Pam Radtke Russell

Corps Says it Will Grant Easement for Dakota Access

Pam Radtke Russell

February 7, 2017

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Agency has reversed a Dec. 4 decision requiring an environmental impact statement for the pipeline.

In Last-Minute Rush, FERC Approves 3 Pipelines

Pam Radtke Russell

February 7, 2017

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The $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Project; the $455 million Northern Access project; and the $4.2 billion Rover pipeline will move natural gas from the Marcellus Shale region.

Environment

Senate Committee Republicans Suspend Rules, Clear EPA Nominee

GOP lawmakers' action counters Democrats' two-day boycott of vote

Pam Radtke Russell

February 2, 2017

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After Democrats continued to boycott a committee vote on Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the Environment and Public Works Committee's Republicans changed its rules, clearing his nomination for a floor vote.

Border Wall, Rule Squeeze, Travel Ban in Trump's Next Barrage of Orders

Debra K. Rubin

Pam Radtke Russell John Guzzon Neal Sandler

February 1, 2017

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The flurry of new administration executive orders and related actions left more questions than answers for construction industry participants.

Trump’s Actions on Pipelines Don’t Guarantee Construction

Pam Radtke Russell Bruce Buckley

February 1, 2017

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Laborers and union leaders cheered presidential memorandums to restart the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, but it will take more than a penstroke to get work under way.

House Approves Bills to Boost Nuclear Technology, Reshape National Labs' Management

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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A bill to speed approval of advanced nuclear technologies and another to change the way the Dept. of Energy’s national laboratories are managed are among a handful of energy measures the House has passed in the first weeks of its new session.

FERC Vacancies Stalling Energy Project Approvals

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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Final approval of hundreds of interstate pipelines, transmission lines and liquefied-natural-gas projects will be delayed for months because the Trump administration has changed leadership at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

First Trump Agenda Nuggets Hit Construction

President sets in motion reopening of pipeline projects, regulatory streamlining, push on infrastructure.

January 25, 2017

President sets in motion reopening of pipeline projects, regulatory streamlining, push on infrastructure.

Professor "Risked Everything" To Bring Flint Crisis to Light

Pam Radtke Russell

January 19, 2017

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After testing water samples from Flint, Mich., this Virginia Tech professor focused national attention on the dangerous levels of lead in the water and in children’s blood.