America’s coastal communities are increasingly faced with climate-related threats, including rising sea levels, erosion, and severe weather storms. As the White House and Congress consider legislation on infrastructure, creating opportunities for investment in coastal infrastructure to protect our shorelines and coastal communities should be a priority. Offshore aquaculture, or fish farming off our shores, is […]
President Biden’s next legislative priority is passage of an infrastructure and economic recovery package. Earlier this year, the President outlined his proposal, The American Jobs Plan, which seeks to modernize our nation’s infrastructure and advance clean energy initiatives while helping to create jobs and rebuild our economy as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. According […]
Broadband has kept America humming over the last 15 months. When so much of American life went exclusively online last year, small, rural broadband providers went above and beyond to keep their communities connected and connect more people. But we still have much more work to do both in deploying networks and delivering robust and […]
We have seen a surge of migrants at the southern border this year, but the crisis at our borders has been around for decades. In fact, migration from Central America because of rising instability in the region goes back to the 1980s. Since then, we have continued to see a surge of migrants at the […]
Migration from northern Central America has been ongoing for years due to several deeply entrenched and compounding problems. Climate change, however, is currently on the minds of the Biden-Harris administration. While climate change necessitates a complex response, the administration could implement three steps today that could address the issue in the region. Northern Central America […]
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Public Power Consumers Shouldn’t Pay More for the Same Infrastructure
/in Infrastructure /by John Di StasioThe Biden Administration and Congress are pushing investments to modernize the nation’s infrastructure including an accelerated transition to a cleaner energy future. Public Power systems that serve communities across the nation are being called upon to modernize their grids, integrate electric vehicles and transition their electric supply to cleaner options in support of reducing carbon […]