America’s wetlands constitute a vital part of its environment and ecosystems. Wetlands are land areas where water covers the soil or is near the surface, […]
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Improving the Safety of Pipeline Water Crossings
While oil spills and pipeline leaks grab headlines, their notoriety is generally a sign of the rarity of accidents. The accidents that do occur can […]
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The Clean Energy Revolution Could Be Powered By Your Trash
This article is a featured guest post and submission to the 2023 Aii student OpEd scholarship competition. This article originally ran in The Miami Student. […]
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Why Renewables Will Fail, Unless…
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -H. L. Mencken The popular level discussion of climate and [...]
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21st Century Mining and the Renewable Energy Transition
Much of the developed world is undergoing an energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable and technology-based natural energy sources. To date, 96 countries representing […]
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Cleaning Up Clean Energy and Handling Renewable Waste
In the past decade, wind and solar have made massive strides in our energy economy. As of 2022, they account for 13.6 percent of the U.S. energy […]
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Carbon Capture to Reduce Emissions from Fossil Fuels
As climate and energy policy continues to evolve, the EPA recently released a new proposed rule for environmental standards regarding emissions from coal and natural […]
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Aii Asks a Yellowstone Environmental Educator
Have you ever been to Yellowstone National Park? How are national parks and infrastructure related? What can we learn about climate and conservation? If any […]
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What is Decarbonization?
In the United States, the conversation around decarbonization generally centers around the same handful of options. In large part, the policy approaches include tax, subsidy, […]
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Innovation is the Only Path to Solving Climate Change
If the threat is as dire as some believe, we cannot wait for policy changes to take effect. Realistically, tax and regulatory policy cannot bring […]
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Safer Digging Part 3: Keep it in Park
This blog series is laser-focused on innovative technology that can improve the damage prevention process. While this particular series only discusses one technology – Electronic […]
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Push Toward Renewables Requires Mining and Fossil Fuels
The current push to electrify the U.S. transportation sector along with homes and businesses means that massive amounts of raw material will be needed to […]
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A Sustainable Model
Thriving society requires energy. The source of that energy can come from an array of natural resources and technological processes to convert light, heat, and […]
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Infrastructure Think Tank Calls For New Energy Model
Washington, D.C, January 26, 2021 — The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii) on Wednesday released its newest report, A Sustainable Energy Model: Ensuring Robust […]
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Climate Change: A Differential Diagnosis
If Gregory House, MD has taught us anything it is that people lie and people have bias. On a topic as politically charged as climate […]
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