The 21 projects total $325 million and include weatherization, workforce development, wastewater treatment and energy efficiency retrofits among other endeavors.
Labor PM Keir Starmer's government formed Great British Energy to undertake early project work to reduce private
sector developer risk and boost technologies such as carbon capture and
storage, hydrogen and wave and tidal energy.
Project developer has spent $36 billion on the continuing London-Birmingham phase and $2.2 billion on canceled phases. Closing down canceled work will add another $130 million.
25 US grantees were selected from 300 applicants, some of them regional coalitions, to address air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions—with Pennsylvania and California as big winners.
In the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, construction is starting to see some follow-up developments, but industry officials caution that the impacts of Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy remain to be seen.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump would use financial gains from oil and gas drilling to fund highways and some other infrastructure, he told Republican supporters at the party's national convention.
The National Labor Relations Board has dropped an appeal of a ruling that said its 2023 Joint Employer rule was flawed, marking a win for construction and other business groups that preferred a 2023 definition of what constitutes a joint employer.