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Federal officials are threatening to take the Texas General Land Office to court over the way the state distributed $1 billion in storm mitigation project funds.

Ethiopia has begun generating electricity at its new 5,000-MW roller-compacted concrete gravity-type dam on the Nile River. The first 375 MW went to the national grid on Feb. 20. 

Ambitious effort restarts to boost historic waterway’s freshwater supply shortage, with design now by the US Army Corps of Engineers and a new tender set for release in two years.

In his first State of the Union speech, Biden predicts an "Infrastructure Decade."

EPA plans to spend $1 billion from IIJA to speed cleanups, allowing most key projects in region to be completed by 2030. 

Ship channel's $238-million dredging project passed a key milestone last month as ships began using a new 48-ft draft standard; last phase will relocate or deepen up to six utility pipelines in the remaining 30 miles to Baton Rouge.

The Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico plan calls for 98 miles of levees and other protections.