As recovery starts from flood that caused 37 deaths and left hundreds unaccounted for, Congress and agencies expedite launch and funding for new climate crisis actions.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) agreed July 27 on bill they say would infuse billions of dollars in energy infrastructure projects and cut U.S. carbon emissions by 40% over the next decade.
Researchers at Arizona State University have partnered with an Ireland-based startup to cultivate a new species of tree—one that is fabricated instead of grown.
With more than $12 billion in IIJA funding allocated to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies, AEC firms will need to innovate together to engineer, procure and construct pilot and demonstration projects that prove CCS technology can be adopted at a commercial scale.
With heat impacts growing and Congress stalled on major climate funding, President promises more 'formal, official government actions in coming weeks' on the 'emergency.'
Federal 2022-23 budget, released last month includes first-time funding and incentives for projects to stem climate change impacts; Aecon, FCC Construccion head group awarded big Toronto rail electrification project
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report concludes that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 to hit goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, or 2.7°F.