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    EPA Resets, Engineers Stay Focused, with Rob McManamy

    April 15, 2025
    *PODCAST* EDITOR'S NOTES: As the federal agency shifts focus, we sought reaction from some leading engineers committed to decarbonization.

    In March, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to roll back more than 30 regulations and de-emphasize the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions. Since our industry is already heavily invested in decarbonization, we spoke with a number of key engineering leaders to gauge their reaction.

    Here, in his latest Editor's Notes, Rob McManamy reports on what they told him.

    Click below to listen...

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    For all episodes of HPAC Editor's Notes and HPAC On The Air, visit our archives here.

    About the Author

    Rob McManamy | Editor in Chief

    An industry reporter and editor since 1987, McManamy joined HPAC Engineering in September 2017, after three years with BuiltWorlds.com, a Chicago-based media startup focused on tech innovation in the built environment. He has been covering design and construction issues for more than 30 years, having started at Engineering News-Record (ENR) in New York, before becoming its Midwest Bureau Chief in 1990. In 1998, McManamy was named Editor-in-Chief of Design-Build magazine, where he served for four years. He subsequently worked as an editor and freelance writer for Building Design + Construction and Public Works magazines.

    A native of Bronx, NY, he is a graduate of both the University of Virginia, and The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

    Contact him at [email protected].