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Massachusetts Leaves Transportation Climate Initiative

Regional emissions reduction plan withers as states cut support

Jim Parsons

November 29, 2021

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Massachusetts is the latest state to drop out of the Transportation Climate Initiative.

Advanced Manufacturing

Samsung Picks Texas for $17B Semiconductor Plant

Project will support 6,500 construction jobs, Governor claims

James Leggate

November 24, 2021

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South Korean tech giant's project comes amid a shortage in semiconductors impacting other industries.

Does Construction's Past Contain Clues to Its Future?

A fascinating new book sequences the DNA of American construction work

Richard Korman

November 24, 2021

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The painful development, and the glories as well, of American construction.

US Supreme Court Sets Precedent in States' Groundwater Dispute

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 23, 2021

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Nov. 22 decision nixing 15-year Mississippi claim against Tennessee over shared aquifer use impacts will affect other states, with growing climate change issues for water resources, sector experts say.

A sign posted on a pole centered among a green field, trees and power lines reads "No CMP Corridor"

Clean Energy Construction

$1B Maine Hydropower Project Halted After Governor’s Plea

Johanna Knapschaefer

November 23, 2021

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Utility voluntarily stops construction following Nov. 2 voter rejection of the transmission corridor, but awaits a court ruling to enjoin the vote. A state agency on Nov. 23 suspended a project environmental permit that also halts work.

Appeals Court Punts on Whistleblower Suit Against AECOM Former Unit

Mary B. Powers

November 22, 2021

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Appellate judges said lower court must reconsider whether former employee's fraud allegations on $1.9B Army contract were 'material' under the US False Claims Act against the unit, which was sold in 2020.

Water

Lake Okeechobee Operating Shifts Set to Boost Everglades Flow

Herbert Hoover dike rehabilitation will coincide with new lake operating strategy

James Leggate

November 22, 2021

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New Corps lake system operating manual, replacing one in use since 2008, will improve water management, including better dry season Everglades flow and reduced algae blooms in rivers

Energy Projects

$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Plant Set for Former Wyo. Coal Site

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 20, 2021

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Bechtel will lead EPC work on a 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates-founded firm TerraPower; Southern Co. also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho.