Ports To Plains News and Events

Plotting the Course: U.S. Ports-Gateways to World Markets

9/15/2010 12:00:00 AM

The Laredo Development Foundation in coordination with the Logistics and Manufacturing Association, Port Laredo and Texas A&M International University will host the 17th Annual Logistics and Manufacturing Symposium on September 15-17, 2010 at Texas A&M International University's Student Center.

Ports-to-Plains Alliance Annual Meeting & Conference - Bringing Visionaries Together

9/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

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Rapid City, South Dakota

Learn and converse about the Niobrara oil play & how it may affect us. This seminar will provide information about what is happening with the Niobrara formation, what industry needs and challenges are, and what communities can anticipate might happen.

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Projects on Highway 85 (Theodore Roosevelt Expressway) ... WATFORD CITY A stoplight at each end of the Long X Bridge south of Watford City currently controls vehicles crossing the bridge. But work is under way on this U.S. Highway 85 bridge crossing the

8/27/2010 12:00:00 AM

Groundbreaking for Cedar Point Wind Farm North of Limon Colorado ... The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cedar Point Wind Farm as held on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The Cedar Point Wind Project is a 252 megawatts (MW) wind energy project to be construc

8/26/2010 12:00:00 AM

Shell Canada wants to share oilsands cleanup technology with others in industry ... CALGARY - Shell Canada Ltd. wants to share new tailings cleanup technology it recently rolled out at its Muskeg River oilsands mine with others in the industry — no string

8/26/2010 12:00:00 AM

Research Study: Energy Development and the Transportation System ... CDOT initiated this study to gain a better understanding of how development and production of various energy sources affect the state’s transportation system. Includes: Crude oil, Natur

8/25/2010 12:00:00 AM

Secretary Napolitano: DHS willing to work with local group on 24-hour Wild Horse ... After announcing the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre will again have a longer period with summer hours, federal officials in Have Wednesday also said the Department o

8/25/2010 12:00:00 AM

Statement of Cal Klewin, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway Association to the U.S. Senate Committee on Budget

8/25/2010 12:00:00 AM

US Highways 12 and 85 to get major overhaul ... Major overhauls are planned for U.S. Highways 12 and 85 in southwestern North Dakota, said Francis Ziegler, director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation at a budget committee hearing at Bowman

8/25/2010 12:00:00 AM

Business Groups Launch Nationwide Effort to Build Support for Transportation Bill ... A new national effort by the construction industry and other private-sector businesses to push for congressional passage of the long-delayed federal surface transportat

8/20/2010 12:00:00 AM

Clyburn Encourages Congress to Act on Bill This Fall ... Congress needs to act quickly when it returns from recess next month to pass a key multiyear surface transportation reauthorization bill aimed at creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, a leading H

8/20/2010 12:00:00 AM

Rally for Jobs ... Texas ~ Ohio ~ New Mexico ~ Illinois ~ Colorado ... More energy equals more jobs, higher incomes and greater economic growth. We must come together to tell Washington that our livelihoods depend on the oil and natural gas industry and

8/20/2010 12:00:00 AM

Math Lessons for Locavores ... IT’S 42 steps from my back door to the garden that keeps my family supplied nine months of the year with a modest cornucopia of lettuce, beets, spinach, beans, tomatoes, basil, corn, squash, brussels sprouts, the occasional

8/19/2010 12:00:00 AM

Green and Clueless ... Even people who want to ‘save the planet’ have no idea what they’re doing... You could practically hear a collective groan from enviros across the world yesterday, when The New York Times reported on city apartment dwellers who lea

8/17/2010 12:00:00 AM

Idaho judge halts wide loads on Highway 12 ... Idaho judge slams brakes on oversized shipments planned for curvy, scenic Highway 12… BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A state judge has brought a temporary halt to a ConocoPhillips plan to truck oversized loads of mas

8/17/2010 12:00:00 AM

Transportation Summit about dollars, sense ... Dollars and lots of them are needed to fix and build roads across Nebraska. Third District Representative Adrian Smith opened the Transportation Summit meeting with comments about opportunities the western p

8/17/2010 12:00:00 AM

Mexico Expands Retaliatory Tariffs in Trucks Dispute ... Government adds to list of targeted U.S. products over cross-border trucking Mexico stepped up its pressure on the U.S. in the dispute over cross-border trucking on Monday, expanding the list of A

8/16/2010 12:00:00 AM

Transportation Summit hosted by Rep. Adrian Smith

8/16/2010 12:00:00 AM

HIGHWAYS & MOTOR CARRIERS
Gering Civic Center 1050 M Street

10 a.m.-12 p.m. MDT:Federal Highway Administration, NE Department of Roads, NE Emergency
Management Agency, NE Highway Commission

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. MDT: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, American Trucking Association,
Ports to Plains Alliance

Learn and network with state and federal policy makers concerning transportation funding, the status of current projects, and other transportation issues.

For:

- Businesses
- Local government
- Interested citizens

Hydraulic Fracturing 'Distortion' ... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had hoped to hold hearings on hydraulic fracturing in New York this week. They were scheduled at Binghamton University, but when it was learned that potentially thousands of

8/12/2010 12:00:00 AM

Process reduces tailings' water use ... A new technique which uses carbon dioxide to change the water chemistry of tailings to speed settling has significantly cut the amount of Athabasca River water needed by Canadian Natural Resources' Horizon oilsands

8/12/2010 12:00:00 AM

How electric cars could pull the plug on U.S. highway funding ... The U.S. Department of Transportation has a faulty business model when it comes to funding highways. And the problem will only get worse as electric cars start hitting the road in 2011 and

8/11/2010 12:00:00 AM

Putting CO2 to eco-friendly use ... Villain of global warming is helping to reduce water use in oilsands ... A new technique that uses carbon dioxide to change the water chemistry of its tailings to accelerate settling has significantly cut the amount

8/11/2010 12:00:00 AM

Tom Clark of Metro Denver EDC on November Ballot’s “Job Killing Measures” …Everyone in the energy business is painfully aware of how difficult the economy has been in the last few years. And now, just as Colorado begins to crawl out of the recession, ther

8/11/2010 12:00:00 AM

Analysis of state economy sometimes ignores the fundamentals of business decision making... On Saturday, the Denver Post, based on reports from local businesses, noted that the recent elimination of certain tax exemptions by the Colorado General Assembly

8/10/2010 12:00:00 AM

Greenpeace's carbon footprint takes wing ... The hypocrisy of Greenpeace was on full display last week, when one of its law-breaking protesters was granted bail so he could go home to Belgium, after hanging a "Separate Oil and State" banner from the Calg

8/10/2010 12:00:00 AM

House Sends Border Security Bill Back to Senate for Final Action ... Asserting its constitutional jurisdiction over revenue measures, the House passed its own version of a $600 million border security bill Tuesday that would be paid for through increased

8/10/2010 12:00:00 AM

3 of 9—A Conversation on Oil Sands & Environment: What is the role of new technology? ... Technology like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAG-D) allows wells to be drilled from a single pad, making the environmental impacts easier to mitigate and to man

8/9/2010 12:00:00 AM

ATA Gives Thumbs Up to Safe and Efficient Transportation Act ... The American Trucking Associations (ATA) strongly supports the "Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA) of 2010," S. 3705, introduced Aug. 4 by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Susa

8/9/2010 12:00:00 AM

The lights are going out all over America — literally. Colorado Springs has made headlines with its desperate attempt to save money by turning off a third of its streetlights, but similar things are either happening or being contemplated across the nation,

8/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

2 of 9—A Conversation on Oil Sands & Environment: How big are the oil sands? ... Alberta’s oil reserves are second only to Saudi Arabia. The entire oil sands resource is about the size of Florida, but only a small portion can be surface-mined.

8/7/2010 12:00:00 AM

1 of 9—A Conversation on Oil Sands & Environment: Why do we need the oil sands? ... Alberta’s oil sands are a growing contributor to the world oil supply and a stable energy source for domestic and international markets.

8/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

Senate Passes Bill Containing $2.2 Billion Reduction in Highway Contract Authority ... The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would rescind $2.2 billion in highway contract authority apportionments from balances held by state transportation departments.

8/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

Drivers let guard down on riskier rural highways... Drivers feel safer on rural highways and are more likely to drink or engage in distracted driving on these roads, even though rural roads are the most dangerous in the USA, a new survey finds…

8/5/2010 12:00:00 AM

Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Public Involvement Meeting -- Lubbock

8/5/2010 12:00:00 AM

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Levelland High School, Commons Area
1400 Hickoryy
Levelland, TX

Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Public Involvement Meeting -- Odessa

8/5/2010 12:00:00 AM

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TxDOT Odessa District Office
Large Conference Room
3901 E. Hwy 80
Odessa, TX, 79761

Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Public Involvement Meeting ... Amarillo

8/5/2010 12:00:00 AM

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TxDOT Amarillo District Office
HR Conference Center
5715 Canyon Dr.
Amarillo, TX, 79110

Anuncian tres nuevas empresas en sur de Coahuila... En rueda de prensa encabezada por la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación y el Gobierno de Coahuila, se anunció la llegada de tres nuevas empresas a San Pedro de las Colonias y la adquisi

8/4/2010 12:00:00 AM

Mon-Dak Ag Open

8/3/2010 12:00:00 AM

The Mon-Dak Ag Open is an annual event that focuses on attracting value-added agriculture processors and related industries to the Mon-Dak region.

The Mon-Dak Ag Open is an annual three day event that showcases and promotes the Mon-Dak region as an ideal place for new agricultural businesses and development. The event also promotes the irrigation development and potential in the region and the crop diversity taking place on dryland conditions. The guests in attendance have a unique opportunity to view new agricultural products now growing in the region and the processing of those crops. The tours showcase the agricultural capabilities found within the Mon-Dak region and highlight the area’s potential growth and development.

The event is hosted every year to promote the region as a viable ag producing region on a variety of crops and livestock and to showcase t

Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Public Involvement Meeting ... Laredo

8/3/2010 12:00:00 AM

Laredo
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TxDOT Laredo District Office, Meeting Room
1817 Bob Bullock Loop
Laredo, TX, 78043

Montana Oil: The Next Bakken Rush ... Sometimes a story just doesn't unfold the way you expect it to. For Montana's oil industry, the carpet was pulled out from underneath them when the media's attention was snatched away by the state's neighbor to the e

8/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

North Dakota Passes Oklahoma in Oil Rigs | Hoeven Helps Stanley Celebrate Grand ... The interest in North Dakota's oil patch continues to grow. This week the state became the third most active in drilling for oil and gas. It was also a week where the s

8/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

Participará Coahuila en Port to Plains ... Será en el mes de agosto cuando el Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila firme el acuerdo para formalizar su participación en el proyecto carretero Port to Plains que mejorará la comunicación entre México, Estados Uni

8/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

Rough patch on road fixes... Nebraska's highway improvement program is once again headed down a road to nowhere. Though federal stimulus dollars provided a hefty one-time boost this past year, the state's budget for highway construction is back on its do

8/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Public Involvement Meeting -- San Angelo

8/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TxDOT San Angelo District Office
Training Room
4502 Knickerbocker Rd.
San Angelo, TX, 76904

Eco-friendly eggs not always what they seem ... VIDEO ... 'Locally grown' eggs are thought to have a lower environmental impact than those transported over long distances but that is a major misperception, according to Dr. Jude Capper of Washington State

8/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Urge ampliar infraestructura en el cruce fronterizo... Acuña, Coah.- Desde el momento en que se expande la empresa del ramo metal-mecánico, Bucyrus, y ante la falta de infraestructura en el Puente Internacional, el Municipio, a través de los legisladores

8/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Mayor Alvin New: The first six months — 'Being true to my elected role' ... City leader brings business experience with him SAN ANGELO, Texas — At a Pachyderm Club meeting in May, Mayor Alvin New got in a tangle of sorts with a member who asked why he s

7/31/2010 12:00:00 AM

Gobierno del Estado mejorará la comunicación con Estados Unidos y Canada... Torreón, Coah.- Carlos Román Cepeda, representante de la Secretaría de Fomento Económico de Coahuila, comentó que el próximo mes de agosto, el Gobierno del Estado firmará un acuer

7/30/2010 12:00:00 AM

House Approves Bill to Rescind $713 Million in Unspent Highway & Transit Earmarks ... The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that would rescind unspent funds authorized for lawmakers' earmarks in surface transportation bills dating back

7/30/2010 12:00:00 AM