EIA Releases April’s U.S. Short-Term Energy Forecast and 2018 Summer Fuels Outlook
Dr. Linda Capuano, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, issued the following comments on EIA’s April 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook and the 2018 Summer Fuels Outlook, which was released on Tuesday: The full STEO can be downloaded at: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/ Forecast Highlights Global Liquid Fuels For the 2018 April–September summer driving season, EIA forecasts U.S. regular gasoline retail prices to average $2.74/gallon (gal...
2018 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 9-13 – "Work Zone Safety: Everybody's Responsibility"
Each year in the spring, National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in work zones. Since 1999, FHWA has worked with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) to coordinate and sponsor the event. Over the years, other transportation partners have joined the effort to support NWZAW. In addition to a National event co...
World Green Building Council and China Green Building Council Announce Partnership to Accelerate Commitment to Reduce Carbon in the World’s Largest Building Market
Zhuhai, China - World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and China Green Building Council (China GBC) announce partnership to collaborate efforts to increase green buildings around the world and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. This partnership is hugely significant as China is the largest building construction market [1] in the world, with up to 2 billion square meters constructed annually, accounting for nearly half of new construction globally in the coming decad...
Current-Year Spending Bill Adds Billions to Highway, Transit, Rail, Air, Grant Programs
Congress approved a government-wide spending measure for the 2018 fiscal year that began Oct. 1 and included billions of dollars in additional funds for federal-aid highway, transit, rail and transportation grant programs. After negotiating the deal and releasing the documents March 21, the House and Senate were pushing to pass it ahead of the midnight March 23 expiration of the previous stopgap appropriations bill that had held most federal programs to 2017 funding levels. The House voted...
The Evolution of Wind Power in 2017
The Evolution of Wind Power is the result of a cooperation between The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and renewable energy software company Greenbyte. The interactive map reveals the cumulative installed capacity per country, continent and the world between 1981-2018. Let’s take a closer look at the figures and see what has happened in the past twelve months. China continues its incredible growth and has added an additional 19,500 MW of fresh wind in 2017. With 188,232 MW installed capacit...
IRENA to Help Deliver Low-Carbon 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China
Zhangjiakou, China: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has today signed a co-operation agreement with the People’s Government of Hebei Province, China to provide the city of Zhangjiakou with a renewable energy roadmap that will support its ambition to deliver a low-carbon Winter Olympics in 2022. The agreement will also help the city become China’s first energy transition pilot city. As co-host of the Winter Olympics with Beijing, Zhangjiakou aims to generate 50 per cent of its po...
Urban Land Institute Report Proposes Ten Principles for Building Resilience
WASHINGTON – A new report from the Urban Land Institute’s Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance outlines ten fundamental principles for building resilient cities and regions that successfully anticipate, respond to, and recover from both immediate shocks such as hurricanes and other extreme weather events and long-term stresses such as sea-level rise, poverty, and declining population. Ten Principles for Building Resilience proposes bold guidelines for city and regional leaders...
Bluewater Says Million Dollar Urban Drinking Water Scarcity Challenge is Geared to Find Solutions to Clean Drinking Water Scarcity
Stockholm, Sweden, March 22, 2018 –– As the world celebrates World Water Day, Bluewater, a world leader in innovative water purification technologies, announces a global million dollar urban drinking water scarcity challenge geared to identify and deploy entrepreneurial solutions to tackle clean drinking water issues in mega-cities across the planet. Bluewater says the initiative is designed to address urban drinking water scarcity challenges in a world where the UN predicts some 5.7 billion peo...
U.S. Department of Transportation Statement on the Collapse of a Pedestrian Bridge at Florida International University
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation released the following statement regarding today’s collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Sweetwater, Florida. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and first responders who are assisting in the on-going rescue and recovery efforts following today's tragic collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University. Secretary Chao has already contacted Governor Scott, Senato...
USDOT Awards 41 TIGER Grants Across 43 States
The U.S. Department of Transportation said March 9 that it awarded nearly $500 million in fiscal 2017 TIGER grants to 41 recipients in 43 states, including to some projects directly sponsored by state DOTs. Days earlier, the USDOT had informed members of Congress and many had announced their own projects individually. The announcement said the grants are going to road, transit, maritime and rail projects, that more than 64 percent will aid rural areas and $39.18 million of the awards is fo...
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