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Kristian Ruby, secretary general of Eurelectric, the trade association representing the interests of the electricity industry in Europe, is fascinated…
Amtrak no longer has to live ‘hand to mouth’ after being starved of funding for decades, CEO says
In January 2021, lifelong Amtrak super user and evangelist Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United…
American infrastructure cracks again as tanker fire shuts down Interstate-95 in Connecticut for days
The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker…
Baltimore officials plan to open a deeper channel in port to release ships trapped in harbor
Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting…
‘The earthquake that we design for is one that’s unlikely to happen’: Empire State Building engineer explains why skyscrapers are built to last
The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.…
‘Full range of impact’ on businesses in transportation and supply chain logistics after Baltimore bridge collapse, U.S. official says
Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect…
TSMC shrugs off Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, showing its massive chip foundry mega-complexes are nearly quake-proof
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the semiconductor chip-making juggernaut, evacuated its workers after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the country…
California’s Highway 1 near Big Sur collapses into the ocean, shrinking traffic to one lane
Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 on Monday after a giant chunk…
Dali, the ship that brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, is tangled in up to 4,000 tons of debris: ‘We need to have answers on what happened’
As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key…
It’s a ‘very long road ahead’ to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge, Maryland governor says, despite Biden’s $60 billion in aid
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis…