The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure
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What counts as "infrastructure"? Home health care, Biden administration says
Mar 31, 2021
Along with money for bridges and highways, the proposal calls for higher wages for home health aides.
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.
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.
What we talk about when we talk about the grid
Jun 18, 2015
The country's electrical grid is extensive, but also vulnerable and aging.
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
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.
L.A. installs water pipes that can survive disaster
Jun 17, 2015
The Japanese-made pipes don't pull apart at the joints when the earth moves.
For public good, not for profit.
Trucks wait at a port with little room to grow
Jun 17, 2015
Truckers wait for hours to pick up containers at Port Newark-Elizabeth.
L.A.'s biggest vulnerability lies under its streets
Jun 16, 2015
A major quake could rupture the city's aging system of 7,000 miles of water pipes.
Lucy Jones on why scientists need to craft stories
Jun 16, 2015
The seismologist explains how using narratives can get your message across.