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The U.S. will gain much clean energy capacity from scores of giant wind turbines set to be built miles out to sea, but how they link to onshore users and to each other remains the key challenge

Total recordable injury rates have no connection to fatalities, according to a recent study of the statistic—and the death of laborer Mason Mack Harris may be a tragic example.

More than 300 concrete delivery drivers and support staff returned to work on April 11, ending walkout that lasted nearly five months and impacted major projects.

Industry groups praise U.S. Supreme Court order reinstating a Trump-era cutback, but environmental advocates say the action will create a lot of confusion. 

Despite overall trend, the number of deaths increased by one, to 9 in 2021, and all construction-related injuries rose by three, to 505.

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.

As the Biden administration ramps up efforts to include consideration of project greenhouse gas emissions impacts in policymaking, court developments and a March 24 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission action show a fluctuating path toward final carbon effect rules. 

Massachusetts officials are bracing for a lengthy recovery process following the partial collapse of a parking garage that killed one worker.