades.  

The Trump administration proposes to revoke the Obama-era endangerment finding related to greenhouse gas impacts on climate change damage—and along with it, eased vehicle tailpipe emissions regulations. 

FEMA's acting chief and his successor lacked legal authority to dismantle its infrastructure resilience program, states argue in a federal district court lawsuit.

Sources say flood water had nowhere to go during heavy precipitation and discuss role and need for FEMA

Opponents say detention center for people arrested for immigration violations, estimated to cost $450M for construction and first-year operation, will harm the Everglades ecosystem surrounding it and are suing the US and Florida governments in federal court. 

Meeting the challenge of growing facility demand with public funds threatened and the persistent problem of PFAS contamination were key focuses of the American Water Works Association annual meeting.

It’s no secret that New York City, like many densely populated urban areas throughout history, has a trash and rodent problem. Mountains of bloated trash bags—many containing food waste that attract rats burrowing and gnawing through them—are a blight on sidewalks all over the city and other locations. But a solution with multiple benefits is underway.