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FERC Approves Midcontinent Express Pipeline
Stephen Barlas, Washington Editor
September 2008 Vol. 63 No. 9

Major gas producers lost their battle to stop construction of the 506 mile Midcontinent Express Pipeline (MEP) when FERC cleared the project in late July.

House Seeks To Improve Municipal Bond Market
Stephen Barlas, Washington Editor
September 2008 Vol. 63 No. 9

Local sewage infrastructure projects would get a boost from legislation a House committee approved on July 30.

Fuel Talk
Robert Carpenter, Editor
September 2008 Vol. 63 No. 9

Energy paints a complicated picture. Everybody’s got an opinion, but most are centered around getting prices back down; especially for gasoline but also for gas and electric. And the construction industry is caught in the middle.

Progress or politics?
Robert Carpenter
August 2008 Vol. 63 No. 8

Let me say up-front that I’ve never been a fan of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), which helps to explain some of my admittedly jaundiced views. My opinion is that their grasp of energy issues/realities/policy is non-existent. Pelosi’s ineffective leadership in the House has made Newt Gingrich’s embattled tenure seem like a walk in the park. But that’s politics.

Oklahoma Weighs ‘Undergrounding’ Options For Power Grid
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
August 2008 Vol. 63 No. 8

The Public Utility Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has completed an investigation into measures that could be taken to protect the state's power infrastructure from ice, wind and other disasters that have the potential of disrupting electrical service. Some of the measures could have a substantial impact on underground construction.

Stimulus Increases Overshadowed By Weak Market: Construction Jobs Down, Infrastructure Bills Stalled
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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) announced August 31 that according to its analysis of federal employment data, construction jobs dropped in 276 out of 337 metro areas between July 2009 and 2010. Chicago and Flagstaff, Arizona lost the most jobs, while Prince Georges-Calvert-Charles counties, MD and Eau Claire, Wisconsin topped the list of areas adding jobs.

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