As many of us were planning for the New Year ahead, a family in Franconia Township, Pa., was mourning the recent death of 53-year-old David Smith, who was killed when a young driver ran into Smith and another worker while they were painting stripes on a local road.
Months of waiting are over as President Trump has finally laid on the table a detailed outline of his long-promised infrastructure investment plan, which the administration says will produce at least $1.5 trillion for transportation, water and other projects over 10 years and trim federal project permitting time to no more than two years.
A shrinking budget deficit is usually good news, but a drop in federal debt in Canada is raising concerns over delays in government efforts to funnel infrastructure money into projects.
Cypress Creek Renewables is planning to construct a solar power plant, which will have a capacity between 2 MW and 5 MW, on a 48-acre site in Crete Township.
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to invest $50 billion over five years to expand its U.S. oil-and-gas production facilities, the company said on Feb. 2, when it released its 2017 results, which included $8.4 billion in fourth-quarter earnings and $19 billion in income for the year.
With the federal government taking a back seat on climate change, states and cities are accelerating initiatives to control emissions through CO2 cap-and-trade programs and carbon-use taxes.
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