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DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.

US Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of "forever" chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX. 

Class action lawsuit asserts contractor's right to repair its own skid steers, compact loaders and excavators without going through Deere or its dealer network.

After months of delays, Amtrak and US DOT names joint venture as master developer to inherit active-rail construction, single-level concourse conversion and complex staging beneath Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

The appropriations process directing use of federal funds in fiscal year 2027 has begun in earnest, with hearings and markups scheduled in both chambers over the next several weeks. 

Investors and developers are bullish on clean energy to quickly meet nation's power demand surge, but federal actions that undermine projects and remain vague on tax credit rules, as well as slow connection to the grid, could hamper markets.

Congress’ proposed successor to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act outlines how federal infrastructure funding mechanisms and investment priorities may shift in the future.

Senate Republicans are revising White House security funding after a procedural setback, adding uncertainty to an already contested project 

EPA’s proposed coal wastewater rule overhaul could reshape compliance work and environmental infrastructure planning as utilities reassess projects amid regulatory uncertainty and shifting grid demands.

Power grid operator announced that its reopened queue of proposed new interconnections includes applications from 811 projects totaling 220 GW.