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Energy Storage: A Need Gaining Speed
The further you may be from the electrical grid, the more likely it is that you recognize the importance of energy storage. If you have […]
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(Re)building for Resilience
Riding Out The Storms Ahead Models from researchers and meteorologists predicted a forceful hurricane season in the Atlantic this year. If these predictions hold, we […]
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The Longest Running Statistic
Beneath Our Feet Underground infrastructure in America run for millions of miles. These make possible the basics of modern American life, carrying water, energy resources, [...]
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State-Owned Security Concerns for Transit Rail
China has not been shy about its expansion into global markets. Through the Made in China 2025 and Belt and Road Initiative, the communist nation [...]
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Under Our Streets
Under city streets, through countless acres of open fields, across bridges, and over mountains, pipelines quietly deliver energy resources throughout North America. "Pipelines" generally conjure [...]
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COVID-19 Gave Our Roads A Break, But Not The Highway Trust Fund
Lockdowns and stay-at-home orders mean fewer cars on the road. This must mean the nation's roads get a break from the daily wear and [...]
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Passenger-Free High Speed Rail
In November 2018, Italy inaugurated the world’s first high-speed rail service dedicated to … carrying no passengers. Rather than cart people from one place to […]
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With Stimulus, Congress Got An Infrastructure Issue Right
For years, the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund has been accumulating billions of dollars. Despite an overflowing fund dedicated solely to ports and harbors, our waterside [...]
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Airless Tires: Fashion or Function?
Airless bike tires may sound like an oxymoron, but they are a functional product becoming an increasingly plausible reality. In 2018, the first 3D-printed airless […]
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A Federal COVID-19 Response That Would Pay Dividends
As Congress grapples with how to deal with the immediate health and public safety impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic, including making tests kits available and […]
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Avoiding COVID-19 at Home? Here are 10 money and energy-saving tips
The Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) or COVID-19 is in the process of reshaping the order of things at home and abroad. As we all react to […]
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Looming Highway Trust Fund Insolvency
The Highway Trust Fund is the federal fund for road and bridge maintenance and repair. It once built the Interstate Highway System and helped keep [...]
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What is Fuel Dumping and Why Does it Happen?
You are enjoying your day, looking up at the shapes in the clouds when all of a sudden, a pilot far above you releases thousands […]
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Has the Car of the Future Arrived?
Throughout the past century, the public has sought to predict what the ‘car of the future’ would entail. And, with the release of the VISION [...]
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