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DOT's ARRA grant competition for high-speed rail corridors draw large requests from New York, California, Florida, other states

It's not often that I feel like I can justifiably praise someone to the skies. But there are moments when civil engineers deserve it--and should just accept it.

Defections from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance on climate-change legislation have grown to a trickle. They started with Pacific Gas & Electric’s Sept. 22 withdrawal, accompanied by a letter from the California utility’s CEO, who found it “dismaying that the Chamber

DOT receives 1,400 applications, but only has $1.5 billion to award.

A big aspect of social media is sharing photos. ENR picked up on that trend seven years ago when we launched our popular annual photo contest. The 2009 competition now is open. Click here  for the full rules, entry forms and to submit your photos.

Opposition to climate-change legislation has paid off for the United States Chamber of Commerce. It has enabled the premier business lobby to shed a troublesome member--Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco--that has become dismayed by the organization's willful ignorance and its single-"minded" (using the term broadly) opposition to efforts to address the 21st century's greatest single threat.

Help! I'm having trouble seeing where health care reform will take our industry. I believe we've got to do something, but I need your help in understanding what it could mean to construction. 

What do cars, laptop computers, cell phones and power tools all have in common? Lithium-ion batteries, hailed by many as the answer to our fossil-energy problems. While much debate has loomed over the mining impact of today's electric motors and the rare-earth metals they consume, the source of lithium-ion

 Preliminary ENR tally shows states and localities requesting more than $9.6 billion in new ARRA discretionary grants, but DOT only has $1.5 billion to award. (UPDATE adds data from Texas.)

  New report shows Wyoming is fastest, Hawaii slowest, in getting ARRA road dollars into projects under way.