Global packaging company Amcor announced in its 2022 Sustainability Report that it would increase its target for recycled content to 30 percent by the end of the decade. The new, enhanced recycled...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released its list of priority projects in the Northeast Corridor (NEC), a railroad line that spans from Boston to Washington, D.C. The NEC Projec...
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With the potential of a freight rail strike looming and only narrowly evaded earlier this year, a new economic analysis undertaken by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) added weight to calls for rec...
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Through the Preventing Auto Recycling Theft (PART) Act (S. 5024) introduced into the Senate this week, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) want to add traceable identification numbers...
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The Governors Highway Safety Association, a nonprofit association representing the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, recently awarded four state...
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The $2.7 billion Terminal A recently opened at Newark Liberty International Airport. The approximately 1 million-square-foot Terminal A replaces one that opened in 1973. It will offer 33 gates and ...
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A recent report highlights private equity firms’ role in financing, managing, and accelerating the completion of critical infrastructure projects. Private equity firms manage nearly $45 billion...
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The first venture-backed business-to-business marketplace for primary packaging, Impacked, announced this week that it successfully raised $2.5 million in seed funding through a round led by TenOneTen...
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After states tapped into their FY 2022 federal highway formula funds, they managed to kick off nearly 25,000 new improvement projects across the United States following the passage of the Infrastructu...
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The California Transportation Commission (CTC) recently allocated nearly $3 billion for transportation infrastructure projects statewide. “This allocation – which includes a significant federal...
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Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot recently joined 56 regional mayors supporting Amtrak’s proposed $850 million Chicago Hub Improvement Program (CHIP). CHIP would provide faster connections between ...
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The Build America Bureau recently provided the Louisiana State Bond Commission with two Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans totaling $40.9 million. “These are t...
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The supply chain is diverse, multifaceted, and often hopelessly fragmented across time and capabilities, but Microsoft attempted to wade into it this week with the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform, a n...
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project44, a global Chicago-based supply chain visibility platform, recently raised $80 million in funding. This raises the platform’s value to $2.7 billion, 12 percent higher than in January. Th...
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Pennsylvania officials recently discussed how the first year of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is supporting transportation statewide. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a game ...
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The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded three contracts for projects funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law projects to modernize Texas land ports of entry. “America’s l...
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Ohio State University plans to use a $26.5 million Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration grant to establish and operate a new testing center that supports the deployment of z...
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Michigan’s State Transportation Commission (STC) recently approved the final version of the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) 2023-2027 Five-Year Transportation Program (5YTP). The...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had reached settlements with two New England companies over illegal tampering with diesel truck emission controls. Under th...
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A new survey has found that 90 percent of companies have not moved to automation or have only partially moved to automation, something it says could stall the global supply chain transformation. T...
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