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March 14 civil lawsuit alleges railroad violated hazardous waste and water quality laws and failed to take proper care to prevent toxic spill in East Palestine.

Canada-based Enbridge inked deal with leading US food waste management firm to build waste-to-gas projects across the country, while NJ utility said its planned $2.5B three-year investment plan will include a 1-MW power plant that will allow injection of about 1 billion cu ft per year of renewable natural gas

Construction groups say final rule could raise costs of power and materials. 

A decommissioned municipal reservoir provided not only an ideal location for a new 4.25-acre park with views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay, but also an opportunity to ease demand on the city’s water supply.

Biden administration outlines next component of its strategy to control further spread of the ubiquitous contaminants, widely used in consumer and industrial goods, and a problem for more water and wastewater utilities

A mild 2023 winter has helped work advance on a $49-million effort to repair a subway bridge and communications network that link the Rockaways section of Queens to the rest of New York City—a fitting contrast to the brutal Superstorm Sandy surges more than a decade ago that heavily damaged the Jamaica Bay crossing and transportation infrastructure across the entire region.

President Joe Biden's $6.8-trillion budget highlights include highways, transit grants.

Plants could use older technologies if they commit to early retirements, under the federal plan.

The federal program could be a model for similar risk-reduction efforts, say researchers. 

The project to meet requirements of a consent decree will cost $100 million to $150 million, officials estimate.