I have received funding from the German Government's Humboldt Foundation and the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to study the controversies surrounding big infrastructure ...

Everyone knows that Washington is broken. Reformers on the right want to cut useless programs, and reformers on the left want to streamline rules and procedures. But neither reform approach will ...

Key legislators introduced bipartisan legislation Friday in the hopes of succeeding where others have failed and revamping the federal environmental review process for infrastructure and energy ...

The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation Thursday to accelerate federal approvals of infrastructure and energy projects, a reform that has long been considered a “white whale” in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court sharply narrowed the scope of a key environmental statute on Thursday. The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms and other ...

PHILADELPHIA — Bensalem Township wants to build a new fire station. Sharon Hill’s library needs renovations, and SEPTA’s subway entrances on Market Street were planning a much-needed facelift. Each ...

In the push for more efficient and streamlined permitting processes, recent changes from Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the executive branch have reshaped the National Environmental Policy Act ...

For the small town of Kersey, near Greeley, a $1.1 million federal grant gave the community a chance to finally clean up and demolish a decrepit grain elevator that sits downtown. The relic, once ...