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Wind Energy – Wind Turbine 3D Animation
Monday, April 1st, 2013The New York Times: D-Plus Solutions For D-Plus Problems
Monday, March 25th, 2013Guest on The Infra Blog: Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, American Council On Renewable Energy
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (USN, ret.) is the President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE). Topics include:
The Truth About Renewable Energy
Clean Energy Meets the Challenges
Energy Security Trust
Do We Really Need More Disasters?
Renewable Energy Knowledge Breeds Demand
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Reactions to the ASCE 2013 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Transportation for America’s Director James Corless: “Our country’s association of civil engineers continues to do the yeoman’s work of sounding the alarm on our country’s infrastructure — the roads, rails and waterways that we depend on to move our goods from place to place and get us where we need to go each day. But [...]
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2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Once every four years, America’s civil engineers provide a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s major infrastructure categories in ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure (Report Card). Using a simple A to F school report card format, the Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current infrastructure conditions and needs, both assigning grades and making recommendations for how to raise the grades. An Advisory Council of ASCE members assigns the grades according to the following eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation. Since 1998, the grades have been near failing, averaging only Ds, due to delayed maintenance and underinvestment across most categories.
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Guest on The Infra Blog: Asher Miller, Post Carbon Institute
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Asher Miller is the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute. Topics include:
It’s All About Fossil Fuels
Energy Independence
The Time is Now
Better Energy Investments
Citizen Engagement
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Detroit Future City
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013DETROIT WORKS PROJECT Executive Summary This document, the Detroit Strategic Framework, articulates a shared vision for Detroit’s future, and recommends specific actions for reaching that future. The vision resulted from a 24-month-long public process that drew upon interactions among Detroit residents and civic leaders from both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, who together formed a [...]
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90 by 50: NYC Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint 90% by 2050
Monday, March 4th, 2013URBAN GREEN COUNCIL Introduction Nearly all climate scientists tell us that to avoid catastrophic global warming we must dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the global economy by 2050. The devastation caused by hurricane Sandy has re-focused attention on both adapting to the threat posed by climate change and the necessity of acting to mitigate that [...]
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Infographic: US Home Energy Use
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