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Cape Town is still running out of water, just not as fast as the city thought it would

Quartz » Cape Town announced on Feb. 21 that it would be pushing back its dreaded “Day Zero” by a month, from June 4 to July 9, thanks to a lesser-than-expected drop in water levels over the preceding week. The revised Day-Zero date suggests Cape Town’s recent measure to restrict residents down to 50 liters (13 gallons) of water per day, considered by experts to be the bare minimum for sanitation and survival, seems to be working.

February 26, 2018|

Week ahead: Lawmakers put spotlight on energy infrastructure

The Hill » A House panel is turning its attention to the state of the country’s energy infrastructure in a hearing in the coming week. The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy, led by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), is hoping for a broad discussion about pipelines, transmission lines, hydropower and more, and what Congress should do to improve the infrastructure.

February 26, 2018|

Opinion: Infrastructure Bill Shouldn’t Ignore Our Aging Water Systems

Roll Call » From lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, to toxic levels of arsenic found in Texas, over the past decade tens of millions of Americans have likely been exposed to dangerously unsafe water. The need to invest in our water and wastewater systems is as urgent and vital as building the “gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways and waterways” President Trump spoke about.

February 26, 2018|

Major tunnel of HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge completed

XinhuaNet » A bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao has moved a step closer to official opening, with a major tunnel project fully completed Saturday. The 55-kilometer Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary, will be the world’s longest sea bridge.

February 24, 2018|

The Drowning Coast: A Louisiana Village Fights for Time

The New York Times » Jean Lafitte may be just a pinprick on the map, but it is also a harbinger of an uncertain future. As climate change contributes to rising sea levels, threatening to submerge land from Miami to Bangladesh, the question for Lafitte, as for many coastal areas across the globe, is less whether it will succumb than when — and to what degree scarce public resources should be invested in artificially extending its life.

February 24, 2018|
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