Source: https://medriva.com/, January 10, 2024 By: Mason Walker Unraveling the PFAS Contamination Issue in New Mexico The New Mexico Environment Department is intensifying its investigation into PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination near the U.S. Air Force base in eastern New Mexico. These chemicals, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, have been linked to various health […]

Source: https://www.texastribune.org/, January 5, 2024 By: Dylan Baddour and Martha Pskowski When the Intercontinental Terminals Company sought a permit to expand its tank farm and terminal on the Houston Ship Channel in 2014, a reviewer with Texas’ environmental regulator expressed a long list of concerns. ITC, the reviewer for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality wrote, […]

Source: https://electrek.co/, January 8, 2024 By: Michelle Lewis The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced nearly $1 billion in grant funding for electric school buses across the US – enough for more than 2,700 clean buses. Sixty-seven applicants have been selected for funding in 280 school districts serving over 7 million students across 37 states. […]

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/, January 9, 2024 By: Emilee Coblentz New satellite images show the eastern U.S. coast is sinking at a faster rate than what was first reported last year, according to a new study published in the journal PNAS Nexus. Back in September, a team of scientists out of Southern California found that the New York City metro area is sinking […]

Source: https://www.eia.gov/, January 9, 2024 We expect solar electric generation will be the leading source of growth in the U.S. electric power sector. In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), which contains new forecast data through December 2025, we forecast new capacity will boost the solar share of total generation to 5.6% in 2024 and 7.0% in […]

Source: https://www.usgbc.org/, January 10, 2024 The embodied carbon of construction and building materials is often overlooked, even though it is estimated to contribute roughly 11% of global emissions. This includes the emissions that result from the extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation and disposal of products like steel, concrete, insulation, drywall and other materials. USGBC has led the […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 9, 2024 By: Robert A. Gallagher, Erin S. Whaley, Alexander Downs and Emma E. Trivax – Troutman Pepper Public-private partnerships (P3s) have recently become a popular tool for the development of public infrastructure projects in the U.S. and across the globe. By bringing together public and private resources, P3s can be used […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, December 15, 2023 By: American Global Claims of any kind can have a substantial negative impact on a construction project. The costs associated with claims include not only the dispute resolution costs (e.g., attorneys’ and consultants’ fees) but also will ultimately result in one or more parties involved in the claim paying for […]

Source: https://localnewsmatters.org/, December 24, 2023 By: Joshua Picazo A high concentration of harmful chemicals that are known to cause cancer were found near the site of a former dry cleaning business in Richmond, a local health agency said Thursday. Contra Costa Health, which alerts the public to safety hazards, said the California Department of Toxic […]

Source: https://www.northcentralpa.com/, January 3, 2024  Following an investigation of chemical contamination that has reportedly spread across three townships in Greene County, Pa., the PA Department of Environmental Protection has determined a shale gas operator is responsible. According to a report in the PA Environment Digest, the DEP posted an inspection report for the Mohr A and […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, December 18, 2023 A jury in Washington state on Monday ordered Bayer’s Monsanto to pay $857m to former students and parent volunteers of a school north-east of Seattle who claimed that chemicals known as PCBs made by the company leaked from light fixtures and made them sick, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. […]

Source: https://www.agc.org/, December 15, 2023 A takeaway from this year’s Construction Superconference was a growing apprehension regarding the risk associated with design-build projects, especially for large mega projects. In four key sessions, concerns surfaced about the project delivery method’s efficacy in fairly allocating risk. Concerns about risk in design-build have previously been reported in ENR. The debate continues […]