RailWorks Corp., a New York City-based rail and transit contractor, has named Greg Muldoon Interim CEO. He replaces Jeffrey M. Levy, who has left the firm.
Large power transmission lines are in the works to relieve congestion in southeastern New York, but, to cut costs, state officials may scrap one of the projects—a previously accepted, $1.2-billion proposal—and seek new submissions from losing bidders.
Denmark-based wind-power pioneer DONG Energy—the world’s largest offshore developer—has opened a Boston office, planning to build what could be North America’s largest offshore wind farm, located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Days after two Wisconsin oil and ethanol train derailments in early November, a national environmental watchdog group released a scathing critique of the decaying state of freight rail infrastructure—especially bridges—and the dangers they pose to wildlife habitats and waterways as heavier volumes of hazardous materials put pressure on aging track.
Environmentalists panned Montreal’s controversial decision to divert, for a week earlier this month, raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River to repair a key wastewater tunnel.
Two Florida state representatives have filed legislation aimed at ending the state’s practice of authorizing advanced cost recovery related to nuclear and integrated gasification combined-cycle powerplants.
A recent U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission report noted that safety-related structural welds at the Savannah River site’s Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, or MOX, failed to meet industry specifications, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
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