NEPA

Why Is It So Expensive To Build Things In America?Forbes

Developers Know How to Dodge Environmental Reviews; Now They Might Have Help From the Federal GovernmentInside Sources

National Environmental Policy Act – Counsel on Environmental Quality Proposed Rule Revisions: Examples of Opponent/Proponent CommentsJD Supra

Infrastructure spending as an economic stimulus requires a NEPA fix, tooThe Hill

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL LINKAGES

Coronavirus forces changes in forest plan public meeting scheduleCarolina Public Press

California Environmental Bills for 2020National Resources Defense Council

DC-area leaders concerned about auto pollution post-coronavirus crisisWTOP Radio

WATER QUALITY/WETLANDS

AASHTO Seeks Elimination of Temporary Discharge RuleAASHTO Journal

$1M awarded to wetlands restoration project on Chicago’s Southeast SideChicago Sun-Times

NRCS accepting applications for Conservation Easement ProgramNorth Texas e-news

PROJECT DELIVERY/STREAMLINING

Coronavirus Creating Solar Industry ‘Crisis’: U.S. Trade GroupReuters

HISTORIC PRESERVATION/CULTURAL RESOURCES

Historic Preservation Myths: It Cost Too MuchAdirondack Almanack

A Plan to Develop Farmland in Amish Country Meets ResistanceThe New York Times

Historic homes in Philly can now add garage or basement apartmentsThe Philadelphia Inquirer

WILDLIFE & ECOSYSTEMS

AASHTO Backs Effort to Advance Pollinator Habitat CreationAASHTO Journal

Prescribed fire benefits landowners, ecosystems – Lincoln Journal Star

Rocky Mountain animals will move as the climate changes. These corridors could give them a safer path.The Washington Post

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Fire, Forests, and Our Lands: An Indigenous Ecological PerspectiveNonprofit Quarterly

Government bemoans lack of environmental expertise in justice systemThe Jakarta Post

DEC and NYSERDA Announce $24 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds to Support All-Electric Transit Buses in Environmental Justice CommunitiesNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority (press release)

INDIRECT EFFECTS/CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

Social Distancing? You Might Be Fighting Climate Change, TooThe New York Times

INVASIVE SPECIES/VEGETATION MANAGEMENT

Stefanik introduces bipartisan bill to promote use of native plant materialsThe Ripon Advance

AIR QUALITY

California’s strict air quality regulations help farmers prosper, study findsUniversity of California, Irvine

Why cutting car and truck emissions is so hardBoston.com

Do urban speed limit reductions improve air quality? Experts say not so fastEnergy News Network

As Amazon speeds up, a warehouse community braces for a deadly combo: air pollution and coronavirusGrist

NOISE

Air Force base decision raises F-35A noise debate in TucsonThe Brownsville Herald

INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE

Coronavirus Forces Us To Rethink Infrastructure For An Age Of Biological RiskForbes

More Than $43 Million in Coastal Resilience Grants Announced for Communities Devastated by 2018 Natural DisastersYahoo Finance

Mississippi Mayors Push for Flood ResilienceENR Midwest

Maine voters will decide two bond measures, totaling $120 million, on June 9Ballotpedia

How Power and Gas Utilities Keep Energy Flowing in the Pandemic – Bloomberg Green

HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

Georgia DOT recognized for making transportation more humanTransportation Today

Lime is yanking its electric scooters from California and Washington due to coronavirusVerge.com

San Mateo County Active Transportation Plan Draft Recommendations Now OnlineStreetsblog SF

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Coastal NC to get environmental grantsThe Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES

DOT holds first GPS backup technology demonstrationGPS World

U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirusThe Washington Post

SUSTAINABILITY

2020 Conference on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technologies Transportation Research Board (Call for abstracts)

TRB Webinar: What role does ecology have in sustainable transportation?Transportation Research Board (Webinar Announcement)

TRB Webinar: Sustainable highway constructionTransportation Research Board (Webinar Announcement)

ENERGY/GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Florida, Utah, Washington approve bills to boost EVs, including $50M Rocky Mountain Power charging planUtility Dive

California should reset its ambition and unleash the next wave of clean energy to combat climate changeCalMatters

He Set Up a Big Solar Farm. His Neighbors Hated It.The New York Times

WASTE MANAGEMENT/RECYCLING

Pittsburgh recycling startup includes Phoenix in its expansion plansPhoenix Business Journal

Delaware solid waste center makes changes (Delaware County, NY)The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY)

31 years on, hazardous waste pact needs improving (Basel Convention)Anadolu Agency (Turkey)