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(Newser) - IBM is developing a set of water grid technologies, designed to revamp the world’s badly outdated fresh water delivery systems in much the same way many countries are trying to upgrade their energy grids, CNET reports. IBM projects the water management business could be worth $20 billion within 5... More »

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environment • greenhouse gases • IBM • infrastructure • water supply • Internet infrastructure • energy grid

OPINION

 Why Stimulus Gets a Bad Rap 


Aug 20, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats’ $787 billion stimulus package is less popular than ever—even though it’s already working, writes David Wessel for the Wall Street Journal. The case against it is weak: Fed rate cuts hadn’t slowed the recession, already a year-old at that point, making the stimulus an... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • recession • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ANALYSIS

Recession Is Kaput; Now
for the 'Smart Economy'


Jul 26, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Great Recession is cooling off, but Americans will feel the heat for a while—because recovery is tricky this time, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek. Another economic bubble inflated by consumption would be a mere Band-Aid. That's why President Obama is trying to create a four-sided "smart economy"... More »

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health care • broadband Internet • recession • recovery • infrastructure • green technology • economy • economic recovery

(Newser) - Two-thirds of the country lives in big cities, but less than half of the federal stimulus’ transportation money is going to fix their often crumbling roads, the New York Times reports. States were allowed to decide for themselves how stimulus money was spent, and state lawmakers have a long... More »

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roadways • transportation • infrastructure • cities • highways • economic stimulus package

 Megacities Stagger India 

Out-of-control urbanization threatens to drag down Indian economy for years

May 13, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The explosive growth of India's cities is threatening to drag down the country's economy for decades to come, economists tell the Wall Street Journal. The global trend toward urbanization has gone into overdrive in India, but most cities aren't prepared to deal with the influx of migrants from the countryside,... More »

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India • infrastructure • Mumbai • urbanization • cities • Calcutta • urban planning • slums • Lucknow, India

Contractors Bid Hot and Heavy for 'Shovel-Ready' Jobs

States saving big time in fight for contracts

Apr 8, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contractors are scrambling to get in line for stimulus-funded "shovel-ready" jobs, reports the Washington Post, and states are finding their stimulus dollars are going a lot further than expected as a result. Companies that were building subdivisions not so long ago are now competing for government jobs and... More »

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construction • recession • infrastructure • economic stimulus package

 Stimulus in Hand, 
 States Race to 
 Start Projects 

NE, CA, MO, and MD all moved immediately with federal dollars

Mar 17, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four states—Nebraska, Missouri, California, and Maryland—claim to be the first to use their federal stimulus money, the New York Times reports. "Our project is definitely the first one to use shovels," said an official in California, where forest trail work started yesterday. But shovels aside, Missouri... More »

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California • Maryland • Nebraska • Missouri • infrastructure • economic stimulus package

Stimulus Flows Into Patchwork of Road Projects

Thousands of small p

Mar 4, 09 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Although the stimulus package that Barack Obama signed last month contains eye-watering sums, the earliest projects out of the gate are far from monumental: widening a highway in Kansas, resurfacing some roads in Missouri. More than a dozen states have announced their plans to spend their share of the $50... More »

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construction • transportation • infrastructure • highways • economic stimulus package • state governments • financial crisis

 Mayor: Global Warming 
 Could Swamp NYC 

Bloomberg calls for city to improve infrastructure ahead of climate disaster

Feb 18, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change will make New York City a hotter, wetter, and stormier place in coming decades and sea levels that could rise at least 4 feet may swamp the city, a panel of scientists convened by Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned yesterday. Bloomberg said the city must start preparing evacuation plans... More »

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climate change • New York City • global warming • New York • Michael Bloomberg • infrastructure

Obama Pushes 'Shovel Ready' Projects for Stimulus

$150 billion in plans ready to go across US

Feb 9, 09 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The US has 19,000 public projects ready to go, with the potential to infuse $150 billion into the economy and put thousands of people to work, NPR reports. President Obama is pushing for immediate approval of the $700 billion economic stimulus bill to start paying for the work, but... More »

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Wisconsin • transportation • infrastructure • highways • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • financial crisis

OPINION

Obama's Op-Ed Is 'Boilerplate' but Dead On

Klein: We need
to move now on the stimulus package

Feb 5, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Washington Post op-ed today arguing in favor of the stimulus is “a bit of a disappointment,” writes Joe Klein for Time. It’s "political boilerplate," and the president should probably stick to speeches. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that he's exactly... More »

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Congress • legislation • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

What the Stimulus Package Would Get Us

$800 billion, $647-page tome means big gov't again

Feb 1, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus plan—which stood at 647 pages when it passed the House last week—signals a return to “unabashed” big government, the Los Angeles Times reports. Here’s what it means:
  • For the next 2 years, individuals making under $75,000 will get
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energy • health insurance • unemployment • infrastructure • tax cuts • unemployment benefits • economic stimulus package • tax credit • emergency aid • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Rush: Give Me 46% of Stimulus

Obama can spend
his 54% of popular vote on infrastructure, pork, and I'll cut taxes

Jan 29, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like Barack Obama’s $900 billion stimulus plan, and he’s betting the 46% of the country that voted for John McCain don’t either. But don’t worry, Rush has a plan. “Under the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan of 2009,” he writes in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • infrastructure • economic stimulus package

 Caterpillar to Slash 20K Jobs 

Don't they know Obama wants to heap money on infrastructure?

Jan 26, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Caterpillar Inc will cut 20,000 jobs—or 18% of its workforce—after posting a 32% drop in fourth-quarter income, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We were whipsawed in the fourth quarter,” said CEO Jim Owens. “Key industries were hit by a rapidly deteriorating global economy.”... More »

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layoffs • construction • earnings reports • unemployment • Caterpillar • corporate earnings • infrastructure • job cuts • financial crisis

 House Dems Debut 
 $825B Stimulus Bill 

Public works, education get plenty of attention in measure

Jan 15, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats today introduced a long-awaited stimulus package, developed with President-elect Obama, and totaling $825 billion, the New York Times reports. The economic recovery plan includes billions in tax cuts, Medicare subsidies, and public-education and infrastructure spending. The Senate is developing its own version, and vigorous debate is anticipated as... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House of Representatives • recession • infrastructure • tax cuts • federal spending • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • President Obama • economic downturn • green jobs

Steel Industry Hopes Stimulus Will Forge Recovery

Execs want projects using American steel to be center of economic recovery

Jan 2, 09 2:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Leaders of America's sagging steel industry are hoping their operations will spearhead the economy's recovery with some major help from the US government, the New York Times reports. Steel orders have collapsed since September, causing thousands of layoffs. Execs are pushing hard for the expected stimulus package from the incoming... More »

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recession • US economy • infrastructure • steel • economic stimulus package • United Steelworkers • industry

 Stimulus Fight: Green Vs. Quick 

Democrats battle for stimulus in 2009 infrastructure bonanza

Dec 24, 08 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - As the incoming administration prepares its massive stimulus package, a divide is emerging between environmentalists, who want to prioritize "green-collar" jobs such as wind and solar power, and advocates of ready-to-go infrastructure like roads and bridges. As the Washington Post reports, each side is accusing the other of... More »

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infrastructure • green technology • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats

OPINION

The US Has Become the
GM of Nations

Friedman: Stimulus must be a reboot,
not just a bailout

Dec 24, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week Tom Friedman flew from Hong Kong to New York, and the contrast between the two cities' airports was "like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones." For the New York Times columnist, American infrastructure has become a symbol for a country that, for all its... More »

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Barack Obama • infrastructure • Thomas Friedman • economic stimulus package • bailout • auto bailout

Cash-Squeezed States Warn
of Collapsing Infrastructure

Fed stimulus eyed as municipal bonds wither

Dec 23, 08 6:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of infrastructure projects across the country are on hold as states wrestle with budget crises, the New York Times reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned yesterday that California was “on a track toward disaster" as school, bridge, and road construction projects ceased, the victims of the credit squeeze and... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • US states • infrastructure • bond • municipal bonds • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • state budgets

 Little Progress on 
 At-Risk Levees: Feds 

State and local governments have done little despite post-Katrina crackdown

Dec 22, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - More than half the 122 US levees cited for being in disrepair after Hurricane Katrina still need to be fixed, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained by USA Today—with 18 states and Puerto Rico having levees considered unreliable in major floods. The worst offenders are Washington and... More »

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flooding • infrastructure • repair • Army Corps of Engineers • levees

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