Tag: infrastructure
Water Wars: Water pollution, protection, and politics
Access to fresh water may be the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century. Protecting it may be a matter of life and death....
Cost of closing the Mississippi: $295 million per day
The Mississippi River continues to rise, and the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers are working to contain the damage. But the costs are still high....
Japan's earthquake victims begin to rebuild
Victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan face a daunting task of rebuilding the country....
Japan's earthquake-resistant buildings
The reason why more buildings didn't collapse in Japan's earthquake is because engineers prepared them to bend, but not break....
Will Japan's earthquake kill the nuclear industry?
The plumes of smoke rising from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant raise questions about the nuclear industry as a whole....
Government rethinks fluoride in drinking water
The federal government is rethinking how much fluoride should be put in drinking water. Anti-fluoridation activists feel vindicated....
Study: there are too many parking spaces
The environmental impact of parking spaces may rival that of the cars that fill them....
Developing high-speed train travel for the U.S.
The Obama Administration is attempting to catch up to European and Asian high-speed rail projects....
Smart grid powers energy efficiency
President Obama announces $3.4 billion dollars worth of stimulus money to roll out the American smart grid. ...
Greening the grid
Getting solar and wind energy to where it's needed could spark a power struggle over power lines. ...
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