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A $283-million gas power plant being built near Billings may face added environmental scrutiny as state Supreme Court weighs Aug. 14 lower court ruling of state law barring greenhouse gas emission impact review as unconstitutional.

Report by transportation trade group ARTBA says the number of deficient bridges declined by 560, or 1.3%, over the past year.

Proposed EPA mandate's reliance on hydrogen and carbon capture evoked concern in comments sent by an Aug. 9 deadline, but supporters say investment in clean transition approaches already are well underway. 

City officials plan to replace the Rikers Island jail with facilities in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.

MBE programs are deeply entrenched, but conservative opponents now target disparity studies that have been their foundation.

President Joe Biden disaster declaration for hard-hit historic center Lahaina and other affected areas on Aug. 10 makes federal funds available for recovery, even as fires are not fully contained.

Occidental Petroleum and Battelle lead Texas and Louisiana projects set for award of first-round federal funds, with 19 regional direct air capture hub teams—that include AEC firms—set to gain a total of $100M.

Amid site protest arrests, a Richmond, Va. appeals court panel admits its cancelled jurisdiction to rule on suits seeking to stop the $6.6 billion gas line's completion, but route landowners are pressing another court to keep their eminent domain lawsuit alive.

The Commerce Dept. has received hundreds of statements of interest for CHIPS and Science Act funds for chip plant construction.

Privately financed, $670-million 10-mile project is set to partially open this month that extends lanes' terminus in Stafford County to just north of Fredericksburg, nearly two years after contractor settled dispute with developer and state that added $100 million to its contract.