Global warming is a reality that shows itself in flooded subway and other tunnels all over the world
Hi there, Yesterday I have read about the metro tunnels flooded in Madrid, Spain. Before that, I am not sure if it was posted on this platform, we had seen subways flooded in China. And I have seen this WXPR report about the NYC subway and the global warming. Yet another warning for those w...Tags: climate, climate action, ClimateAction, ClimateEmergency, environment
Pipeline expert warns of Line 5 tunnel explosion risk, Enbridge does not listen
An oil and gas expert warns a tunnel for the Line 5 pipeline, under the Straits of Mackinac, could also cause catastrophic underground explosion. The Canadian energy company Enbridge seems to be deaf to the warnings. https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/01/pipeline-expert-warns-of-lin...Tags: environment, safety, pollution
Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Nye Veier put stone excavated from tunnel to good use
Good cooperation between the Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) and Nye Veier in Kristiansand The project E18 / E39 Gartnerløkka-Kolsdalen in Kristiansand will fill in rock in the harbor basin to expand Kristiansand ferry terminal and increase security of area...Tags: environment, recycling
Norway's New E18: - The exhaust is sent untreated out of a new tunnel
Exhaust and polluted air from new E18 tunnels are not cleaned. From the ventilation tower at the tunnel openings, the greenhouse gases are sent straight out, writes Budstikka. https://www.budstikka.no/e-18/ny-e-18-eksosen-sendes-urenset-ut-av-ny-tunnel/701783!/Tags: environment, pollution, Norway
Denmark: Fehmarnbelt project reuses water from tunnel factory
As the first construction project in Denmark, a water treatment plant at the tunnel factory in Rødbyhavn ensures that all water after the casting of elements for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be reused as wash water. Water is needed to cast the huge tunnel elements for the 18 kilometre lo...Tags: recycling, environment, sustainability, climate, climateEmergency climateCrisis, Cimate Emergency, Climate Crisis
Norway: Follobanen tunnel excavated ground may be contaminating the ground water
The TBM excavated mass was used in several places around Oslo. Only now the municipalities discover that it contains sulphate, potentially contaminating the ground water... https://www.bygg.no/tbm-masser-lagt-ut-flere-steder-avrenningsvann-kan-vaere-forurenset/1537422!/Tags: environment
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United Kingdom: Recycled plastic sleepers laid in historic Perthshire railway tunnel
A 175-year-old Perthshire railway tunnel has been given a new lease of life in a £6m project delivered by Network Rail. Trains travelling through Moncrieffe tunnel, south of Perth, will now be running on rails supported by recycled plastic sleepers. More than 3,690 new plastic sle...Tags: recycling, environment, recycling in construction, climate, climate Change, climate crisis
Romania: Construction of 1590 meter tunnel on Sibiu-Pitești highway cause deforestation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WeyKzUXnDw Economedia report writes the contractor of Lot 2 of the 1 Sibiu-Pitești highway (31.33 km of highway with 7 tunnels with lengths from 250 m to 1590 m, 49 bridges and viaducts and 1 Ecoduct) has started deforestration. I do not know whic...Tags: environment
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