U.S. judge said oil pipeline project review in Minnesota did not have to include operating impacts on climate change, as opponent groups argued in challenge.
Highest natural-disaster risk level is needed for publicly regulated power facilities to operate quickly after destructive event, proponents say, but clean energy builders cite major cost and impact on project growth.
Dry weather in parts of the Midwest have contributed to unusually low river water levels, grounding some barges and requiring emergency dredging, with other waterways affected.
The American Institute of Steel Construction task group reviewed proposals made by California's Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in the aftermath of the 2018 discovery of brittle fractures in plate girders at the Salesforce Transit Center.