| 09/04/2010 | EPA to Florida: Speed Up Everglades Cleanup
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sept. 04--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday called for stepping up South Florida water pollution rules and gave its endorsement to Gov. Charlie Crist's Everglades restoration land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. |
| 09/07/2010 | UCF Plans $50-Million Expansion of Dorms
The Orlando Sentinel
Sept. 07--Ever-expanding University of Central Florida is prepared to spend up to $50 million over the next few years so hundreds more students -- especially freshmen -- can live on campus. |
| 09/07/2010 | Seminoles Working on Expanding South Florida Casinos
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Now that all the blackjack allowable under the Seminole Tribe of Florida's compact with the state is in place, is it time for the tribe to pause for a breath? |
| 09/06/2010 | Obama Backs $50B Infrastructure Program
Associated Press/AP Online
MILWAUKEE - A combative President Barack Obama is promising to put Americans back to work rebuilding roads, railways and runways, and is blaming Republicans for opposing his efforts to stimulate the economy. |
| 09/02/2010 | Decision on Lakeland's HSR Station Coming by Year's End, FDOT Says
The Ledger
Sept. 02--LAKELAND -- Lakelanders will know by the end of the year where the high-speed rail station in town will be located, Kevin Thibault said Wednesday. |
| 09/06/2010 | 469-Mile Blue Ridge Parkway Celebrates 75 years
Winston-Salem Journal
Sept. 06--Seventy-five years ago this week, about 100 unemployed men from Alleghany County showed up at Pack Murphy's farm just south of the Virginia border and turned the first dirt on a project that would produce one of the most beautiful roads in the world. |
| 09/04/2010 | Georgia Power Hikes Utility Bills to Pay for Nuke Work
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Sept. 04--The nuclear power expansion fee that will show up on Georgia Power bills in January will be bigger than the utility indicated when lobbying for the levy, according to plans filed Friday. |
| 09/03/2010 | Valencia Comm. College to Start Work on Lake Nona Campus in Orlando
Orlando Sentinel
Construction is expected begin in May on the first of four Valencia Community College buildings planned for the school's 25-acre Lake Nona campus in southeastern Orlando. |
| 09/03/2010 | Crack at Florida Nuclear Power Plant Explained
St. Petersburg Times
Sept. 03--CRYSTAL RIVER -- From the start, one question especially has concerned the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Why Crystal River? |
| 09/02/2010 | No Sign of Oil Spill After Gulf Platform Fire
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. |
| 09/02/2010 | Balfour Beatty Awarded $100M Gate Replacement Project at Ft. Lauderdale Airport
Business Wire
Balfour Beatty Construction, in partnership with James A. Cummings, Inc., was awarded a contract to manage construction for the Terminal 4 Gate Replacement at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. |
| 09/02/2010 | Illegal Immigrants See Decline in Population
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
With illegal immigration squarely in the political spotlight, figures released Wednesday show a decline in the number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S. border, in what researchers called the "first significant reversal" in 20 years. |
| 09/02/2010 | Finances of Bankrupt EpiCentre Project in Charlotte, N.C., Dissected
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Sept. 02--The EpiCentre's complex finances were tackled Wednesday by a bankruptcy administrator, as well as creditors who raised questions about how Afshin Ghazi spent and accounted for the entertainment center's money. |
| 09/01/2010 | Duke Might Retire Old Coal Plants as Enviro Regs Intensify
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Sept. 01--Duke Energy said today it might close seven coal-fired units at its Carolinas power plants within five years as environmental regulations intensify. |
| 09/01/2010 | Ga. Materials Manufacturer Launches Youtube Video Contest to Encourage Green Building Innovation
Business Wire
Today YKK AP America announces the "Building a Better Tomorrow, Today" YouTube video competition to encourage innovation while further advancing the green building industry. |
| 09/01/2010 | Feds Revise Indicators for Tainted Drywall
The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.)
Sept. 01--MANATEE -- Forget the strontium. |
| 09/01/2010 | Georgia Governments Mull $1-Billion Sales Tax for Transportation
The Macon Telegraph (Macon, Ga.)
Sept. 01--A regional sales tax could pump more than $1 billion into area transportation projects while forcing area governments to work together. |
| 09/01/2010 | EDITORIAL: New power plant a step toward cleaner energy
The Orlando Sentinel
Sept. 01--Built in part to power the space program, Florida Power & Light's Cape Canaveral power plant went online in April 1965, just weeks before astronaut Ed White opened the hatch of Gemini 4 and stepped into the history books as the first American to walk in space. |
| 09/01/2010 | Special Master Recommends Water District Not Finish Everglades Reservoir Project
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sept. 01--The South Florida Water Management District should not have to finish an Everglades restoration reservoir shelved by a land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp., according to a report to a federal judge filed Monday. |
| 09/01/2010 | EDITORIAL: Good riddance to Florida's Sprawl-Promoting Law
The Miami Herald
Sept. 01--LOCAL GOVERNMENTS -- and the taxpayers who pay for them -- got a fair shake when a judge struck down a controversial 2009 growth-management bill that put an undue financial burden on cities and counties. |
| 08/31/2010 | Nuclear Industry Takes New Path for New Plants
Associated Press/AP Online
ATLANTA - Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf. |
| 08/30/2010 | KBR Awarded Contract to Build Chemical Production Facility in Kings Mountain, N.C.
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that its Downstream business unit has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and procurement services to Chemetall Foote Corp. (a subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC)) for the addition of lithium hydroxide production at its current operation in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. |
| 08/30/2010 | Another Delay Hits Final Plugging of BP's Well
Associated Press/AP Online
BP PLC says high seas on the Gulf of Mexico have delayed operations to raise the piece of equipment from the seabed that failed to prevent the massive oil spill. |
| 08/30/2010 | Turner Building Cost Index Shows Prices Stabilizing
PRNewswire
NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company announced that the Third Quarter 2010 Turner Building Cost Index remains unchanged from the second quarter of 2010. |
| 08/29/2010 | $31M Renovation of Orioles Training Facility in Sarasota Moving Rapidly
The Baltimore Sun
SARASOTA, Fla. - -Janet Marie Smith was instrumental in the design of Camden Yards. |
