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Maine homebuilders are preparing for new energy-efficient building codes Starting July 1, the state is raising minimum standards for new

Bipartisan Negotiators Say All Funding Proposals Must Remain on Table While lawmakers try to negotiate a bipartisan deal for infrastructure,

Bernie Sanders Refuses to Fund Infrastructure With Gas Taxes and EV Fees As one of the most prominent progressives in

EPA Announces Charter Members to Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Administrator Michael S. Regan has announced his selections for membership

Sen. Smith Pushes to Include Clean Energy Standard in Congress’s Infrastructure Package A sweeping infrastructure bill is on the table

Bernie Sanders seeks $6 trillion infrastructure package, which Senate Democrats are considering passing without the GOP Sen. Bernie drafted a

Without Climate Provisions, Some Democrats Refuse to Approve Bipartisan Deal As a bipartisan group of Senators float around a bipartisan

Senator Angus King Urges Biden Administration for Improved Oversight of Nation’s Energy Infrastructure Security During a hearing, the senator from

Energy Secretary Granholm Announces Plans to Refocus Cyber Division After numerous cyberattacks on utilities, the Energy Department is planning to

Caldwell and Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Surface Bill in Senate The two senators, who are both part of the Senate Committee

Susan Collins Says Group Wants Unused COVID Aid and EV Fees to Fund Infrastructure The senator from Maine said that

EPA Announces Actions on PFAS To help reduce the potential risks to the public from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),

Biden Administration and EPA to Review Rules on Soot After the former administration declined to look into rules for soot,

LafargeHolcim and GE Team Up to Tackle Wind Turbine Recycling With old wind turbines mostly ending up in landfills, the

Biden Restores $929M Funding for High-Speed Rail in California The funding, which was canceled by the former presidential administration, was

Representative Latta Reintroduces Self-Driving Vehicle Bill The representative from Ohio reintroduced the bill called the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment

Sewell and Babin Introduce Wastewater Legislation in House The two representatives introduced the Decentralized Wastewater Grant Act of 2021 to

Congress Urged to Address Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water More Expeditiously Local officials and community leaders are calling for Congress

Top Bathroom Design Trends for 2021 These are the top ten bathroom design trends that are expected to be seen

House Committee Approves $50B Clean Water Bill The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) approved a major measure authorizing funds

Bipartisan Group of Senators Say Infrastructure Deal is Coming Five Democrats and five Republicans have a tentative agreement for an

DOE Announces Actions to Increase Domestic Advanced Battery Domestic Supply To help reach decarbonization goals, while also supporting long-term economic

Biden Changes Strategy To Find Bipartisan Compromise on Infrastructure Plan President Bidne has ended talks with a group of Republican

Democrats Move To Keep Funding On Track While President Biden continues to try to reach bipartisan compromise, Democrats in the

Infrastructure Investment Could Catapult Commercial Construction Outlook According to Dodge Data and Analytics forecasts, construction will start to rebound in

AFL-CIO Building Trades Unions Voice Support for American Jobs Plan During a one-day virtual conference, the AFL-CIO’s bowlin Read More

Secretary of Energy Calls for Public-Private Cooperation on Cyber Defenses Secretary Jennifier Granholm called for cooperation, citing risks of adversaries

Electric Vehicle Rise Causes Questions for Transportation Funding In order to reach emission reduction goals, electric vehicles and alternative fuels

USDA Seeking Applications for Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made funds

Biden offers to keep 2017 Trump tax cuts intact in infrastructure counteroffer to GOP President Joe Biden has offered to

New Thinking to Translate Infrastructure Dollars into Resilience Investments in resilience tend to pay for themselves over time… Read More

Department of Energy Selects 32 Students for Prestigious Computational Fellowships The fellowship program top leaders in computational science by supporting

EPA seeks nominations for technical review committee MSTRS is a federal advisory committee that provides the EPA’s Clean Air Act

Groups to Congress: ‘Recycling is infrastructure too’ As federal elected officials debate significant investments in the nation’s infrastructure, recycling and

USDOT announces RFI on transportation data and assessment methods The department will use the responses it receives to inform its

Passenger rail benefits from Biden’s proposed DOT budget Grant program for short line railroads and grade crossing projects finds continued

Bipartisan water and wastewater bill clears Senate easily The focus shifts to the House, where members have been slower to

$250 million in grants available to address Kentucky’s water infrastructure needs The American Society of Civil Engineers in 2019 projected

Climate Advocates in the Senate Push for Infrastructure Goals As the deadline for bipartisanship on the infrastructure plan approaches, Climate

New Ruling Could Put Dent in Democrats Plan To Pass Infrastructure Bill Since its announcement, Democrats have contemplated and warned

Nevada Passes Clean Energy Bill The bill aims to accelerate the construction of a massive $2 billion transmission project, increase

New Grants Announced to Improve Michigan’s Water Systems Awarded under the MI Clean Water Plan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the

Biden To Propose $6T Federal Budget This budget would take the U.S. to its highest sustained levels of federal spending

Progressives Set to Introduce Energy Infrastructure Bills Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) are planning to unveil

Clean Energy Tax Credit Package Advances To Senate Floor Although the $259.5 billion package received a 14-14 party-line vote in

Senators Introduce Nuclear Power Credit to Help Curb Emissions The three Democratic senators, Cardin, Whitehouse and Casey,  introduced the measure

House Committee Passes Clean Energy Bill in Pacific Northwest Representative Dan Newhouse’s Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act of

$42M Passed By Kansas Governor For Transportation Projects Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced the funding,

Reintroduced Legislation Could Increase Transportation Funds The Toll Credit Marketplace Act, which was recently reintroduced in the U.S. Senate, would

EPA to Host Roundtable on Lead in Drinking Water The Environmental Protection Agency has invited 10 communities to the roundtable,

South Carolina Approves $13M in Grants For Infrastructure Projects The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved the grant

A compromise on Biden infrastructure plan is needed If President Joe Biden is going to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill

Bipartisan highway bill advances in Senate, offering a path through infrastructure morass The bill approved unanimously Wednesday by the Senate

Biden Administration Opens Pacific Coast to New Jobs and Clean Energy Production with Offshore Wind Development White House Marhsals Departments

Considering the future of smart cities in uncertain times For more than a decade, the smart city movement has been

NRDC: Transportation Bill Leaves Unfinished Business It includes harmful provisions, including attacks on the environmental reviews… Read More NRDC https://www.nrdc.org/media/2021/210526

Wastewater management: The industry case There is no depletion of water due to this constant movement; but factors such as

How Recent Disasters Show Gaps in Infrastructure Plans The cyber attack of the Colonial Pipeline, the potentially catastrophic damage discovered

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Focuses on Fixing Roads, States Focus on Expanding Aligned with the Federal Highway Administration estimates that there

Study Finds Vertical Wind Turbines Produce More Energy The discovery by engineers at Oxford Brookes University’s School of Engineering, Computing,

Bipartisan Senators Introduce Surface Transportation Bill Senators Carper (D-Del.), Moore Capito (R.-W.Va.), Cardin (D.-Md.) and Cramer (R- N.D.) announced the

Texas Awards Cities With $48M For Flood Mitigation Projects The Texas General Land Office announced the funding for the cities

House Republicans unveil $400B transportation bill as negotiations on larger infrastructure package continue The measure would be the largest transportation

Everything Holding Up Biden’s Infrastructure Bill The Biden Administration has been unable to reach a deal on an infrastructure package

EPA cracks down on landfill methane emissions EPA is moving forward with a plan to curb methane emissions from landfills

Gov. Pritzker (Illinois) announces 6-year, $20.7 billion bridge improvement plan The projects in the plan will create and support thousands

Senate Republicans Offer No Counterproposal to Infrastructure Plan During Meeting During their last meeting, Senate Republicans met with Transportation Secretary

White House Announces $20B Fund For Cybersecurity for Infrastructure After the cyberattacks on the water treatment plant in Florida and

Granholm Unveils National Actions to Increase Energy Efficiency for Homes and Buildings As part of the White House roundtable on

Bipartisan Legislation to Fund Transportation Departments Introduced in House U.S. Representatives Conor Lamb (D-PA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH) and Salud Carbajal

Purdue University Engineers Develop Reverse Osmosis Breakthrough The variant of the process called “bath reverse osmosis” may lead to better

Biden’s Chances of Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Increase Still fighting to try to get bipartisan support for an infrastructure bill,

Clean Energy Advocates Push For Increased Renewable Energy Goals Pennsylvania’s renewable energy goals are set to plateau at the end

Clean Energy Sector’s Strong Start in 2021 Causes Records to Fall With more than 38 news projects constructed across 17

Department of Treasury Issues Interim Rule Which Allows $350B in Funds for Transportation Projects The funds, allocated by the American

Cuomo Announces $94M Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects in New York The governor announces that the New York State Environmental

Biden signs executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses after Colonial Pipeline hack The attack has led to widespread fuel

Revamped EPA website shows increased climate change risks The EPA is relaunching a website highlighting evidence of climate change in

U.S. DOT details ongoing efforts to help mitigate impact of pipeline outage In regards to the fuel shortage from the

Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the Future of Transportation ‘This is a major, major investment in setting America on the right

Could AI help recover energy and fresh water from municipal wastewater? UChicago, Argonne to develop test systems to save energy,

Massive $8.6 Million Stormwater Project Will Help Reduce Floods In A Westside Detroit Neighborhood After major flooding impacted homes in

EconUpdate by P. Duffy Initial unemployment claims dip 6.7 percent to lowest level in 14 months What does this mean?

Biden Meets with Congressional Leaders To Continuing Pushing For Bill Despite efforts on both sides of the aisle, President Biden

Cyber Attack Reveals Need to Address Cyber Vulnerabilities The recent hack of the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies refined fuel like

New Report Argues Need for Digital Infrastructure Funding A new Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report argues that any U.S.

Interior Department Approves First Major Offshore Wind Energy Project The first large-scale offshore wind project was approved on Tuesday and

Collins and Meuser Seek Clarification on Using COVID Relief Funds for Transportation The senator from Maine and the representative from

Newsom Announces Water Infrastructure Funding For California The proposed funds would be spent over four years and includes $1.3 billion

McConnell ups acceptable price tag for infrastructure package Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday suggested the cost of an

Biden embarks on his bipartisan push for an infrastructure deal Biden embarks on a bipartisan push with top congressional leaders

Buttigieg on $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan: ‘Doing nothing is what’s truly unaffordable’ Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg took to the

Granholm says cyber R&D is a priority at DOE Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday said cybersecurity research

The 15 Most Sustainable Cities In The US Take a look at the 15 most sustainable cities that are leading

Center for Transportation and the Environment provides cost analysis for “Clean Transit for America Plan” The report formulates a roadmap

Senate Adopts Drinking Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Act The U.S. Senate passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of

Biden vows to protect water infrastructure The weekend cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline system served as a grim minder

Bipartisan Water Act Passes Senate The nearly unanimously-passed Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 was the first legislative

The Challenges of Meeting Biden’s Infrastructure Plans With Biden’s high ambitions for the country’s energy and emission production, as well