Cindy Riley - Wed January 31, 2018
San Pedro Creek Transforms Into $125M Park
As they work to transform San Pedro Creek from a neglected drainage ditch into a natural creek habitat and world-class linear park, construction crews in San Antonio, Texas, are ultimately preserving the creek's legacy as an integral part of the city's history....
Mon January 29, 2018
Sennebogen 818 M to Feed 'Clean Energy' Projects for ACGE
The year-old AC Global Energy (ACGE) plant near Knoxville, Tenn., is a new production facility designed to convert biomass into drop-in the tank fuel. As one of the first commercial application of new "clean energy" technology, the facility was developed as a turnkey operation for ACGE to process locally harvested pulpwood into energy products....
Wed January 24, 2018
Rising Great Lakes Water Levels Keep Michigan Firms Busy
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Rising water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are keeping shoreline stabilization, dock and hoist companies in Michigan busy. The Army Corps of Engineers said water levels for the two lakes averaged 580 ft....
Wed January 24, 2018
Industry Professionals Kick Off 2018 at Northern Green
Northern Green, the green industry education and trade show held Jan. 2 to 4 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, helped successfully launch the industry into 2018. The event continues to serve outdoor environment professionals who need a personal and professional recharge....
Victor Paul Alvarez - CEG Correspondent - Thu January 18, 2018
NHDOT Wins EPA Grant to Purchase Replacement Vehicles
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) has been awarded $789,750 in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants to help replace 18 wheeled front end loaders, one motor grader and two pavement striping trucks with EPA-certified model year 2017/2018 vehicles and equipment....
Tue January 16, 2018
Petroteq Receives Permits, Completes Concrete Work
Petroteq Energy Inc., a company that develops and implements proprietary technologies for the environmentally safe extraction of heavy oils from oil sands, oil shale deposits and shallow oil deposits, announced it has made significant progress at its heavy oil extraction facility located at Asphalt Ridge, Utah....
Tue January 16, 2018
Fish Barrier Removal Reaches Milestone
Two big bridges built. Two more to go. Weather permitting, the extensive and continuing effort to remove barriers to fish on Wildcat Creek in McCleary soon will bring new changes for drivers using both directions of state Route 8....
Wed January 10, 2018
Minnesota Releases Crucial Draft Permit for Disputed Mine
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) _ A contentious copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota took another step forward Jan 5 when state regulators released a crucial draft permit for public comment. “It's a major milestone for the project,' Brad Moore, PolyMet Mining Corp.'s executive vice president of environmental and governmental affairs, told The Associated Press....
Wed January 10, 2018
Foxconn Won't Need Approval to Fill Wetlands
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Foxconn Technology Group won't need federal approval to fill wetlands for its new flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant. A $3 billion incentives package Gov. Scott Walker signed to lure the plant to Wisconsin allows Foxconn to fill state wetlands....
Tue January 09, 2018
Federal Agency Drops Appeal Over Ruling on Cleveland Harbor Dredging
CLEVELAND (AP) The federal agency that maintains shipping channels along Lake Erie has dropped its appeal of a federal judge's ruling over the dredging of Cleveland's harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it won't try to overturn the ruling that said the agency was wrong to delay its dredging of the harbor in 2015....
