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https://news.mst.edu/2020/01/nancy-matteoni-underground-engineer/
If you have traveled through St. Louis in the past few years, chances are you have driven on or over a construction project that Nancy Matteoni, a 1990 civil engineering graduate, has built.
Environmentalists fear a spill from Line 5 in the straits, where the 67-year-old dual span transports up to 540,000 barrels per day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids.
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/27/demonstrators-ask-michigan-gov-whitmer-shut-down-line-5/4590158002/
#Enbridge #lies #environment
Melbourne's West Gate Workers are Victim of Others' Greed and Incompetence
https://tunnelcontact.com/discussion/view/10915/melbournes-west-gate-workers-are-victim-of-others-greed-and-incompetence
#WestGate #JohnHolland #CPBcontractors #Melbourne #Australia
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Metro riders in D.C. were stuck in a tunnel near a fire last week because of Metro’s failure to follow safety procedures and a lack of training for train operators
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2019/12/safety-failures-left-metro-riders-stuck-near-tunnel-fire-last-week-2/
#tunnel #safety #WashingtonDC
Metro riders in D.C were stuck in a tunnel near a fire last week because of Metro’s failure to follow proper safety procedures and a lack of training for train operators.
Engineering Technology researchers creating digital model of DigIndy sewage tunnels to “clear the air”
Researchers in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology are helping a utility company make sure its new sewage storage system passes the smell test.
Jason Ostanek, assistant professor of engineering technology and director of Purdue’s Applied Thermofluids Laboratory, and graduate students Luis Maldonado and Jhon Quiñones are working with Citizens Energy Group to study air flow in the DigIndy...
Members and supporters of the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition (SSTC) warned Sadiq Khan that if he allows TfL to sign the contract they will ask a judge to review the decision.
https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/environment/silvertown-tunnel-judicial-review-1-6378631
#environment #unitedKingdom #tunnels #silvertownTunnel
Campaigners against £1billion plans to build the Silvertown Tunnel have threatened to take the Mayor of London to the high court.
Labour’s new-found dedication to environmentalism is completely undermined by its continued support for the polluting and downright dangerous Silvertown Tunnel.
https://bright-green.org/2019/11/12/labour-needs-to-scrap-the-silvertown-tunnel/
#silvertown #silvertownTunnel #environment
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