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Killing Clean-Energy Regulations Won't Restore Fossil Fuels

March 29, 2017

The fossil-fuel industry can’t be restored by rolling back the Clean Power Plan or other clean-energy programs. That train has left the station. Trump would do better to catch it and try to direct where it goes.

Trump Reverses Obama Orders on Climate Change

Pam Radtke Russell

March 29, 2017

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President Trump has rolled back several of former President Obama’s signature efforts to curb climate change.

Cities Aim Penalties at Border Wall Bidders

With the design competition closed, San Francisco is among those seeking to bar contracts to bidding firms.

Debra K. Rubin JT Long

March 29, 2017

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San Francisco is latest political entity seeking to bar contracts to bidding firms.

Trump Administration's Keystone XL Approval Sets Off Next Fight

Pam Radtke Russell

March 29, 2017

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On March 24, after years of delays and an earlier rejection by the Obama administration, the Trump administration approved TransCanada’s application to build the 1,200-mile cross-border Keystone pipeline.

Executives See Gains From Trump Administration Agenda

Industry execs like what they hear. Will they like what they see down the line?

Gary J. Tulacz

March 16, 2017

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In the wake of the unexpected election of Donald Trump as president, the surge in market optimism among construction executives in the fourth quarter of 2016 has taken on an even greater intensity in the first quarter of 2017.

Airport Infrastructure Needs Pegged at Nearly $100 Billion

Tom Ichniowski

March 14, 2017

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Airports face an annual $10-billion shortfall to meet their rising infrastructure needs, which total $99.9 billion over the next five years, an airport group says in a new report.

States Face Transportation Funding Gaps

State agencies are finding ways to cope with $900 million less than expected in fiscal 2017 highway aid

Tom Ichniowski

March 8, 2017

While top state transportation officials look and listen for hints about President Trump’s promised, still unreleased infrastructure plan, they are working to cope with more-immediate funding issues.

New Trump Water Rule Faces a Long Path

Tom Ichniowski

March 7, 2017

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President Trump has directed the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin work on cancelling or rewriting an Obama administration rule that aimed to clarify federal authority over wetlands and other bodies of water.

Sanctuary Cities Push Back on Trump Order to Withhold US Project Funds

Mary B. Powers

March 1, 2017

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Scores of “sanctuary” cities, counties and states for undocumented immigrants are vowing to defy President Donald Trump’s executive order, issued last month, that threatens to block their federal funding.

Trump Mandates Regulatory-Review Task Forces

Tom Ichniowski

March 1, 2017

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In another move to cut back on regulations, President Trump has directed federal agencies to set up task forces, with an eye to canceling or changing rules that officials find too restrictive.