Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure
A reader says the wealthy and corporations should be taxed more heavily to help pay for updating the country’s highways, airports and so on. Also: On hiring more women and minorities.
Cumulative net injections exceed the five-year average in all regions of the Lower 48 states during the 2019 refill season
(Fri, 25 Oct 2019) Working gas stocks climbed higher than the five-year average for the first time since the fall of 2017 as a result of near-record injections into working gas stocks during the 2019 refill season (typically April through November). The deficit to the five-year average reached 565 billion cubic feet (Bcf)âits highest level during 2019âduring the week ending March 8. The deficit fell somewhat during the weeks leading up to the 2019 refill season.
Venezuela’s Water System is Collapsing
To understand how far it has deteriorated, The New York Times ran tests and found dangerous levels of bacteria.
State Energy Data System: Jet Fuel Through 2018
(Fri, 18 Oct 2019) Annual state-level estimates of energy consumption, prices, and expenditures for jet fuel.
Working gas stocks top five-year average for the first time in two years
(Thu, 17 Oct 2019) Working natural gas stocks in the Lower 48 states totaled 3,519 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ending October 11, 2019, 14 Bcf more than the previous five-year average, according to the <em>Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report</em> (WNGSR) released this week. Last week was the first time that Lower 48 statesâ working gas stocks exceeded the five-year average since September 22, 2017. This deficit to the five-year average has been shrinking since mid-March, when it reached 556 Bcf.
Japan Spent Mightily to Soften Nature’s Wrath, but Can It Ever Be Enough?
After a typhoon’s record-breaking rains breached dozens of levees, the country is wondering whether even the costliest systems can be future-proofed for the age of climate change.
A Bridge Only Sledgehammers Can Fix Will No Longer Sabotage Rush Hour
The Portal Bridge in New Jersey is one of the busiest rail bridges in the country. But when it opens it often gets stuck, paralyzing train traffic.
China Is Leasing an Entire Pacific Island. Its Residents Are Shocked.
What could Beijing want with Tulagi, where Allied forces fought a bloody battle with Japan in World War II? Some fear military ambitions.
Form EIA-923 Detailed Data File Energy Storage Update
(Wed, 16 Oct 2019) An update to the final 2018 data for Form EIA-923, <em>Power Plant Operations Report</em>, is available. This update includes a new worksheet containing fuel consumption, gross electricity generation, and net electricity generation data at the prime mover level for power plants with electric storage onsite.
‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong
A river system that feeds millions of people is in danger of being starved of the nutrients needed to sustain its life.