infrastructure News

Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water and Sewage Treatment Plants

The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of …

South Louisiana Parish Sues to Block Port of New Orleans’ $1.8B Container Port Project

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A south Louisiana parish is suing the Port of New Orleans to block it from building a planned $1.8 billion container facility. The St. Bernard Parish District Attorney`s Office filed the lawsuit this week in 34th …

US Lawmakers Turn to Louisiana for Experience on Climate Change Impacts to Infrastructure

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – This summer – as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central U.S. devastated soybean and corn crops, and storms flooded parts of …

China Poses ‘Alarming’ Threat to US Power Grid, Lawmakers Told

China represents an increasing threat to the US power grid, lawmakers were told Tuesday during a hearing in which they were warned a cyberattack from the nation could plunge military and other sensitive sites into darkness. “The Chinese activities are …

Alabama Senate Panel Wants $1B in Pandemic Relief for Infrastructure, Broadband

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a House-passed plan to use the state’s final $1 billion in federal pandemic relief funds largely on a mix of water and sewer infrastructure, broadband expansion and health care reimbursements. The Senate Finance and Taxation …

EPA to Propose Limits on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that …

Attacks on U.S. Power Grids Rose to All-Time High in 2022

Attacks on US power grids rose to an all-time high last year, further straining the sprawling and aging network. The number of direct physical attacks, including acts of vandalism and other suspicious activity, that potentially threatened grid reliability rose 77% …

U.S. and EU to Launch First-of-its-Kind AI Agreement

The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid. A senior U.S. administration official, discussing the …

Bill Would Give State Board Control of Mississippi Capital’s Troubled Water System

Jackson’s troubled water system could get a new set of owners under legislation advanced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers in Mississippi. The bill would transfer ownership to a new public entity overseen by a nine-member board, the majority of which would …

Gunfire Damages Another Electrical Station but No Power Outages

A North Carolina utility said an electricity substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday but that it caused no power outages. The damage comes after a gunfire attack on multiple substations in Moore County knocked out power to more than …