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Help is on the way for structural engineers driving toward improving the efficiency, reliability and resilience of buildings through performance-based wind design.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was hit hard by flooding in 2008, but new greenspaces and protection helped mitigate recent events

The road to innovation can be a long and winding one, but it might be hard to rival the path followed by the Ocean Renewable Power Co., of Portland, Maine, and its RivGen submersible electric power generating system, which is designed for installation on riverbeds and is based upon the company’s tide-driven units for maritime locations.

Despite submitting long-awaited drought contingency plans to Congress, the states of the Colorado River Basin expect to continue operating largely as they have, focusing on conservation, rather than new infrastructure.

How many people not in a history class still talk about the landmark Supreme Court case won by a Brooklyn kosher chicken company, A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp., in 1935?

The Building Decarbonization Coalition recently released a road map designed to help Californians stop their buildings from spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The road map charts a course toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions through highly-efficient systems and appliances powered by electricity instead of fueled by natural gas, which emits carbon into the atmosphere.