How a 20th century icon is transforming itself into an environmental leader.
Is wind power being blown off?
In the US, wind power has been credited as the renewable energy that offers the most potential and recently that seemed to be the case, with the Cape Wind farm being green-lit and others planned for the areas around the Great lakes, but according to the American Wind Energy Association it seems the air has been taken out of wind power's sails.
Mapping the future
New technologies and techniques are driving development in the mapping and surveying sector. The American Congress on Survey and Mapping’s Curtis Sumner explains how the effective use of tools will help the transition to a more sustainable and secure future.
Big blue sky thinking
Can greater instrumentation, interconnectedness and intelligence be used to revolutionize infrastructure and make the world a better place? IBM certainly thinks so, and is betting billions to prove its point
Obama Infrastructure: Successes and failures
Since becoming President of the United States in January 2009, Barack Obama has faced major challenges in terms of the economy, unemployment and domestic issues such as healthcare. However when it comes to "Obama infrastructure", the President has faced major challenges and obstacles, some of which he has handled extremely well, others which have horrendously backfired.
Yucca Mountain: Storing America's nuclear waste
Earlier in the year, plans to store America's nuclear waste inside one of America's most challenging engineering feats, Yucca Mountain, were scrapped due to a lack of federal funding.
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