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But project development continues in the state—with builder Skanska gaining a $861M NYC port upgrade contract—and in the US, with federal lease auctions now set for offshore Maine and Oregon as first of 12 through 2028, and NJ announcing it will seek up to 4 GW capacity add.

Vicinity Energy installed an electric boiler in Cambridge, Mass.

California rule sets limits on a carcinogen that are the same as those invalidated in 2017. 

The guide is intended to help contractors navigate the landscape of greater accountability regarding embodied carbon in construction.

Water groups fear the chemicals' new classification as hazardous substances will leave them open to lawsuits from PFAS producers. 

Two tribes and 24 states are set to receive the funds this year. 

New contaminant levels for two key PFAS chemicals, each 4 parts per trillion, are near the current U.S. practical detection limit, industry expert tells ENR, but EPA says more federal funding and added compliance time would boost fixes by drinking water systems.

The rule will impact new plants built going forward and more than 200 existing plants.

Construction is not expected until 2027, at the earliest.

A University of Oxford analysis proposes breaking up the company, including the creation of a business to take care of large wastewater capital projects.