Energy & Infrastructure

PacifiCorp Names Black & Veatch As EPC Contractor for Combined Solar Power With Battery Energy Storage Project

A new solar project in southern Utah is bringing together one of the West’s top utilities and a global leader in renewable energy projects to implement a combination of grid-scale battery storage and renewable power to address a transmission and distribution system reliability need.

Health & Healthcare

The Road to Safety

Each year, 1.3 million people worldwide die of road traffic injuries. If we want safe, resilient cities, we have to make road safety a global priority. And we have to act now.

Awards & Rankings

Tetra Tech Recognized for the Albion Riverside Park Project

The City of Los Angeles recognized Tetra Tech for its work on the civil engineering design of the Albion Riverside Park in Los Angeles, California. The City presented Tetra Tech’s project team with a certificate of recognition as part of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the park in March 2019. Tetra Tech’s work included pre-design, civil engineering design, and construction support services for the project.

Energy & Infrastructure

UPS Makes Largest Purchase of Renewable Natural Gas Ever in the U.S.

UPS is making the largest purchase ever of renewable natural gas in the U.S. in partnership with Clean Energy Natural Gas. This investment will advance the company’s goal to reduce absolute emissions 12% by 2025 across its global ground operations.

Energy & Infrastructure

Water Reuse, Resilience Gain From New Black & Veatch Appointment

As climate change carries increasingly varied challenges of both too little and too much water, cities and utilities are renewing their focus on reuse strategies to ensure a safe and resilient supply. Black & Veatch announced today the addition of water reuse expert Jo Ann Jackson as One Water Planning Practice Leader in the global construction, engineering, and consulting company’s Water Planning Group.

Energy & Infrastructure

HARC Joins Forces With Green Mountain Energy Sun Club to Support Sustainability Research and Regional Green Building Leadership

HARC and Green Mountain Energy Sun Club leaders celebrated the completion of a sustainability project signifying a major step towards the organization’s goal of achieving a highly regarded net zero energy (NZE) status, which would make the HARC headquarters in The Woodlands the first commercial building in Texas to accomplish the feat.

Energy & Infrastructure

INGAA Foundation Study Affirms Natural Gas’ Importance in Coming Decades Amid Surge of Renewables

The new INGAA Foundation Inc. flagship report finds that natural gas will retain its critical role in the U.S. power sector for at least the next 20 years even as renewable energy grabs a bigger share of the nation’s electricity market. This trend, coupled with growing global demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, underscores the need for the gas industry’s continued investment in infrastructure to support these growing needs, according to Black & Veatch, the author of the report.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Revisiting Maria

Though the storm blew over a year and a half ago, Maria has not left the island. I’m not sure she ever will.

Environment

Lloyd Alter: Transportation Puzzles

The industrial revolution ushered in an era of more efficient transportation. As history has shown us, the impact of our ability to move easily across town and across the planet is complex. It has made the world smaller but it has also given rise to the climate crisis.

Research & Reports

Sustainability at Work: SCS Global Services Releases 2018 Annual Report

SCS Founder and CEO Stanley P. Rhodes attributes the company’s growth and success to the degree that business, government, and NGO measures to promote sustainability have taken hold around the world in every economic sector.

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Advocacy

Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...

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