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Developer Set to Build NYC's First Geothermal Powered Hotel in Bushwick

The once-derelict lot at 27 Stewart Ave. in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood had been earmarked for a nine-story hotel since 2015, but with little to no progress in the past seven years, the site — also a brownfield — instead, turned into a local dumping ground....


North Carolina Compost Company Makes Organic Waste Earth-Friendly

Not long after graduating from college, Riley Alber found work as a land surveyor, where he spent his days hiking through woods and wetlands just as he had as a youngster in southern New Jersey. Although he loved being outdoors, he soon realized that his job was a contradiction to his belief in preserving the health and sustainability of Earth's natural environment....


When it Comes to Safe, Sustainable Infrastructure, Better Won't Arrive Out of the Blue

If you are not trying to do something different, are you really doing anything at all?It's been almost eight years since the Georgia Legislature dedicated a stretch of highway in the southwestern part of the state to Ray C....


Volvo Energy Invests in Connected Energy for Second Life Battery Business

In its mission to support and secure an attractive and sustainable circular business model for batteries, Volvo Energy is investing in the UK-based second-life battery energy storage specialist Connected Energy....


Vehicle Fueling Future — Will Jobs Follow Fed EV Infrastructure Blueprint?

In June, the FHWA released a blueprint for states to develop half a million charging stations, part of the Biden administration's goal of moving from gas- to electric-powered vehicles. The White House believes that in the process the plan will create jobs for steelworkers, electrical workers and laborers to build, install and maintain the network....


Volvo CE Starts Testing of First Prototype Hydrogen Articulated Hauler

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) continues acting on its commitment to drive change towards a net-zero future. Following the completion of a multi-stakeholder research project aimed at breaking new ground in hydrogen technology, the company has started testing of the world's first fuel cell articulated hauler prototype, the Volvo HX04....


Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, Ingevity Join NAPA Climate Initiative

Two funding partners have pledged their support for The Road Forward, an industry-wide initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to produce net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements....


Atlas Copco Portable Air Accelerates Sustainability Transformation

As a market leader in mobile air compressors, Atlas Copco's Portable Air division knows exactly what it needs to do to play its part in meeting global climate change objectives. The company, as part of a wider Atlas Copco Group initiative, is committed to "doing business within planetary boundaries." With that in mind it has set itself a range of ambitious emissions reduction targets that are grounded in climate science through the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)....


VIDEO: Volvo CE Delivers First Fossil-Free Steel Hauler

In the latest step on its path toward carbon neutrality, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) became the first manufacturer to deliver a construction machine built using fossil-free steel to a customer....


Construction Commences On Idaho's Largest Solar Project

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, recently announced the start of construction of the 120-megawatt (MW) Jackpot Solar project in Twin Falls County, Ida....






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