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State is latest to drop from regional emissions-reduction pact amid pandemic economic concerns and potential effects on rising fuel prices

The project will widen part of the channel from 530 ft to 700 ft and take dredged material to create an island bird habitat.

Financial District and Seaport section plan of city coastal resilience strategy, to include drainage improvements and extension of Manhattan land up to 200 ft into the river, could cost $5 billion or more.

In Nov. 10 letter to a US Army chief, environmental groups want Corps of Engineers to change its approach to flood risk projects amid climate change-fueled sea level rise and intense weather events.

UMass Chan Medical School is betting big on geothermal heating and cooling to slash the greenhouse gas emissions from the newest addition to its Worcester campus, a $325 million research and education complex.

"Global warming is a design issue. We have the ability, we have the brains, we have the technology," noted UK-based designer told attendees in global summit panel with Biden climate envoy John Kerry.

Civil engineers' group highlights interdependence between different infrastructure sectors and examines how the fragility of one piece of infrastructure can have cascading impacts. 

The CO Bar Solar project is a partnership between Tempe-based not-for-profit utility SRP and solar and storage developer Boise-based Clēnera, which will build and operate the plant.