British Columbia damage repair is underway in hard-hit Vancouver and area, but emergency officials say fixes will be lengthy as new storms batter the region, generating country's first ever 'red alert' and a new federal climate change strategy.
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.
Engineering for the much-disputed, estimated $11.6B N.J.-N.Y. rail link could begin next year, says a Gateway program official, with a funding boost from the Biden administration and the infrastructure spending bill.
With President Joe Biden’s Nov. 15 signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, federal agencies are stepping up plans to implement the landmark package, estimated at $1 trillion over five years.
As the world continues its widespread vaccination effort, COVID-19 restrictions ease somewhat and the $1-trillion U.S. infrastructure spending package moves forward, forecasters express cautious optimism about the year to come.
US developers fought duties on two-sided solar arrays, citing project cost impact, but domestic manufacturers said they are needed against 'unfair' Chinese competition.
Final pact signed by 197 countries in Glasgow, Scotland was weaker on coal and other fossil fuels than many activists and nations wanted, but key steps such as a global carbon trading market and guidelines to finance climate adaptation were taken to cut emissions.