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Power plant coal-ash cleanup

Proposed Coal-Ash Rule Fix Pushes Sides to New Debate

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Mary B. Powers
March 21, 2018
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Bowing to industry’s push, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now proposes changes in Obama-era federal rules for power plant coal-ash disposal enacted in 2015 after several major spills, aiming to let states provide local oversight and enforcement. 


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Obama Administration Outlines Priorities for Drinking Water

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Pam Hunter McFarland
December 7, 2016
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A new “action plan” from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlines steps the agency believes should be taken to improve the safety of drinking-water systems across the U.S.
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Airports

Obama Signs 14-Month FAA Extension

Newly enacted measure continues FAA programs through Sept. 30, 2017
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Tom Ichniowski
July 16, 2016
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Legislation freezes funding for FAA airport construction grants at 2016 level.


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Clean Power Plan Arguments Rescheduled for Full Court Hearing

Thomas F. Armistead
May 18, 2016
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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.


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Private Firms Commit $5 Billion for Water Infrastructure

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Pam Hunter McFarland
April 6, 2016
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More than 150 institutions have announced plans to boost U.S. water infrastructure in collaboration with the Obama administration’s efforts to address water challenges.
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Kenyan Court Halts $150-Million Wind Farm Project

Shem Oirere
March 28, 2016
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Farmers claimed in court that backers of a 60.8-MW wind farm misled them about where the turbines would be placed.
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Obama’s Cuba Visit Raises Construction Firms’ Hopes

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Tom Ichniowski
March 25, 2016
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Some companies are taking modest steps toward entering Cuban markets, but U.S. trade embargo still bars major exports.


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Tough Road Ahead for Obama's High Court Selection

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Pam Hunter McFarland
March 23, 2016
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Merrick B. Garland, President’s Obama’s nominee to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left open by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February, has a history of giving deference to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in clean air and other environmental cases and has sided more often with EPA than industry, according to SCOTUSblog, which analyzes high court cases.
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Obama Budget Would End Much-Delayed MOX Project

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Scott Judy
February 17, 2016
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The budget proposal that President Obama sent to Congress on Feb. 9 confirmed the administration’s plans to terminate, nearly nine years after construction began, the multibillion-dollar Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
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Federal Spending

Obama FY 2017 Budget Cuts Many, But Not All, Construction Programs

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Tom Ichniowski
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Pam Hunter McFarland
February 10, 2016
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Proposal includes reductions in Corps civil works, EPA water infrastructure, DOD, GSA and VA construction.


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