When Mark Callahan looks back on the arduous but successful seven-year effort of managing the project development and environment study for the $1.6-billion Wekiva Parkway, he gives credit to an unlikely group—environmentalists who once opposed it.
In a mostly conciliatory address in which she repeatedly thanked those who have reached out to her beleaguered city during the “shocking and unprecedented” water crisis, the mayor of Flint, Mich., did take aim at Washington in her first State of the City speech.
Controversy continues to dog the cooling system at Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City despite the utility’s June 20 consent agreement with the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.
Enbridge Energy Partners LLP has agreed to replace close to 300 miles of one of its pipelines and pay for any remaining cleanup stemming from two oil spills in 2010, including one of the worst inland spills in U.S. history, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say.
The Hills’ four constructed rises—the 70-ft Outlook Hill, 39-ft Discovery Hill, 36-ft Slide Hill and 26-ft Grassy Hill—represent the last stage in the redevelopment of the southern tip of the 172-acre former military base, according to the nonprofit Trust for Governors Island.