Articles Tagged with ''Resilience''

FEMA's acting chief and his successor lacked legal authority to dismantle its infrastructure resilience program, states argue in a federal district court lawsuit.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District selected 15 firms to compete for jobs on a multiple award task order contract.

Feds to pull back more than $800 million in funds for resilient infrastructure projects, including those in planning and design phases. 

Resilience work at developing New York City manufacturing and tech hub is set to restore infrastructure damaged by 2012 Hurricane Sandy and other storms

Marjorie Mayfield Jackson so loved the Elizabeth River, which she could see from the back porch of her home near Norfolk, Va., that she quit a successful career as a newspaper reporter in 1991 to save it.

Cutting carbon and hardening infrastructure both requires a revolution in how civil engineering is practiced, says veteran engineer and sustainability guru Bill Wallace.

Grants go to 80 road, bridge, transit and other projects to improve their ability to withstand floods, rising seas and other harmful effects of climate change in 37 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

The U.K.'s rail network has faced increasing challenges related to extreme weather.

The Loss and Damage fund for vulnerable nations now is operationalized, with initial funding commitments of more than $420 million. 

The Community Change Grants program established through the Inflation Reduction Act will support projects that launch clean energy or improve climate resilience.