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U.S. dams are in a sorry state
Jun 26, 2024
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation’s dams a D grade on its latest infrastructure report card.
Study finds persistent coal ash pollution in lakes
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Lily Jamali
Oct 3, 2022
Climate events like more intense hurricanes are spreading the byproduct of burning coal to water used for drinking and recreation.
Biden White House has a lot on its economic plate before term ends
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David Brancaccio
and Ariana Rosas
Jul 26, 2024
Lindsay Owens of the Groundwork Collaborative points to relief from junk fees and medical debt as well as policy fights around taxes.
Could the carbon credit model help save threatened species?
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Matt Hoisch
Aug 9, 2023
A growing number of scientists and economists see a novel kind of credit as an important tool to help reverse global declines in biodiversity.
A battered world economy faces a "polycrisis"
Jan 11, 2023
The World Economic Forum's new report identifies a long list of interconnected economic threats that could feed off of and worsen each other. But there is a caveat.
Voters in four states will decide bond issues this fall. Here's why most of them will likely pass.
Sep 16, 2024
For one thing, issuing bonds is more popular than raising taxes.
Home insurance premiums are surging. That's bad news for low-income housing — and its residents.
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Matt Levin
Jul 3, 2024
The more low-income housing nonprofits have to pay for insurance, the less they have leftover to build new units to ease the housing shortage.
More wildfires mean worsening air quality. How do we adapt?
Jun 8, 2023
Some pandemic-related tools get a second life, while investors look at more high-tech solutions.
Food price increases show signs of moderating
Aug 1, 2022
Grocery prices are up more than 12% over the past year. Climate change, the war in Ukraine and energy costs all have something to do with it.
More private companies are investing in passenger rail — here's why
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Henry Epp
Aug 28, 2023
Passenger rail needs a public subsidy to work, experts say.
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Welcome to the first week of our “Econ 101” crash course. Together, we’ll read one chapter each week from Core Econ’s “E…