California
Here comes the sun
Solar power is the primary energy source fora California quarry caught between a rock and a hard place over changing electric rates. When increased electric rates tripled overnight in 2011, Mark Soiland, Stony Point Rock Quarry president and second-generation owner,… Keep Reading
California reaps reward of extra transportation funds
The federal government rewarded California with a near-record $155 million in transportation funding after the state met all of its 2013 transportation project federal deadlines. New York received the second most at $81 million. The federal pool totaled $1.6 billion.… Keep Reading
Graniterock CEO’s death ruled an accidental drowning
Placer County (Calif.) deputies confirmed earlier this week that Graniterock CEO Bruce Woolpert’s death was an accidental drowning, The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports. Although there were no witnesses, an investigation concluded that while near North Lake Tahoe, Woolpert fell and hit his… Keep Reading
