Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Austin Transit Partnership revealed updated plans for Project Connect, the city’s $7 billion light rail project, including a new station near downtown and a bridge that would extend over Lady Bird Lake, as part of […]
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. DOT has rolled back a Biden-era policy that included environmental and social considerations in federally funded infrastructure projects, according to a Monday memo from the agency. The move rescinds two Federal Highway Administration
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: New bipartisan legislation with union backing could amend the National Labor Relations Act and force labor and employer parties to negotiate faster to create and ratify a collective bargaining agreement once workers vote to form
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These States Have the Most Climate-Friendly Transportation A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council looked at how states balanced transportation needs with climate and equity efforts By Mike Lee & E&E News Downtown historic Bennington, VT lit at night with street lights and shop windows. Peter Blottman Photography/Getty Images CLIMATEWIRE | States on the
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NASA Begins Mass Firings ahead of Trump Team’s Deadline Top advisers in NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid a government-wide downsizing effort By Alexandra Witze & Nature magazine A large, bright red “NASA” logo in front of the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building stands out on an
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At the 2024 Fleet Forward: The Tour – Port of LA stop, attendees participated in a vehicle ride and drive with the latest electric vehicle models. Photo: Jerome Pantaleon Photography On July 22 at the Irvine Marriott, Fleet Forward: The Tour will convene a one-day event addressing regulatory and incentive updates, automotive tariffs,
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How to Help Butterflies That Are Disappearing A new report finds that butterfly populations in the continental U.S. declined by one fifth between 2000 and 2020—but it’s not too late By Eliza Grames & The Conversation US West Coast lady butterflies range across the western U.S., but their numbers have dropped by 80 percent in
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We are making a handful of more trades Tuesday. Selling 75 shares of GE Healthcare at roughly $86 each; following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 550 shares of GEHC, decreasing its weighting to about 1.43% from about 1.62% We are buying 50 shares of TJX at roughly $116; following the trade, the
Strong Scientific Leaders Must Speak Out against the Trump Administration’s Science Denial The U.S. National Academy of Sciences should denounce the antiscientific policies of the Trump administration By Charles F. Manski, Ray J. Weymann & Ben Santer edited by Dan Vergano National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Alpha Stock/Alamy Stock Photo Along with much else,
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Since 2020, events tend to garner a pre- and post-pandemic label. That’s certainly true in construction. For example, contractors had once hoped construction prices would return to pre-pandemic levels. Instead, five years after the start of the
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