New York Times (July 9)
“The environment for building renewable energy projects has become much tougher since the coronavirus pandemic. According to industry estimates, the costs of developing an offshore wind farm — large ones run to billions of dollars — have risen 40 percent in recent years because of higher material and labor costs and interest rates.”
Tags: 0%, 4%, Building, Coronavirus pandemic, Costs, Developing, Environment, Interest rates, Labor, Material, Offshore, Renewable energy, Tougher, Wind farm
Miami Herald (June 24)
“There’s a sense of déjà vu to the new grief in our community over the collapse of… a 12-story building packed with residents, Surfside’s Champlain Towers South Condo…. Just as the FIU bridge collapse taught us many lessons about ignoring cracks on new construction, and about raising structures while people are driving underneath it, this condo collapse must also come under the most rigorous of investigations.” Today’s horror, “should serve as an urgent alert that older Florida structures need auditing and stricter oversight by the government.”
Tags: Building, Champlain Towers, Collapse, Condo, Construction, Déjà vu, FIU bridge, Government, Grief, Investigations. Oversight, Rigorous
