For U.S. schools in disrepair, federal infrastructure dollars can't come soon enough
At Baker Heights Elementary, everything seems to be coming apart, and it's Timothy Scott's job to tr...
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Iceland's volcano eruption cuts off hot water supply to thousands after shooting lava 260 feet in the air
Thousands of residents of southwest Iceland had their hot water supply cut off amid "severe frost" o...
Biden unveils nearly $5 billion in new infrastructure projects
Washington — President Biden unveiled a nearly $5 billion investment for dozens of infrastructure pr...
Thieves may have stolen radioactive metal from Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant
Tokyo — Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippl...
Torrential rain destroyed a cliffside road in New York. Can U.S. roads handle increasingly extreme weather?
The Northeast section of the U.S. was hit with a deluge of severe storms on Sunday that caused deadl...
California's flooding reveals we're still building cities for the climate of the past
Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Heavy storms have flooded roads...
An unexpected item is blocking cities' climate change prep: obsolete rainfall records
American cities are poised to spend billions of dollars to improve their water systems under the fed...
NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World
Global warming is driving dangerous and disruptive flooding in underground rail systems around the w...