The White House releases a rule, effective on July 1, to ensure that climate change and environmental justice issues are considered during project NEPA reviews.
Japan auto giant's new EV battery plant will be the third in Ontario—in addition to a Volkswagen facility in St. Thomas to start construction in 2025 and a Stellantis-LG plant in Windsor under way since last year.
The funding agreement with the U.S. Commerce Dept. was contingent on the company's recently announced pledge to invest $50 billion in the plants over the next five years.
Utiiity firm, ranked No. 12 on ENR's Top 425 Owners list, begins building in May its 2.6-GW giant, set to be the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. when finished.
Construction-in-progress spending climbs higher, with Top 25 firms accounting for 60%, as economists predict a megaproject boom will compound resource challenges.
Project development continues in the state—with builder Equinor announcing a $600M Brooklyn port upgrade contract to Skanska—and in the US, with federal lease auctions announced for offshore Maine and Oregon as first of 12
through 2028.