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“Time to Build” Flood Resilient Infrastructure

Expert BlogJoel Scata
The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along the Meramec and Mississippi witnessed floods stages at historic or near historic levels. Climate change is loading the dice in…

Fixing Our Water Infrastructure: Smarter, Fairer, More

Expert BlogLarry Levine
We cannot have a two-tiered system where the wealthy get water that is clean and safe for their families, and the less well-to-do get second-class water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that pose risks to their health and environment. Rather, we…

Solar Energy Brings A Ray Of Hope To Salt Farmers In Gujarat

Expert BlogFrances Beinecke
A vast majority of India's salt comes from Gujarat's Little Rann of Kutch desert. Here, about 43,000 salt farmers, mostly women, work in brutal heat to produce salt from briny tidal water. It is hard work for little pay. Most…