Mary B. Powers

Google, Environmentalists and University Push Methane-Leak Detection

December 20, 2016

National Grid, which serves New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is set to be the second U.S. natural-gas utility to use technology advanced by Google Earth, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Colorado State University to boost large-scale methane-leak detection.

Foreman in Fatal NYC Trench Collapse Gets Jail Sentence

Project contractor was found guilty of manslaughter in June, but is appealing that ruling.

Mary B. Powers

December 20, 2016

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Project contractor was found guilty of manslaughter in June, but is appealing that ruling.

US Approves $2 Billion of Canada Cross-Border Transmission

Two projects will bring low-cost renewable energy to American customers

Mary B. Powers

December 13, 2016

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Two projects will bring low-cost Canadian renewable energy to American customers.

Feds Move To Indict NY Contractor Execs, Developer, Ex-Cuomo Aide

LPCiminelli CEO and president now face conspiracy and bribery charges in N.Y. pay-to-play scheme

Mary B. Powers

November 23, 2016

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LPCiminelli CEO and president now face conspiracy and bribery charges in N.Y. pay-to-play scheme.

Where Voters OK'd Spending Billions on New Public Works

Election 2016 also decided minimum-wage, right to work, marijuana and laws

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November 16, 2016

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See where states and cities passed new rules on taxes and right-to-work laws.

DC Developer Wins TVA Auction To Complete Alabama Nuke Site

Mary B. Powers

November 16, 2016

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Firm plans to invest up to $13 billion to complete nuclear units at the Bellefonte site in northern Alabama.

Ruling Orders GE PCB Cleanup, But Start of $613M Fix Is Unclear

Mary B. Powers

November 2, 2016

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected objections raised by General Electric Co. to a final cleanup plan, issued in February, for toxics in the Housatonic River in New England.

TVA Restarts One Nuke Site But Continues Sale of Another

Mary B. Powers

October 26, 2016

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Commercial operation of the long-shuttered second unit at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar nuclear plant in Tennessee got underway earlier this month, the first U.S. nuke reactor to start up since 1996, when a sister 1,150-unit came on line.

Late Mississippi Coal Plant Inches Toward Finish Line

Mary B. Powers

October 19, 2016

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Utility Southern Co.’s costly effort to produce clean energy from coal met a major milestone on Oct. 12, when its Kemper County, Miss., integrated gasification combined-cycle plant produced the first kilowatt of electricity with synthetic fuel made from local lignite.