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Pam Radtke Russell

Pam Radtke Russell

Pam Radtke Russell is a New Orleans-based journalist with more than a decade covering energy, environment and climate for ENR, Platts, CQ Roll Call in Washington D.C. and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

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Engineering Justice

Righting Past Wrongs Through Equitable Development

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Pam Radtke Russell
December 22, 2021

Standing on a dead-end street in Spartanburg, S.C., Harold Mitchell can plainly see the history of injustice in his community.


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Environment and Construction

Biden Proposes to Formally Roll Back Trump-Era Water Rule

ARTBA says move could affect infrastructure money
Radtkerussellmug
Pam Radtke Russell
November 18, 2021
The rollback comes as the Biden administration looks toward a new rewrite of Waters rule.
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Hurricane Ida

Entergy Proposes Two Options to Restore Power to New Orleans

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Pam Radtke Russell
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Jim Parsons
August 31, 2021

The utility could create a mini electric grid using power from plants within the metropolitan region.



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'Catastrophic' Ida Decimates Southeast Louisiana Electric Grid

All power transmission into New Orleans fails
Radtkerussellmug
Pam Radtke Russell
August 30, 2021

Power company Entergy begins assessing the transmission failures, including all lines into New Orleans, with causes still largely unknown.


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Post-Katrina Levee System Weathers Ida's Fierce Winds, Surge

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Jim Parsons
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Tom Sawyer
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Pam Radtke Russell
August 30, 2021
Louisiana contractors, federal and state officials and public and private infrastructure owners are assessing all damage from one of the worst storms to hit the state.
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2021 Top 500 Sourcebook: COVID Hits Hard

Manufacturing is down almost $20 billion in 2020
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Pam Radtke Russell
June 30, 2021
But construction of data centers, warehouses and distribution centers are off the charts, Steve Jones, Dodge Data & Analytics senior director of industry insights and research, told ENR’s FutureTech conference.
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2021 Top 500 Sourcebook: Natural Gas to Gasoline

Plant will halve the carbon footprint of gasoline
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Pam Radtke Russell
June 30, 2021
Bechtel is designing a $6.5-billion plant to turn natural gas into gasoline in Penwell, Texas, for Nacero Inc. The energy firm says the plant would be the nation’s first such facility.
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Flint Water Crisis and America’s Clean Water Access Failings

Water infrastructure disproportionately shortchanges people of color and low-income neighborhoods
Radtkerussellmug
Pam Radtke Russell
June 10, 2021
What does environmental justice look like when it comes to water infrastructure siting and water quality?
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Environmental Justice

Will New Efforts Bring Equity to Communities Long Impacted and Underserved by Infrastructure?

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Pam Radtke Russell
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Nadine M. Post
June 10, 2021
Inequities exist in all sectors—from highway alignments to industrial sites and wastewater treatment plant locations—but finding solutions won’t be easy or without controversy.
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Waters of the U.S. Rule to Be Rewritten, Yet Again

Radtkerussellmug
Pam Radtke Russell
June 9, 2021
The rewrite follows a review that found fewer water bodies are being protected under a Trump-era revision.
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