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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

What counts as "infrastructure"? Home health care, Biden administration says

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 31, 2021
Along with money for bridges and highways, the proposal calls for higher wages for home health aides.
Baby boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 people per day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Backing up the power grid with homemade electricity

by Scott Tong
Jun 19, 2015
Connecticut is trying microgrids that keep going when the main utility fails.
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Fuel cells offer cities an alternative to the grid

by Scott Tong
Jun 19, 2015
Bridgeport, Conn., is taking measures to rely more on locally made power.
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What we talk about when we talk about the grid

by Arjuna Soriano
Jun 18, 2015
The country's electrical grid is extensive, but also vulnerable and aging.
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When the power grid fails

by Scott Tong
Jun 18, 2015
Three storms in Connecticut knocked out some residents' power for more than a week
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Closing the 710 freeway gap

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Jun 17, 2015
A look at one of Los Angeles County’s most persistent infrastructure controversies.
The gap between the 710 and 210 freeways near Los Angeles.
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L.A. installs water pipes that can survive disaster

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 17, 2015
The Japanese-made pipes don't pull apart at the joints when the earth moves.
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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

Trucks wait at a port with little room to grow

by Adam Allington
Jun 17, 2015
Truckers wait for hours to pick up containers at Port Newark-Elizabeth.
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L.A.'s biggest vulnerability lies under its streets

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 16, 2015
A major quake could rupture the city's aging system of 7,000 miles of water pipes.
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Lucy Jones on why scientists need to craft stories

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 16, 2015
The seismologist explains how using narratives can get your message across.
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