Mon August 28, 2017
Thompson Power Offers Renewable Energy Products
Thompson Power, a division of Thompson Machinery, now offers solar, microgrid and energy storage systems globally. The renewable energy Cat-branded products, warrantied by Caterpillar, are manufactured by First Solar and are designed to stand alone or integrate with Cat generators, on or off-grid designs, and energy storage systems through the Caterpillar Microgrid Controller....
Wed August 23, 2017
Indiana Waterway Creates Concern
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) Northwest Indiana residents are concerned that a plan to store contaminated dredged sediments in a local disposal facility will create health risks and won't be an effective long-term solution to cleaning an area waterway....
Mon August 21, 2017
Gov. Carney Signs HB 190 to Modernize Coastal Zone Act
Gov. John Carney on Aug. 2, signed into law House Bill 190 — bipartisan legislation that modernizes Delaware's Coastal Zone Act. The new law will allow for the responsible redevelopment of 14 legacy industrial sites in the coastal zone, new job creation and additional environmental clean-up of those legacy sites along Delaware's coastline....
Tue August 15, 2017
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Mobility Authority, TxDOT
The U.S. District Court in Austin issued a ruling in favor of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on a lawsuit attempting to prevent the agencies from advancing three key mobility improvement projects in south Austin....
Mon August 14, 2017
Marine Resources Commission Approves Energy Project
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) The Virginia Marine Resources Commission has voted unanimously on a 4-mi. portion of a power company's proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the commission authorized Richmond-based utility Dominion Energy's project that will be anchored below the James River....
Mon August 14, 2017
Concern Grows Over Algae Bloom on Lake Okeechobee
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Algae is blooming on Lake Okeechobee, stoking concerns of a more wide-scale bloom that choked nearby waterways with thick green goo in 2016. So far, the waterways nearest to the lake have been spared as the lake's polluted water has not been discharged because of lower water levels caused by a spring drought, The Palm Beach Post reports....
Wed August 09, 2017
Attendees Have a Blast at LICA Midwest Expo, Field Day
Dirt was flying and gas lines were exploding this year during the 2017 Iowa LICA Midwest Expo and Field Day on July 26 and 27 at the Iowa LICA farm just outside of Melbourne, Iowa. Attendees witnessed what a natural pipeline explosion might look like when the Iowa Pipeline Association presented their mock line strike scenario....
Mon August 07, 2017
West Virginia DEP Orders Halt to Rover Pipeline Segments
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) West Virginia environmental authorities have ordered a halt to Rover Pipeline construction where it found permit violations damaging several streams. The Department of Environmental Protection said inspectors in April, May, June and July found erosion-control failures that left sediment deposits....
Mon August 07, 2017
Judge Halts Sunoco's Mariner East Pipeline Work in Eastern Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) An environmental judge has ordered a two-week halt on horizontal drilling across Pennsylvania for construction of a natural gas pipeline pending a hearing next month. The order by Judge Bernard Labuskes Jr....
Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 02, 2017
DWR Approves $16B Water Tunnels, Assures Financiers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The main California agency promoting Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $16 billion water tunnels gave its expected approval to the project on July 21. The move by the Department of Water Resources, which is helping shepherd Brown's tunnels project over the regulatory and financial hurdles it must clear to break ground, endorsed the tunnels as a sound step environmentally....
