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There has been renewed focus on cybersecurity as critical infrastructure, as some crucial infrastructure in the US has been subjected to cyber hacks. In 2019 a Kansas water treatment plant was tampered with, and in February 2021, hackers infiltrated a Florida water treatment plant. Unlike …
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Urban areas in New Zealand are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Sea levels in the country have been rising at an average rate of 1.81 millimeters per year since the record began, making coastal communities and infrastructure vulnerable to floods, floods, tsunamis, storm surges, and …
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Schools in the US are in a dismal state, says the Education Week article "The Dismal State of School Infrastructure, in Charts." It mentioned the following: The article notes that insufficient and inequitable public investment is the reason behind these infrastructure problems. With a …
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The Biden-Harris administration launched an initiative called "Closing America's Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative" through a partnership between the US Department of Agriculture and the US Environmental Protection Agency. The announcement from the US Department of Agriculture says that …
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Will reducing the speed limit from 100 kilometers per hour to 80 slow traveling time that much? Just four to six minutes, says New Zealand transport expert Paul Durdin in an 81.4-kilometer windy highway in the county's famous holiday highway from Christchurch city to Akaroa. The result he finds …
Asia's rapid population and economic growth are creating a demand for energy as its power grid is getting close to its total capacity. The rising electricity demands are due to a growing middle class in the region, yet a vast number of people - 700 million still lack access to power. The …
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Changes to the climate system in the oceans, ice sheets, and sea levels are mainly irreversible for up to a thousand years due to past and present emissions. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report warned that warming would continue until at least 2050 under all emissions scenarios. This means that …
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Extreme events fuelled by climate change are becoming a massive threat to infrastructure, including power grids. The Texas deep freeze in February 2021, considered a rare phenomenon in the state where Texans are used to the mild winters, has led to a major power crisis. State officials …
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Those still doubting renewable energy capacity compared to fossil fuels quickly blame the "clean energy" movement when power grids fail. But recent grid failures are often due to extreme temperatures and events. For example, the Texas blackouts in 2021, the biggest in the U.S., resulted from …
The EPA announced on 18 August 2022 that the longstanding sewage problem between the U.S. and Mexico border, mainly the untreated wastewater from Tijuana's sewage system flowing and polluting San Diego's beaches and coastal waters, is getting fixed. Mexico's water treatment plant near the U.S. …
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The 1960s and 1970s ushered in the golden age of infrastructure in the United States, where the country expanded its highways and built its water infrastructure. But infrastructure maintenance in many parts of the country has been lacking, and extreme events due to climate change are damaging …
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The Philippines is implementing big-ticket railway projects to ease its longstanding traffic congestion problems, especially in the capital city, Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. The country's president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., says that the railway transportation system "offers great …
