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Pipeline Emissions Ruling Sets New Bar for FERC Approvals

August 30, 2017

Pipeline-sector observers are watching whether a U.S. appellate court ruling, which last month canceled federal approval of a $3.2-billion Florida natural-gas line and two others for not adequately considering the projects’ contribution to greenhouse-gas emissions, could affect approvals of other planned projects.

NYC Regional Planners Push for Added Transit Options

Alisa Zevin

Debra K. Rubin

August 30, 2017

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Commuters and travelers who cross the Hudson River by transit into New York City hope a just-finished track upgrade at Penn Station will improve recent delays, derailments and other malfunctions.

RGGI Proposes Ambitious Carbon Targets for 2030

Pam Hunter McFarland

August 30, 2017

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Proposed stringent emission-reduction targets through 2030 in the nation’s only interstate cap-and-trade program will continue the already well-established market shift toward renewable and efficient power-generation construction projects, industry analysts say.

Will Ex-US Congresswoman Lead Fed Transit Agency?

August 30, 2017

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Thelma Drake, a former Republican U.S. congresswoman from Virginia and former Norfolk assistant public-works director, on Aug. 23 confirmed to Washington, D.C., broadcaster Martin Di Caro that she is a nominee for Federal Transit administrator, according to his tweet.

Natural Disasters

Prolonged Rains Conceal Full Hurricane Harvey Destruction

August 30, 2017

Focus on saving lives in Texas delays full assessment of damage.

Was 'Unbuildable' Design Nuclear Project's Undoing?

Ron Aiken

August 30, 2017

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South Carolina politicians investigating the failed V.C. Summer nuclear expansion would do well to focus on Westinghouse Electric Co.’s “unbuildable” design for its AP1000 nuclear reactors, people who worked on the project told ENR.