Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 03, 2019
Team Looks to Turn CO2 Into Pre-Fab Concrete
Carbon Upcycling UCLA/CO2 Concrete, one of 10 teams competing in the final round of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, is hoping to win $7.5 million for demonstrating the most practical technology for turning carbon dioxide emissions into a useful end product....
Los Angeles Clippers - Tue August 27, 2019
L.A. Clippers Unveil Plans for New Arena, Entertainment Center in Inglewood
The L.A. Clippers on July 25 unveiled renderings and additional details of the team's privately-financed sports and entertainment center anchored by their new basketball arena in Inglewood. In addition to the arena, the proposed project located on West Century Boulevard between South Prairie Avenue and South Yukon Avenue will include the team's business and basketball offices, training facility, community and retail spaces....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 30, 2019
ODOT Works to Improve I-84, Fish Passage in Ladd Canyon
Crews have begun work on a $29.3 million project in Eastern Oregon that is expected to improve safety on a highway on which 50 percent of the traffic is trucks and one that is notorious for perilous conditions....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 25, 2019
Georgia Tech Goes Green With New Building
Nearing completion after two years of construction, the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design sets the bar for green buildings by becoming the first structure in the state certified under the Living Building Challenge, the world's most rigorous green building certification standard....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 18, 2019
ADOT Extends I-11 Draft EIS Comment Period to July 8
Additional information that is part of the draft environmental document for the proposed Interstate 11 corridor, stretching from Nogales to Wickenburg, has been released. To provide sufficient time for community review of the entire draft environmental impact statement, the public comment period has been extended to July 8, providing a full 90 days of review from the draft's initial release....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu June 06, 2019
Tight Environmental Restrictions Mark Haverhill Bridge $102M Reconstruction
A four-year project to widen and replace bridges for Interstate 495 north and south over the Merrimack River in Haverhill, Mass., began in September and will be completed in May 2022. The northbound portion of the bridge will be rebuilt before the existing portion is demolished and will be followed by the completion of the southbound portion....
Susan Montoya Bryan – Associated Press - Wed June 05, 2019
Feds Delay Oil Leases Near Sacred Land
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico....
Caltrans - Tue June 04, 2019
Caltrans Awards Millions to Improve Transportation
Caltrans has awarded $40.5 million to local agencies for transportation projects statewide. The grant money will be used for planning on projects that will reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change....
Associated Press - Tue June 04, 2019
Oregon Denies Key Permit for Natural Gas Export Project
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has denied a water quality certification for a proposed natural gas export project on Oregon's southern coast. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that in a letter to the project backers of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal the agency said it "does not have a reasonable assurance that the construction and authorization of the project will comply with applicable Oregon water quality standards."The agency is in charge of administering the federal Clean Water Act in Oregon and the certification is required for the U.S....
Gov. Jay Inslee’s office - Tue June 04, 2019
Gov. Inslee Directs Agencies to Ramp Up Culvert Repairs
On May 22, 2019, Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the Washington State Department of Transportation to begin the immediate ramp-up of culvert repairs around the state, an urgent and crucial priority for improving fish passage and salmon recovery....
