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Monday, Jul 13th 2026

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The challenge of building a highway in the age of climate change

Grist

A San Francisco Bay Area highway project is raising questions about what it will take to fortify roads against rising sea levels.

ASCE president: Transportation engineers must navigate the sustainability interchange

Civil Engineering Source

“Transportation engineers ... have the power to shape a more sustainable future,” writes ASCE 2026 president and transportation engineer Marsha Anderson...

State DOTs highlight several key bridge efforts

AASHTO Journal

Key bridge projects and bridge funding initiatives were recently highlighted by state departments of transportation in Ohio, Nebraska, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Climate change could double water bills, Stanford study finds

Smart Water Magazine

Climate change could nearly double household water bills in vulnerable U.S. cities by midcentury, pushing an extra 7-16% of residents into water poverty, according to...

$74M Kansas wastewater project completed

Construction Dive

The capstone represents the first time the city of Lawrence, Kansas, used the construction manager at risk method on a wastewater project.

New York reaches 8 GW of distributed solar capacity

Utility Dive

Other states can learn from New York’s policies that “reduce soft costs, provide investment certainty, and remove utility-specific interconnection...

The nation’s housing crisis needs more than AI to solve it, experts say

Route Fifty

The technology is just one of many levers to effecting change in the housing landscape for states and localities, experts say.

California return-to-office mandate puts state buildings to the test

Smart Cities Dive

As more than 100,000 state employees shift to four in-office days, experts say the bigger question is whether government offices are designed for how people work today.

As US ponders offshore rocket launch sites, critics say ‘coasts deserve better’

Space.com

The U.S. government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some advocacy groups fear making the ocean a dumping ground.

Brazil deforestation hits new low in Amazon

Phys.org

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in a decade in the first half of the year, according to official figures released Friday.