Alabama: The Alabama Department of Transportation is planning a new I-10 bridge across the Mobile River. A decision on one of 3 proposed routes is expected in 2009.
Arizona: Plans are under consideration for a freeway to allow I-10 traffic to bypass Phoenix. At a recent public meeting, citizens spoke in opposition to the plan due [...]

The Inter-American Development Bank has issued $800 million worth of loans for the export of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the controversial Camisea gas field in the Peruvian Amazon. Peru plans to build a liquefecation plant, marine terminal and pipeline to enable the exportation of natural gas.
Because natural gas is highly explosive, it must be [...]

A weeklong uprising in Peru’s Moquegua region has placed strain on copper supplies worldwide.
The unrest began as a small protest over how little in the way of mining profits was being used to help residents of the region, but quickly swelled to 20,000 people blocking major highways and railways, including a border crossing into Chile. [...]

• I-10: Commissioners in Washington County, FL have voted not to endorse the construction of a new toll road connecting I-10 in Florida with Montgomery, AL. Local residents had turned out in large numbers to oppose the plan. The county’s decision is non-binding, and plans for the road are still being considered.
• I-15: The Nevada [...]

US President George W. Bush and Republican presidential nominee John McCain have both called for Congress to lift laws that banning oil drilling of the coast of the US.
In a recent speech, Bush also pushed other expansions of petroleum infrastructure including drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, building more oil refineries and mining for [...]

The Nicaraguan government has announced that it will open up the San Cristobal volcano for bidding for the construction of a geothermal plant. San Cristobal is the country’s largest volcano.
According to statements made by President Daniel Ortega and Energy Minister Emilio Rappacioli, Nicaragua plans to build enough new geothermal and hydroelectric (read: big dams) energy [...]

The road variously known as I-69, the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) and the NAFTA Superhighway will be built using existing roads as much as possible, with the construction of new roads and the seizure of private land only a last resort the I-69/TTC Project Office has announced. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) said that the [...]

The state of Arizona has received two federal grants for Corridors of the Future-related construction projects.
The first is $1.2 million to widen I-10 in Maricopa County, between Sarival Avenue and Loop 101.
The second is $1.8 million to construct a new bridge across the Colorado River, to provide an alternative to the Hoover Dam crossing. The [...]

The news has been buzzing recently with photos of a previously “uncontacted” indigenous group in the Amazon forest near the Brazilian-Peruvian border — that is, a self-sustaining indigenous community that exists without contact with the industrial world.
Loggers, ranchers and oil companies have a history of denying that such groups exist, in order to avoid running [...]