Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?
With billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure, states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break.
Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive
After 10 months of Russian destruction, Ukraine’s economy shrank by 30 percent. But companies have packed up and moved, switched products and found support abroad.
Biden Promotes Bipartisan Victories as Divisions Roil the Republican Party
The president, who has said he intends to run for re-election, will travel to Kentucky to emphasize that he is determined to reach across the aisle.
Quarterly Coal Report (QCR)âThird-Quarter 2022
(Tue, 03 Jan 2023) U.S. coal production during the third quarter of 2022 totaled 154.3 million short tons (MMst), which was 5.9% higher than the previous quarter and 4.0% higher than the third quarter of 2021. Third-quarter 2022 U.S. coal exports (20.7 MMst) decreased 9.8% from the second-quarter 2022 level and increased 0.7% from the third-quarter 2021 level. U.S. coal imports in the third quarter of 2022 totaled 2.0 MMst. All data for 2021 and previous years are final. All data for 2022 are preliminary.
Biden Caps Two Years of Action on the Economy, With New Challenges Ahead
The president used a slim congressional majority to enact legislation that could reshape the American economy — if his administration can make the laws succeed.
Russian Missile Attack Overwhelms Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Cruise missiles and exploding drones from Iran swept across the skies of Ukraine, wreaking havoc and once again knocking out power.
El año del comienzo de una transición verde
Cuando en una década hagamos una retrospectiva, quizá descubramos que 2022 fue un punto de inflexión para las energías limpias.
In Much of the South, Subfreezing Weather Crippled Water Systems
The bitter cold had left the region by Wednesday, but myriad broken pipes, disrupted municipal water systems and widespread aggravation remained.
This Year Was the Beginning of a Green Transition
Switching off fossil fuels is going to be a bumpy ride — an energy disruption.
Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain’s Most Bashed Bridge
A railway bridge with a shallow underpass is bashed into by vehicles with startling regularity, causing mostly embarrassment, but sending cargo — flowers, bicycles, eggs and potatoes — flying onto the roadway.