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UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life
- Sep, 05, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Publications News On Products & Services Other News
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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...
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California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary
- Aug, 20, 2023
- General Civil Groundwater & Seepage Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California
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The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...
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U.S.A. awards $1.2 billion to the development of two carbon air capture hubs
- Aug, 11, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
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The US Department of Energy announced on August 11 that it is going to fund with $1.2 billion the development of two hubs that will remove CO2 from the air and store it underground. This funding is g...
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Parts of Lahaina destroyed from Hawaii wildfires
- Aug, 08, 2023
- General Civil Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Hawaii, Lahaina
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A wildfire that broke out on Tuesday reached and destroyed parts of Lahaina Town, as was reported by Hawaii Governor Josh Green on Thursday, August 10. Governor Green also said that about 1,700 buil...
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World’s largest wind turbine connected to the Chinese power grid
- Jul, 20, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction Environmental Engineering Other Structural Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- China, Fuzhou
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The world’s first 16MW wind turbine has been connected to the Chinese power grid, from the Pingtan offshore wind farm. The park’s developer had announced, back on June 28, that installation work had...
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North America’s largest biochar plant to be constructed in Canada
- Jul, 05, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Sustainable Development Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure General Civil News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Canada, Port-Cartier
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North America’s largest biochar production plant is set to be constructed in Port-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. Furthermore, the project will be realized by a Canadian-French consortium, and its first ph...
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New York counties declare state of emergency as the planet experiences extreme weather conditions
- Jul, 09, 2023
- Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News General Civil
- United States, New York
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New York governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Orange and Ontario Counties on Sunday, as the areas experienced heavy rain and flooding. Furthermore, there were more than eight inche...
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Construction of a 160 MW hydroelectric power plant has started in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Jun, 24, 2023
- Energy Engineering Dam Engineering Hydraulic Engineering Other Structural Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Tunneling Environmental Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held in late June for the Dabar hydroelectric power plant in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dabar hydroelectric power plant is the largest of the Go...
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Vast environmental impact expected by the Nova Kakhovka breach in Ukraine
- Jun, 06, 2023
- Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Damage (Structural) Blasting Effects Other Structural Geoenvironmental Engineering Contaminant Transport General Civil Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ukraine
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The Nova Kakhovka dam, the largest dam in Ukraine in terms of volume and one of the largest in the world, was breached in the early morning hours of June 6. Its construction started in 1950 and last...
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Memorandums of Understanding signed for underwater renewable energy interconnection between Greece and Egypt
- May, 17, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Construction Management Environmental Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Greece
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Two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the previous month, regarding the development of an underwater renewable energy cable interconnector between Greece and Egypt. The project it...
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