Why Is It So Expensive To Build Things In America? (Forbes )

Developers Know How to Dodge Environmental Reviews; Now They Might Have Help From the Federal Government (Inside Sources)

National Environmental Policy Act - Counsel on Environmental Quality Proposed Rule Revisions: Examples of Opponent/Proponent Comments (JD Supra)

Infrastructure spending as an economic stimulus requires a NEPA fix, too (The Hill)

Coronavirus forces changes in forest plan public meeting schedule (Carolina Public Press)

California Environmental Bills for 2020 (National Resources Defense Council )

DC-area leaders concerned about auto pollution post-coronavirus crisis (WTOP Radio)

AASHTO Seeks Elimination of Temporary Discharge Rule (AASHTO Journal )

$1M awarded to wetlands restoration project on Chicago’s Southeast Side (Chicago Sun-Times)

NRCS accepting applications for Conservation Easement Program (North Texas e-news)

Coronavirus Creating Solar Industry 'Crisis': U.S. Trade Group (Reuters)

Historic Preservation Myths: It Cost Too Much (Adirondack Almanack)

A Plan to Develop Farmland in Amish Country Meets Resistance (The New York Times)

Historic homes in Philly can now add garage or basement apartments (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

AASHTO Backs Effort to Advance Pollinator Habitat Creation (AASHTO Journal)

Prescribed fire benefits landowners, ecosystems (Lincoln Journal Star)

Rocky Mountain animals will move as the climate changes. These corridors could give them a safer path. (The Washington Post)

Fire, Forests, and Our Lands: An Indigenous Ecological Perspective (Nonprofit Quarterly )

Government bemoans lack of environmental expertise in justice system (The Jakarta Post )

DEC and NYSERDA Announce $24 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds to Support All-Electric Transit Buses in Environmental Justice Communities (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (press release))

Social Distancing? You Might Be Fighting Climate Change, Too (The New York Times)

Stefanik introduces bipartisan bill to promote use of native plant materials (The Ripon Advance)

California's strict air quality regulations help farmers prosper, study finds (University of California, Irvine)

Why cutting car and truck emissions is so hard (Boston.com)

Do urban speed limit reductions improve air quality? Experts say not so fast (Energy News Network)

As Amazon speeds up, a warehouse community braces for a deadly combo: air pollution and coronavirus (Grist)

Air Force base decision raises F-35A noise debate in Tucson (The Brownsville Herald)

Coronavirus Forces Us To Rethink Infrastructure For An Age Of Biological Risk (Forbes)

More Than $43 Million in Coastal Resilience Grants Announced for Communities Devastated by 2018 Natural Disasters (Yahoo Finance)

Mississippi Mayors Push for Flood Resilience (ENR Midwest)

Maine voters will decide two bond measures, totaling $120 million, on June 9 (Ballotpedia)

How Power and Gas Utilities Keep Energy Flowing in the Pandemic (Bloomberg Green)

Georgia DOT recognized for making transportation more human (Transportation Today)

Lime is yanking its electric scooters from California and Washington due to coronavirus (Verge.com)

San Mateo County Active Transportation Plan Draft Recommendations Now Online (Streetsblog SF)

Coastal NC to get environmental grants (The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC))

DOT holds first GPS backup technology demonstration (GPS World )

U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus (The Washington Post)

2020 Conference on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technologies (Transportation Research Board (Call for abstracts))

TRB Webinar: What role does ecology have in sustainable transportation? (Transportation Research Board (Webinar Announcement))

TRB Webinar: Sustainable highway construction (Transportation Research Board (Webinar Announcement))

Florida, Utah, Washington approve bills to boost EVs, including $50M Rocky Mountain Power charging plan (Utility Dive)

California should reset its ambition and unleash the next wave of clean energy to combat climate change ( CalMatters)

He Set Up a Big Solar Farm. His Neighbors Hated It. (The New York Times)

Pittsburgh recycling startup includes Phoenix in its expansion plans (Phoenix Business Journal)

Delaware solid waste center makes changes ((Delaware County, NY) - The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY))

31 years on, hazardous waste pact needs improving ((Basel Convention) - Anadolu Agency (Turkey))

Proposed changes in environmental review hit home in Taos (Taos News)

Op-ed: Environmental racism in action (Environmental Health News)

Farm Bureau Backs Proposal for More Efficient and Effective NEPA Rules (Farm Bureau)

The Bad, the Ugly and the Good; The Trump Administration Proposes Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (JD Supra)

State of New Mexico opposes changes to federal law regulating oil and gas operations (Carlsbad Current Argus)

Rollback of federal review could mean less scrutiny on critical SC infrastructure projects (The Post and Courier)

Eversource substation would add to E. Boston environmental problems, face flooding, critics say (The Boston Globe)

Environmental planning (City of Guelph (Ontario, CN))

Lawmakers give $10 million for air quality but advocates worry of complacency (Deseret News)

Where Mermaids Play, A Nasty Water Fight (The New York Times)

New Weather Patterns Are Turning Water Into a Weapon (Bloomberg Green)

Public works expansion pits Minneapolis vs. environmental justice concerns of East Phillips neighborhood (Star Tribune)

Pitting Environmental Preservation Against Historic Charm (Hyperalergetic.com)

Historic Preservation: What's on Dr. Steven Hoffman's mind (Southeaster Missourian)

Old Public Square building's next life may loom (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

The decline of hunting shouldn’t be a crisis for wildlife conservation (The Missoulian)

Effects of wildfires are far ranging for local ecosystems (KVII-TV (Amarillo))

An emerging threat to conservation: fear of nature (Salon)

Climate change is causing bears to come out of hibernation a month early — which can be dangerous for humans (CBS News)

Missouri road projects at risk if federal spending plan not renewed (News Tribune)

Stakeholders’ Input Key to Shaping AV 4.0, Says USDOT Nominee Finch Fulton (Transport Topics)

Civic group calls on Congress to rethink $305B transport bill (Smart Cities Dive)

Whose is the European Green Deal? (Social Europe)

Environmental justice documentary puts spotlight on Houston (Houston Chronicle)

Vulnerable communities continue to bear greater pollution burden (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Oregon Governor signs executive order to reduce the state’s impact on global warming (Fortune)

Court Approves Settlement Requiring EPA Rules on Most Dangerous Chemical Spills (National Resources Defense Council (Press release))

The coronavirus is deadly enough. But some experts suspect bad air makes it worse. (The Washington Post)

Study draws Southern California coastal light pollution into focus (UCLA Newsroom)

Noxious weeds an environmental threat (Great Bend (KS) Tribune)

County to tackle a development side effect: invasive plants (The Daily Herald (Everett, WA))

Scientists will soon be able to monitor air pollution hourly from space (The Verge)

San Diego region failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, report finds (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Why European Parents are Suing Their Cities Over Poor Air Quality (Next City)

McKinley Park Neighbors Prep for Showdown With EPA Over Asphalt Plant (WTTW (Chicago))

This Proposed Bill Could Supercharge How Colorado Monitors Its Air Quality (Colorado Public Radio)

Nine Counties Sue Colorado Health Department Over Air-Quality Rules (Courthouse News Service)

'Gabriel’s trumpets': Highway noise causes disruption for some city residents (Johnson City (TN) Press)

Wood Asks Board of Health To Address Noise Pollution (The Intelligencer. Wheeling News Register)

Defending Municipal Noise Complaints Against Outdoor Facilities (Law.com: New Jersey Law Journal)

Environmental Commission recommends city develop holistic resilience plan (Austin Monitor)

'We’re crossing our fingers': Iowa has shored up Interstate 29 against flooding (The Daily Nonpareil)

More Pedestrians and Cyclists are Dying in N.Y.C. Drivers are Often to Blame. (The New York Times)

Minneapolis bets on walking, public transit to overtake driving by 2030 (Star Tribune)

Florida House passes Sophia Nelson Pedestrian Safety Act by 118-1 margin (Florida Today)

City eyes increased enforcement as Lime scooters return (The Spokesman-Review)

Complete Streets Plan to be reviewed by Burbank officials (Los Angeles Times/Burbank Leader)

Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City (The Grist)

Iowa and Nebraska DOTs working together to mitigate potential spring flooding (Iowa DOT (News Release))

Be careful what you’re learning from those coronavirus maps (The Washington Post)

How GIS tech can be used to control locust menace (Daily Nation (Kenya))

L.A.-Long Beach ports approve truck fee too low to clean smog, groups charge (Los Angeles Times)

London’s Trees Are Saving the City Billions (City Lab)

L.A. Aims to be First to Power U.S. City With Green Hydrogen (Bloomberg Green)

Gov. Brown signs executive order to fight climate change in Oregon ( KGW-TV)

Social Distancing? You Might Be Fighting Climate Change, Too (The New York Times)

Boeing Joins Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (Boeing (Press Release))

For Environmentalists, a 'Monumental' Legislative Session (Virginia) (Associated Press)

Hydropower plan faces opposition (The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, MA))

Cost of Recycling Hits US Cities and Towns (Bioplastics News)

Norwalk kick-starting food waste program, better recycling guidelines this spring (CT Insider)