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Infrastructure plan targets lead pipe hazards

by Nick Wilson
May 27, 2022
Experts say efforts to replace the potentially harmful piping grids are not moving fast enough.
Workers in Flint Michigan replace a lead water service line in March 2016. The federal infrastructure law provides $15 billion to remove lead service lines, but experts say that's still not enough.
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A Warmer World

Wildfires in April signal growing costs of climate change

by Savannah Peters
Apr 26, 2022
What to do when fuel for fires seems infinite, but resources to fight fires is decidedly finite?
As the risk for wildfires rises, small cities struggle to find the resources to combat them.
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The bump in the road for improvements to infrastructure

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 20, 2022
President Biden is traveling the country to promote the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Inflation could derail or delay that spending.
President Biden is on an infrastructure tour of the US, discussing the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure law, but inflation is causing a few roadblocks.
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Tribal governments shore up infrastructure with federal pandemic aid

by Savannah Peters
Mar 28, 2022
"The impact is going to be huge in Indian Country," one leader said. "Because we’ve never had an investment in our infrastructure."
Tribal governments are using CARES Act funding to invest in health care, high-speed internet, housing and food security.
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Why does transit infrastructure cost so much in the U.S.?

by Dylan Miettinen
Mar 28, 2022
New York City’s subway system is a prime, pricey example.
Platform screen doors will be coming to three New York City subway stations in the next few years. The cost? $100 million.
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Interior Department will put $1.7 billion toward fulfilling tribal water rights settlements

by Savannah Peters
Feb 25, 2022
Some tribes have been waiting on the funding for decades. They'll put it toward shoring up water infrastructure on their reservations.
A water pump is repaired outside of a home on the Navajo Nation on Dec. 16, 2021 in Thoreau, New Mexico.
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A Warmer World

Cities can lessen economic impact of climate change with green infrastructure

by Samantha Fields
Jan 18, 2022
The alternative? $31 trillion in lost GDP worldwide.
Parts of the Philippines have struggled to find the balance between preserving natural ecosystems and investing in man-made alternatives.
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What we get wrong about the energy grid

by Andy Uhler and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 28, 2021
We should focus on changing demand for electric power when planning for the future.
During a period of extreme cold in February, people took shelter at a store in Houston that was transformed into a warming station. The drop in temperature caused a widespread and prolonged power outage.
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What makes federal infrastructure jobs "good-paying"?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 6, 2021
The idea that federally funded construction projects must pay a minimum "prevailing wage" goes back to a 1931 law.
The Department of Labor is preparing updates to the regulations of federally funded construction jobs. Above, a crew resurfaces a road in Alhambra, California.
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Leaders in the construction industry anticipate influx of federal funds

by Savannah Peters
Dec 1, 2021
Those in the business of building roads and bridges expect a turnaround once money starts to flow from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Other areas of the construction industry, like bridges and highways, could be in line to get a boost from federal money.
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