Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News It will be a white Christmas all right, and a freezing rain, high-wind holiday that’s sure to disrupt travel plans. The City of London’s division manager of road operations John Parsons leans against a sander/salter with a front plow on Wednesday as the city getsContinue Reading
Transportation officials in multiple states are testing whether roads made from grocery bags, juice cartons, printer ink cartridges or other discarded plastic can make pavement last longer, save money and reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. On sections of a busy, four-lane road that cuts throughContinue Reading
Salt is essential to keeping our roads safe during snowy, cold weather, but our use of the chemical takes a lofty environmental toll — road salt can contaminate drinking water, endanger wildlife and damage property. To tackle the harm of sodium chloride runoff on our environment, experts focus on minimizingContinue Reading
Reading Mike Keatinge’s letter on work-life balance (NCE, last month), I felt compelled to respond providing the counter argument. I believe my opinion is held by many others. In years gone by, one sole income was adequate for many families to make ends meet, more recently two incomes are needed.Continue Reading
Cornwall’s A30 improvement scheme is aiming to not just deliver a dual carriageway, but also a better environment around the 14km stretch of new road. Significant levels of sustainability, environmental mitigation and ecological enhancement are marking out the A30 improvement scheme in Cornwall as something special. Never mind that theContinue Reading
When German electronic band Kraftwerk released the iconic song “Autobahn” in 1975, they were celebrating freedom of movement on freeways where drivers could speed without limit. But these mythical superhighways are today a source of increasing division as the climate crisis demands countries curb road transport emissions. Though the autobahn’s origins areContinue Reading
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: Why building more roads has environmental effects and won’t ease gridlock in the long runContinue Reading
Truck manufacturers, who had opposed the rules, will need to begin to manufacture more electric vehicles and cleaner diesel trucks by 2025. New Clean Trucks Rules are expected to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions and tailpipe pollution during the next decade. (Salem Reporter) A powerful state regulatory commission WednesdayContinue Reading
Norfolk, Virginia, Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative for Growth & Innovation (HRMC) and Old Dominion University (ODU) today unveiled two major maritime initiatives to advance the region’s economic development: ODU President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., announced the establishment of the ODU Maritime Initiative toContinue Reading
AZoCleantech speaks to Chrysoula Raptaki, founder and CEO of Roadfill, about her company’s mission to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector with Roadworx, an alternative binding agent that uses waste plastic for repairing and relaying roads. What major developments have you helped deliver within your division at Roadfill? The main developmentContinue Reading
