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The Energy and Climate Programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Build Back Better Act
On November 15, President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, ensuring that upwards of a trillion dollars will be injected into roads, bridges, ports, the electric grid and many other aspects of the nation’s infrastructure in the coming years. The law makes some significant investments in clean energy, although it is by no […]

As Climate Crises Multiply, U.S. Infrastructure Inundated By Disaster
A series of successive climate disasters has exposed U.S. infrastructure as entirely unfit for the 21st century as storms, drought, wildfire and floods grow increasingly destructive.

$3 Trillion Infrastructure Bill to be a Major Climate Push
After passing the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 rescue package, the Biden administration appears ready to go big again with its infrastructure legislation.

Graphics Highlighting the Need for Infrastructure Investment, Avoiding a Patchwork of AV Legislation
Rather than implementing a patchwork of state legislation, the U.S. will need a well-connected transportation system with national infrastructure standards in order to handle coming changes with AV technology.

Businesses and Bipartisan Lawmakers Make the Case for Infrastructure Investment
With U.S. infrastructure in dire need of investment, lawmakers and business groups make the case for action but differ on approach.

FedEx CEO: U.S. in Urgent Need of Infrastructure Reform
Lawmakers are mostly in agreement that U.S. infrastructure needs a major overhaul, but how exactly to fund projects will be the sticking point going forward.

What Will Autonomous Vehicles Mean for New Infrastructure Projects?
The unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump this month overshadowed other major election developments, including the approval of billions of dollars in new mass transit and infrastructure projects across the nation. How will self-driving vehicles affect these and other infrastructure developments?

UPDATED: Energy Policy 2016: Spotlight on Donald Trump
Part of our Energy Policy 2016 election tracker series, we examine Donald Trump's energy policy positions on OPEC, fracking, foreign intervention in oil-rich states, and more.

Congress Uses Controversial Funding Mechanisms in Long-Term Transportation Bill
Congress has passed the FAST Act, the first long-term transportation bill in more than a decade, but it has used controversial sources to fund the legislation. The government will sell off some 66 million barrels of crude from the SPR and use some $53.3 billion in Federal Reserve Bank surplus funds.

With House Passage of STRR, Congress Could Pass First Long-Term Transportation Bill in a Decade
The House has passed a six year surface transportation bill, drawing on a Federal Revenue Surplus to fill funding gaps.