Mich. Supreme Court Vacates Line 5 Tunnel Approval, Sending Enbridge Project Back to Regulators

State environmental permits remain intact, but ruling sends Enbridge's Line 5 tunnel proposal back for renewed review, adding another hurdle before construction can begin.

How I Lived My Clean-Air Engineering Life

When I enrolled as a mechanical engineering student in 1990, I never knew I would spend 30 years doing air quality environmental engineering—work I love that involves helping to provide electrical power and clean air at the same time.

‘Inspiring examples of retrofit’: RIBA reveals 2026 Reinvention Award shortlist

The Architects’ Journal ‘Inspiring examples of retrofit’: RIBA reveals 2026 Reinvention Award shortlist The RIBA has announced a four-project shortlist for this year’s Reinvention Award, which recognises creative reuse of buildings to improve their environmental, social or economic sustainability The post ‘Inspiring examples of retrofit’: RIBA reveals 2026 Reinvention Award shortlist appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Gino Spocchia

The blind spots in EPD-led procurement

Noel Marques-Neves is operations director at Hahn Plastics UK Environmental Product Declarations, widely known as EPDs, are increasingly shaping which products make it into construction projects. With contractors under more and more pressure to reduce embodied carbon within their work, EPDs provide a verified way… The post The blind spots in EPD-led procurement appeared first on Construction News.

Mining Remediation Authority prepares £9.4M professional services framework

The Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) is preparing to procure up to £9.4M of construction, environmental and technical professional services through a new four-year framework to support its functions across the UK. The post Mining Remediation Authority prepares £9.4M professional services framework appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

NEW VERTICAL SLIP FORMING TECHNIQUE UTILIZING CEMENTS THAT WILL DOUBLE THE SLIP RATE WHILE CUTING COST AND MANPOWER - A paper published by Geopolymer Solutions, Andy Filak, and Per Lindgen

Setting time of concrete depends on temperature. This can be achieved by a new type of cement used in the concrete. Seven years ago, a company in Houston Texas called Geopolymer Solutions, LLC invented this cement (binder) for concrete called Cold Fusion Cement (CFC). This company, now with its new cement for concrete, obtained a patent entitled “Method of making construction materials with a voltage.”

Bitcoin Miners Tap Hydropower as Environmental Criticism Grows | WSJ

A bitcoin mining facility in upstate New York is using electricity from a local hydroelectric plant powered by the Niagara River. The company is part of a group of miners attempting to make the industry more sustainable, both environmentally and financially.

Millions of electric car batteries will retire in the next decade. What happens to them? - Published in the Guardian

The quest to prevent batteries – rich in raw materials such as cobalt, lithium and nickel – ending up as a mountain of waste

Seven ESG Trends to Watch in 2021

Standard & Poor Global highlight seven ESG trends that are likely to shape the Sustainability Agenda

Electric Vehicle Round-up - Published by CMS Law Now

A UK supply chain for batteries and PEMD: Environmental Audit Committee call for evidence