Category Archives: Infrastructure

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition

Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.

More American Cities Considering Free Public Transportation

In fits and starts, the idea of free public transportation is getting more of a following in the US.

‘Market Fundamentalism’ Is an Obstacle to Progress

Why market cheerleaders are bad for you.

China and the Revenge of the Sanctioned

How US ham-handed use of force and misreadings of key players’ interests, allowed China to suddenly take a leadershp role in the Middle East

The U.S. Needs To Double The Size Of Its Energy Grid

Will the state of the US grid constrain the conversion to electric vehicles and other green devices?

To the Losers Go the Spoils?

Germany is latest western nation to position itself to profit off of whatever is left of Ukraine after its (and NATO’s) eventual loss.

Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a US Leak

New research casts serious doubts on environmental testing done by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland after 2018 leaks.

Kamala Harris Serves up Crumbs in Africa as US Continues to Offer Little in Comparison to China

The US wants African minerals for its goal of becoming the world’s cleantech superpower, but it cannot compete with Beijing economically on the continent.

Eurasian Integration Including Iran Proceeds Despite US “Maximum Pressure” Campaign

The Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement could bring much-needed infrastructure investment in Iran, which is situated at the center of China and Russian-led Eurasian integration efforts, but countries will have to defy or work around US sanctions.

Why is America So Anti-City? It Holds Back the Entire Country

oth parties are exacerbating the city/country split. How different are their interests?

Interest Rate Hikes and IMF Bailouts: the US Tries to Roll Back Chinese Influence in the Global South

As higher interest rates and inflation hit developing countries, the IMF is trying to use bailout terms to sideline Beijing.

Breached Dam, Incineration of Soil Flood East Palestine With Fresh Fears of Toxins

“I’ve had fear and now this just put the anxiety over the top,” said one local resident.

Rail Workers Warn Safety Bill Loopholes Are Big Enough to ‘Run a Freight Train Through’

Post East Palentine rail safety reform proposals are embarrassingly unserious.

Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization

Rather than settle for narrow reforms, rail workers are pushing for public ownership of the US railroad system, which is commonplace throughout much of the world.

How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio

I certainly hope Norfolk Southern’s owners are happy!