Items Tagged with 'environmental review'

Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2027 spending proposal follows announced permitting reform measures set to speed residential and infrastructure construction and plans to expand nuclear power construction.

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape hydropower generation, releases and Colorado River Basin water management.

State DOTs reviewed their latest technology innovations and considered their future funding options at the annual Transportation Resource Board event, held in Washington in mid-January.

U.S. House of Representatives ended its 2025 legislative session by passing a permitting reform bill aimed at shortening completion timelines for major infrastructure projects.

The order keeps in place an earlier ruling blocking Denver Water from increasing the size of the reservoir impounded by the dam. 

The programmatic agreement covers reviews for state transportation projects and is expected to cut as much as six weeks from project timelines.

The suit by Democratic attorneys general, which also names the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, as defendants, is the latest in a series of legal battles over energy and climate change. 

The project to raise the dam's height by 131 ft is 60% complete and was scheduled to finish in 2027. 

The action favors fossil fuel projects and comes as a White House panel takes step to repeal environmental regulations under the federal NEPA law.