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The Supreme Court will consider how far outward federal agencies should look when they analyze how a proposed action could affect the environment.
Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.
It’s unclear whether requiring the fund to prioritise certain kinds of investments will lead to lower returns. There’s a bigger question – why can’t the government fund priority projects through debt?
When it comes to equitable and sustainable infrastructure, we can learn a lot from beaver dams — according to both traditional Indigenous oral history as well as NASA researchers.
To prepare for more intense floods supercharged by climate change, we have to build infrastructure able to tolerate new extremes
Certain ideas have shaped the success and optimism of state-led development in Ethiopia and Rwanda in the first two decades of the 21st century.
There is no doubt the Victorian economy has been slowing. But there is little evidence to show it is following the disastrous path of the early 1990s.
The proposed Future Fund is right on the money given New Zealand’s needs. But the three-year electoral cycle and lack of cross-party agreement could see it become just another political football.
The issue isn’t just the number of chargers – it’s also the quality of drivers’ experiences with them.
We’ll need huge investments in wind farms, electric cars, new ways to heat homes, and much more.
Ontario’s focus on car-centric development without other investments in community will not improve the quality of life for Ontarians.
A deep analysis reveals the flawed structure and opaqueness of the proposed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport deal.
The UK is deciding who has ultimate responsibility for infrastructure weathering a harsher climate.
If New Zealand wants to see real improvement in community-level services and infrastructure, we need to finally make a decision on the true purpose of regional, city and district councils.
We’re already seeing the impacts of weather extremes on key parts of our lives, from the food we eat to the roads we use and our health.
Australia is short of construction workers, yet qualified and experienced migrants are far more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than workers born in Australia.
Austerity means choosing not to invest in citizens, contrary to the mandate of South Africa’s constitution.
China’s engagement with Africa has evolved over the past 24 years, with a shift towards mutually beneficial investments.
The past eight Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summits, since 2000, have not resulted in mutual gain, particularly in trade and industrialisation for Africa.
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