| 05/21/2012 | Eads Bridge Restoration Plagued by Delays, Labor Squabbling
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 21--ST. LOUIS -- The Metro transit agency's restoration of the historic Eads Bridge -- a key "shovel ready" project financed by the Obama administration's economic stimulus package -- has been delayed more than two years while its costs soared. |
| 05/21/2012 | Senator Calls on Ohio EPA for Answers on Lead Risk
USA TODAY
A U.S. senator called for Ohio's top environmental regulator Sunday to answer questions about lead contamination around former factory sites and what's being done to ensure that families living in fallout zones are protected. |
| 05/17/2012 | Minneapolis Bridge Near Reopening
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
May 17--Minneapolis hopes to reopen the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge by June 4, officials said this week. |
| 05/16/2012 | Chicago Kicks in $29M for Loop Office Tower
Chicago Tribune
May 16--The city will kick in $29 million toward a downtown high rise project on a prime piece of riverfront property, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. |
| 05/15/2012 | Conservation Group Lists Missouri River as One of Nation's 'Most Endangered'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 15--ST. LOUIS -- Outdated flood-control practices have made the Missouri River one of the 10 most "endangered" waterways in the United States, according to a conservation group. |
| 05/15/2012 | BNSF Plans $130M Capital Program in Mo. to Maintain and Improve Rail Capacity
Business Wire
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) plans to invest an estimated $130 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement projects in Missouri this year. |
| 05/15/2012 | Plexus Plans $50M Plant for Neenah, Wis.
The Post-Crescent
May 15--NEENAH -- Plexus Corp. will build a $50 million, 410,000-square-foot high-tech manufacturing plant in Neenah that will retain 1,000 jobs and add as many as 350 jobs. |
| 05/14/2012 | $200M O'Hare Cargo Facility Announced
Chicago Tribune
May 14--A new $200 million cargo facility on former military land at O'Hare International Airport is expected to open next year. |
| 05/11/2012 | MnDOT Says It Will Be Unable to Maintain Some Roadways
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.
May 11--WILLMAR -- A growing gap between revenues and road maintenance needs has the Minnesota Department of Transportation looking for public input in identifying where to get the most bang for the buck, and warning the public that rough roads are ahead. |
| 05/11/2012 | Mich. Gov. Meets With Canadians Over Planned Bridge
Detroit Free Press
May 11--LANSING -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder met in Windsor Thursday with Canadian Transport Minister Denis Lebel as he and Canadian officials work on a plan to build a new international bridge across the Detroit River, despite a lack of support from the Michigan Legislature. |
| 05/11/2012 | Tenaska Shifts Strategy for Illinois Power Plant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 11--Energy developer Tenaska Inc. has worked since 2007 to win legislative backing for a next-generation coal-fueled power plant southeast of Springfield. |
| 05/08/2012 | Renewable Energy Ballot Proposal Stalls in Mo.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 8--An effort to require Missouri utilities to increase reliance on renewable energy has fallen short. |
| 05/07/2012 | Colleges in Central Ohio to Pour $461M into Construction
Dayton Daily News
May 7--More than $461 million will be invested in new buildings and major renovations on college campuses in the region in the coming years, bringing businesses to the area and signaling the continued growth of the higher education industry locally. |
| 05/06/2012 | Senator Pushes for Solar Farm in East St. Louis
Belleville News-Democrat (Belleville, Ill.)
May 6--Supporters of a plan to turn a polluted "brownfield" in East St. Louis into a "solar panel farm" say it makes sense for the environment, for energy policy and for consumers. |
| 05/06/2012 | The End of the Line for Minn. Coal Plants?
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.)
May 6--Sherburne County Generating Station, better known as Sherco, is a power-producing workhorse. |
| 05/04/2012 | Bridge Building Over Ohio River, 'Finally'
The Daily Independent
May 4--IRONTON -- Finally. That was the word on everyone's lips Thursday when two governors, a host of dignitaries and curious townspeople assembled in downtown Ironton to celebrate the start of construction on a new bridge across the Ohio River to Russell. |
| 05/04/2012 | Ill. Agency Delays Rail Contract as Congressmen Blast Minority Role
Chicago Tribune
May 4--Metra has postponed awarding a $141 million contract for a new railroad bridge on the South Side, a project that drew complaints Thursday from three local congressmen about what they called a lack of minority participation. |
| 05/04/2012 | Ameren: Tests Show Mo. Groundwater is Safe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 4--Ameren Missouri says testing at three sites around its Labadie power plant confirm that an unlined coal ash pond that had leaked for years didn't contaminate groundwater in the area. |
| 05/03/2012 | Ameren Asks for Delay Pollution Controls at Ill. Coal Plants
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 3--Ameren Corp. is seeking to delay installation of pollution controls on some coal-fired power plants in Illinois for six years because of weak power prices, and says it may be forced to mothball two plants if its request is denied. |
| 05/02/2012 | Growing Interest in Shrinking Nuclear Reactors
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- From oil fields to wind turbines to coal mines, size and scale rule the economics of energy. |
| 05/03/2012 | Company to Shutter Two Chicago Coal Plants Early
Chicago Tribune
May 3--Edison International announced Wednesday that Midwest Generation will shutter Chicago's Fisk and Crawford coal plants in September, ahead of schedule and years before a state-imposed deadline to clean up or shut down the plants. |
| 05/01/2012 | Cairo, Ill., Still feeling Impact of 2011 Levee Blast
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 1--MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. -- A drive around Milus Wallace's farm reveals the resilience and the helplessness of residents in the New Madrid Floodway after the Mississippi River was unleashed on them a year ago this week. |
| 05/01/2012 | Work Begins on $521M Toledo Sewer Overhaul
The Blade
May 1--Ten years ago this summer, Toledo voters overwhelmingly approved the city's settlement of a long-running U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit regarding sewage overflows, even though it was forecast to require $400 million in construction and cause city sewer rates to double. |
| 05/01/2012 | Ill. to Slash Funding for Highways and Arterial Streets
Chicago Tribune
May 1--Spending on highways and arterial streets maintained by the state will decline about 20 percent overall in Illinois in the next six years under an austerity transportation plan released Monday. |
| 04/29/2012 | Judge says NCR Must Continue Paying for $1B Wis. River Cleanup
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 29--A federal judge has ruled that NCR Corp. is responsible for paying for environmental damage to the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin -- a decision that is expected to jump-start stalled cleanup work on the massive pollution project. |
