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• [New] W. Gyude Moore, former Liberian minister of public works, argues that African governments, though reliant on China's infrastructure investments, do not see China as an existential threat. MIT Press
• A Senate bill discussed Monday night by the House Energy and Public Works Committee could punish all coal-fired power plants in West Virginia that do not come close to operating at a 69% capacity factor. The Intermountain
• The ministers of Environment and Energy, and Public Works and Transportation signed a transport sector agreement to reduce four megatons of CO2 equivalent by 2050. / Costa Rica IRENA
• Bets on stimulus have helped keep prices above $100 a ton, although a reluctance to load up local governments with even more debt undermines the case that Beijing will resort to another big splurge on public works. / China Time
• The BIL is expected to add more than 82,000 full - and part-time jobs in engineering, public works, and design services over the next five years. American Society of Civil Engineers
• In Kenya, the wealthier Orma villagers are typically expected to pay for public works such as road projects. StudyFinds.org
• In a context of crisis in the building sector, having a very strong impact on housing, and a very slight increase in the public works sector, the activity of the Concrete prefabrication industry will be clearly on a downward trend in 2024. Batinfo
• Materials will suffer from the contraction in public works activity, and even if demand for aggregates for ready-mix concrete is expected to recover, its production is likely to stagnate at best, or even decline again in 2026. Batinfo
• In the United States, public-works visibility extends into 2026 thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which provides $350 billion for federal highway programs across fiscal 2022-2026. Yahoo Finance
• Entering 2026, Build Group maintains one of the most diversified portfolios in its history, spanning AI infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, public works, institutional revitalization, and energy transition projects. Morningstar, Inc.
• The remaining $1.9 billion in 2025 public works spending will be undertaken by agencies at the state and federal levels, including the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. New York Building Congress
• Bisnis, Jakarta - The Ministry of Public Works and Housing is allocating an additional budget of Rp9.11 trillion to continue the development of Nusantara Capital City in 2025. PwC
• In the face of the spread of French dirigisme (protective tariffs, public credit, manufacturing and public works) during the 18th century American colonies threatening independence, another British operative was employed to generate a sanitized version of Mandeville's system. the Canadian patriot

Last updated: 19 June 2026