Corinne Grinapol

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Senate Passes $35B Water Infrastructure Bill in Bipartisan Vote

April 29, 2021

Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act includes $14.65 billion each for drinking water and wastewater treatment state revolving funds over the next five years.

Brown plaque with light-colored text says "Faubourg Treme." It is underneath an overpass.

Biden Administration Seeks to Address the Interstate Highway System's Racist Past

Corinne Grinapol

April 15, 2021

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Infrastructure plan includes $20B plan to address racism that many transportation veterans say helped fuel highway projects in the past.

Construction Likes President's Spending Plan, Not Tax Hike

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Corinne Grinapol

April 7, 2021

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Construction groups and congressional Democrats are praising President Joe Biden’s $2-trillion jobs proposal for its massive infrastructure spending.

Construction Groups Agree on Need for Infrastructure Plan, Diverge on Details

Point of contention: rollback of Trump corporate tax cut to pay for plan

Corinne Grinapol

March 31, 2021

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Industry reps respond to President Biden's rollout of the $2-trillion American Jobs Plan.

Best of the Best Projects 2020

Best Landscape/Urban Development: Spokane Riverfront Park U.S. Pavilion

Corinne Grinapol

March 10, 2021

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The U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash.—with its 150-ft-tall angled mast supporting a 50-ft-dia steel ring—was iconic.

ASCE releases its 2021 infrastructure report card

One Water Approach Is Focus of ASCE Infrastructure Panel

Corinne Grinapol

March 4, 2021

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EPA water official Radhika Fox said agency will announce new grants for sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal projects; update came at panel discussion following release of ASCE's infrastructure report card.

In Texas Power Outages, Clear Problems and No Easy Answers

Corinne Grinapol

Pam Radtke Russell

February 24, 2021

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Power outages that left 4 million cold and in the dark had happened before, but markets and politics have prevented changes

Biden Cabinet Picks Emphasize Job Creation

February 10, 2021

Transportation, DOE, EPA, Labor choices uphold Biden strategy, stressing climate initiatives to create opportunities and growth

EPA Nominee Regan Outlines Climate Jobs Vision at Confirmation Hearing

Corinne Grinapol

February 3, 2021

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Biden's choice to lead US Environmental Protection Agency stressed state and local input and science-based decision making.

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Biden, Granholm Tie Climate Change Efforts and Clean Energy to Jobs

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Debra K. Rubin

January 27, 2021

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Biden nominee for DOE chief, who cited 10M jobs goal when pressed on fossil-fuel impacts by wary Republicans, is set for full Senate vote this month, as is R.I. Gov. Gina Raimondo, Commerce Secretary designate and a clean energy proponent. Both cleared committees on Feb. 3.