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Financial Climate Change Hits Abengoa, SunEdison

Debt and government subsidies added up to financial disaster at firms with talent for renewable energy

May 25, 2016

Energy innovation has been the stage on which many a financial farce has been performed.

KBR Boosts Diversification With Planned $570M Buy of Tech Firm

May 25, 2016

KBR Inc., Houston, on May 23 said it would acquire Wyle Inc., an El Segundo, Calif.-based provider of specialized engineering and professional services, mostly to the U.S. government.

Legislation

House Committee Leaders Roll Out $5B Draft WRDA Bill

Measure would authorize $5 billion for 28 Corps civil-works projects

Tom Ichniowski

May 21, 2016

House proposal is narrower than Senate committee's version, which includes drinking-water and wastewater provisions.

Clean Power Plan Arguments Rescheduled for Full Court Hearing

Thomas F. Armistead

May 18, 2016

Plaintiffs and environmentalists alike welcomed the unusual decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to postpone oral arguments on the Clean Power Plan until September.

Plans for Boston's South Station Call for a 51-story Tower

May 18, 2016

Houston-based Hines announced a joint venture with Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp. to redevelop Boston’s South Station into a transportation hub and mixed-use complex.

DOE and Los Alamos Labs Sued Over Failure To Meet Deadlines

May 18, 2016

A lack of funding for comprehensive hazardous-waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory required by a 2005 consent order could expose the lab’s operator and the Dept. of Energy to a daily fine of $487,000 under federal law, if a non-profit group’s lawsuit succeeds.

MIT Makes Hyperloop Pod; Startup Does Propulsion Test

Luke Abaffy

May 18, 2016

The first public demonstration of “the hyperloop,” a new propulsion system for high-speed transit, occurred on May 11 in the desert north of Las Vegas. Days later, a team of researchers unveiled a hyperloop test pod.

West Coal Terminal Denied, As Corps Sides With Lummi Tribe

Tim Newcomb

May 18, 2016

A 34-page U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision has stopped movement on a proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point in northwestern Washington.

Mass. Power Plant Settles Clean Air Act Case

Johanna Knapschaefer

May 18, 2016

A western Massachusetts power plant has pleaded guilty to felony charges of tampering with emissions equipment and submitting false information to environmental and energy regulators in a profit-motivated scheme.

New General Construction Permit Problematic, Contractors Say

Pam Hunter McFarland

May 18, 2016

Construction industry groups are concerned about the new general construction permit for stormwater discharges from construction sites, set to replace the current 2012 permit.