Stories Tagged as
Infrastructure
Interior Department will put $1.7 billion toward fulfilling tribal water rights settlements
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.
Cities can lessen economic impact of climate change with green infrastructure
Jan 18, 2022
The alternative? $31 trillion in lost GDP worldwide.
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.
What makes federal infrastructure jobs "good-paying"?
Dec 6, 2021
The idea that federally funded construction projects must pay a minimum "prevailing wage" goes back to a 1931 law.
Leaders in the construction industry anticipate influx of federal funds
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.
Checking the roads and bridges to grandmother's house
Nov 24, 2021
What will the infrastructure bill do for 60-year-old Putty Hill Avenue Bridge — which supports 17,000 vehicles daily — and similar sites?
The infrastructure bill is on the president’s desk. What’s in it for rural America?
Nov 15, 2021
Rural states with the most work to do on those fronts — like Alaska, Wyoming, Montana and Vermont — will receive the most funding per capita.
For public good, not for profit.
When will we see the economic impact of new infrastructure spending?
Nov 8, 2021
There are shorter- and longer-term projects in Biden's $1 trillion plan. State and local governments will influence how it’s spent.
What will the clean energy transition look like?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Oct 28, 2021
The road to a clean, affordable and reliable power grid won’t be straightforward.
Biden administration restoring climate-impact rules that could delay infrastructure plans
Oct 7, 2021
The Trump administration had rolled them back, delighting industry and worrying environmentalists.