infrastructure

‘Underground Climate Change’ Is Shifting Chicago’s Foundations, Study Finds

‘Underground Climate Change’ Is Shifting Chicago’s Foundations, Study Finds

Climate change is causing global temperatures to rise, leading to droughts, heat waves and wildfires. It is warming the surface of the ocean, intensifying hurricanes and increasing acidity and ecosystem imbalances. But the climate crisis is also happening beneath our feet, in a phenomenon called “underground climate change.” The concept has been studied for years […]

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    White House Unveils Plan to Replace All Lead Pipes in Next 10 Years

    White House Unveils Plan to Replace All Lead Pipes in Next 10 Years

    The Biden administration has released the “Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan,” an ambitious plan to replace all the lead water pipes and service lines in the country in the next decade. The plan also intends to provide support to local communities for lead paint removal. The administration seeks to engage local, state and […]

    Can Burying Power Lines Protect Storm-Wracked Electric Grids? Not Always

    Can Burying Power Lines Protect Storm-Wracked Electric Grids? Not Always

    By Theodore J. Kury The good news when Hurricane Ida churned into Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021 was that levees held up – especially those that were strengthened after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in 2005. The bad news: In many places, power systems failed. Nearly five days later, more than 80% of New Orleans […]

    Study Warns ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Funded in Bipartisan Plan More Polluting Than Coal

    Study Warns ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Funded in Bipartisan Plan More Polluting Than Coal

    By Jenna McGuire While celebrated as a climate victory by the Biden administration, the large infrastructure bill passed in the U.S. Senate this week includes billions of dollars of funding toward “blue hydrogen,” which new research published Thursday finds is more polluting than coal. The $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure package passed Tuesday includes $8 billion […]

    Endangered Tigers Face Growing Threats From an Asian Road-Building Boom

    Endangered Tigers Face Growing Threats From an Asian Road-Building Boom

    By Neil Carter Tigers are one of the world’s most iconic wild species, but today they are endangered throughout Asia. They once roamed across much of this region, but widespread habitat loss, prey depletion and poaching have reduced their numbers to only about 4,000 individuals. They live in small pockets of habitat across South and […]

    What Is Climate-Ready Infrastructure? Some Cities Are Starting to Adapt

    What Is Climate-Ready Infrastructure? Some Cities Are Starting to Adapt

    By Mikhail Chester, Braden Allenby and Samuel Markolf The most recent international report on climate change paints a picture of disruption to society unless there are drastic and rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Although it’s early days, some cities and municipalities are starting to recognize that past conditions can no longer serve as reasonable […]

    China’s Global Infrastructure Initiative Could Bring Environmental Catastrophe

    China’s Global Infrastructure Initiative Could Bring Environmental Catastrophe

    By Nexus Media, with William F. Laurance Humans are ravaging tropical forests by hunting, logging and building roads and the threats are mounting by the day. China is planning a series of massive infrastructure projects across four continents, an initiative that conservation biologist William Laurance described as “environmentally, the riskiest venture ever undertaken.” In a […]