Tag: Heavy construction industry
Mexico: Lightening storm ignited gas leak in Gulf
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightening storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline...
Diners’ discarded shells help establish new oyster colonies
PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. — Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around...
Cable TV worker killed, public workers shot in S. Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Charter Communications worker was killed in a South Carolina shooting and standoff that also wounded two public workers repairing a...
House poised to approve $715 billion transportation bill
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House is set to approve a sizable $715 billion transportation bill Thursday, a potential investment in roads, rail, public transit...
2 public workers shot repairing sewer main in South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two public workers repairing a sewer main in South Carolina were shot by a man who also fired on a deputy...
California tests off-the-grid solutions to power outages
SAN FRANCISCO — When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge of Yosemite National Park lost...
Buttigieg doles out transport grants with eye toward climate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg doled out $905 million in infrastructure grants Wednesday, including to repair a cracking bridge in Seattle during a crippling heat...
Biden taking bipartisan infrastructure deal on the road
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin on...
Graham’s earmark: $12M for highway to South Carolina beaches
Sen. Lindsey Graham is pushing for federal funding to help construct a new interstate in South Carolina, connecting I-95 to Myrtle Beach. He told...
Supreme Court won’t sidetrack plans for natural gas pipeline
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided Tuesday with a pipeline company in a dispute with New Jersey over land the company needs for a...