We Need Buses, Buses Everywhere
Better service would improve millions of Americans’ lives.
Biden Stimulus Package Helps Mass Transit Avoid Doomsday Cuts
President Biden’s sweeping stimulus package includes the largest single infusion of federal aid that public transportation has ever received, allowing agencies to scrap plans for draconian cuts.
Midland Basin Spraberry Lower Maps
(Mon, 15 Mar 2021) EIA presents <a href='https://www.eia.gov/maps/images/Spraberry_lowerstructuremap.pdf'>structure</a>, <a href='https://www.eia.gov/maps/images/Spraberry_lowerthicknessmap.pdf'>thickness</a>, and <a href='https://www.eia.gov/maps/images/Spraberry_lowerwelllocations.pdf'>well locations</a> maps of the Sprab
Jackson Water Crisis: 'You Can't Bathe. You Can't Wash.'
Nearly one month after a winter storm froze pipes and water mains, more than 70 percent of the city’s water customers remained under a notice to boil water.
ISO-New England secures supply in 15th Forward Capacity Market auction
(Thu, 11 Mar 2021) In February 2021, the Independent System Operator for New England (ISO-NE) conducted its 15th annual Forward Capacity Market (FCM 15) auction. ISO-NE holds these annual auctions to ensure that the New England power system will have sufficient electricity resources to meet future electricity demand. In this auction, ISO-NE secured electric capacity to cover the period of June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
Will Stagnation Follow the Biden Boom?
The relief bill is done; infrastructure may be harder.
America Is Not Made for Anatomically Correct People
As Biden pushes for an infrastructure package, let’s fix our scandalous lack of public restrooms.
South Central region follows record net withdrawals with unchanged inventory levels
(Fri, 05 Mar 2021) Working natural gas stocks in EIAâs South Central storage region reported no net change for the week ending February 26, following a record pull for the previous week, according to EIAâs Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report. Much lower regional temperatures contributed to reduced natural gas demand while recovering natural gas production reversed storage balances that had dipped below the five-year minimum in the South Central Salt region for the first time since December 2018.
Making the Concrete and Steel We Need Doesn’t Have to Bake the Planet
There are cleaner ways to produce the building blocks of the nation.
FSIS Announces Four Food Safety Fellows
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have selected four Food Safety Fellows through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) program. The fellows are students currently working toward their doctoral degrees and have an interest in improving food safety and public health. During their fellowships they will learn how to apply their scientific and technical knowledge to inform FSIS decision making and improve the safety of the food supply.