Authorities in Mexico’s Jalisco state seized a parcel containing 105 queen harvester ants concealed in toys on July 9. The shipment, sent from El Salto in Jalisco and destined for Laos, was falsely
Electric construction equipment is becoming a practical fleet decision. By Matt Preston, VP, New England, The Pete Store Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating in construction as contractors, equipment manufacturers, and project owners
How can you protect workers and your project amid overlapping trades and changing conditions? Data center construction is growing fast. As a result, the pace of work in the field keeps accelerating. Crews move quickly from
A look at how adhesive manufacturing innovation is reshaping industrial packaging. Packaging failures rarely begin with the box or film alone. They often start at the bond line, where an adhesive must perform
Carbon markets were designed around the compelling premise that private finance could flow where forests are most at risk, rewarding the communities and landowners who protect them while helping companies take responsibility for
Climate change is causing frequent, well-studied, extreme heat events. Less well understood is the additional heat stress experienced by billions of people as a result of those extreme heat events. However, a new
The Grand Coulee Dam (courtesy: The Bureau of Reclamation) U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) have introduced the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act to the Senate, which would reform
Nobody knows where the phrase “Kill two birds with one stone” originated. But the fact that it—or a phrase very similar to it—appears in multiple cultures throughout history shows that it has widespread
(photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently unanimously approved measures to simplify its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review procedures for hydropower-related actions with what it describes as “minimal environmental
We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it’s gone from a proposal to a relatively fleshed-out plan for how and what
