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Trump Reverses Obama Orders on Climate Change

Pam Radtke Russell

March 29, 2017

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President Trump has rolled back several of former President Obama’s signature efforts to curb climate change.

Europe Wind Power Plans Are Soaring, But Costs Are Not

Peter Reina

March 29, 2017

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From water depth to turbine sizes, everything about European offshore-wind power is getting larger, except cost.

Steel in The Water

Startup of First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Propels Domestic Market

The ambitious Cape Wind project hit a wall after 15 years, but developers see water-based wind boost in the U.S. power mix.

Debra K. Rubin

Mary B. Powers

March 29, 2017

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The over-ambitious Cape Wind offshore farm in Massachusetts hit a wall after 15 years, but developers now see new ways to boost water-based wind in the U.S. power mix.

Award Will Memorialize ENR's Tudor Van Hampton

Janice L. Tuchman

March 29, 2017

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The Tudor Van Hampton Award for Editorial Excellence will be given annually by the Construction Media Alliance, the group announced at its first awards ceremony at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas.

Canada's New Budget Keeps Big Infrastructure Spend

But firms lament lack of projects moving to design

Scott Van Voorhis

March 29, 2017

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But firms lament lack of projects moving to design.

Steel-Castings Design Guide Expected in About Two Years

Nadine M. Post

March 29, 2017

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The first U.S. design guide for steel castings—structural joints without welds or bolted plates—is likely to be published in about two years.

Caterpillar Responds to Fed Raid of HQ

Jeff Rubenstone

March 29, 2017

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Following a dramatic March 2 raid that saw the company’s Peoria, Ill., headquarters and two other nearby facilities searched by federal officials, Caterpillar offered few new insights into the long-running tax investigation that likely prompted the action.

Hanford’s Plutonium Reclamation Facility

Plutonium Processing Facility Demolition Proceeds at Hanford Site

Tim Newcomb

March 29, 2017

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As crews from CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. tear down the four main buildings that make up the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) at the Dept. of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeastern Washington state, removal of contaminated buildings at one of the nation’s most radioactive sites nears key milestones en route to a full demolition later this year.