Duffy during a July 8 cabinet meeting. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — Investments in traditional infrastructure projects and a focus on streamlining the environmental permitting process are atop the priorities for the nation’s transportation leader who appeared before Congress July 16. During a wide-ranging hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...more
An Amazon Web Services data center in Manassas, Va., on July 9. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) Amazon.com Inc.’s carbon emissions rose for the first time in three years in 2024, driven by data center construction and fuel consumption by its delivery providers. The world’s largest online retailer emitted 68.25 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent last ...more
Spools of steel at an ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario. (Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg) Canada will reduce the amount of foreign steel importers can bring into the country tariff-free, a move to help domestic producers suffering from President Donald Trump’s levies on the sector. The government will tighten “tariff rate quota” levels for steel products ...more
(MacMillan-Piper via Vimeo) Three Washington state logistics operators tied to parent company GSC Logistics Inc. recently announced layoffs of workers in Seattle and Tacoma after the loss of “operational funding.” MacMillan-Piper, a transloading company that operates six facilities near the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, on July 10 filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...more
The California Department of Transportation has announced a project aimed at Highway 70 safety improvements in Northern California with a cost of approximately $104.6 million. The State Highway 70 Safety Improvement Project will include construction on multiple sections of the roadway in Yuba County, California, and construction is expected to begin in the Spring of ...more
A Texas jury convicted a South Carolina woman on charges related to a tractor trailer human smuggling attempt. On July 15, 2025, a jury convicted 46 year old Sharon Thompkins of Columbia, South Carolina, for transporting illegal aliens, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.The charges against Thompkins stem from ...more
An oversize concrete beam snapped in half as it was hauled through an intersection in South Dakota on Tuesday. The incident happened on Tuesday, July 16th in Rapid City, South Dakota at the intersection of Campbell Street and E. Minnesota Street at around 2 p.m.According to the Rapid City Police Department, the oversize concrete beam ...more
Dozens of commercial vehicle drivers failed to prove that they can speak and read English during interviews with the Wyoming Highway Patrol last month. The Wyoming Highway Patrol – Commercial Carrier Division recently shared the top commercial vehicle violations uncovered during June 2025.The violation that topped the list is “Operating a CMV without proof of ...more
The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) says that a truck driver’s quick thinking and skill likely prevented injuries at a “very dangerous intersection” in the Caldwell, Texas, area. On July 16, 2025, Sheriff Bill Rios took to social media to praise a truck driver for taking evasive action when another vehicle pulled out in front ...more
The Michigan State Patrol (MSP) seized more than $1.8 million worth of illegal drugs from a semi truck that was pulled over for bypassing a weigh station on Tuesday. At approximately 9:15 on July 15, troopers with MSP’s Monroe Post Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVED) were manning the northbound I-75 weigh station in Frenchtown Township.MSPA 2018 ...more
