Infrastructure
Voters back privatized infrastructure
U.S. voters are increasingly supportive of privatized investment in the country's infrastructure, according to a new poll. Full Article
Senate may give billions for clean water
The U.S. government could dedicate nearly $40 billion to improving drinking water and repairing sewers under a bill that was approved by the Senate public works committee. Full Article
Building in lean times
The Obama administration has made infrastructure spending a top priority as the U.S. grapples with the need for stimulus projects and a tight financial situation on the ground. Full Coverage
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Environment
Development takes toll on Chesapeake crabs
It doesn't look like a disaster area as boats dart back and forth on this inlet of the Chesapeake Bay. But watermen aren't pulling blue crabs out of the Bay this winter. After years of decline, the U.S. Commerce Department declared the fishery a federal disaster last September and Maryland and Virginia shut it down until spring. Full Article | Video
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Infrastructure spending: where's the beef?
U.S. Representative Scott Garett, a critic of stimulus spending, explains his differences with President Obama's stimulus plan. Video
Targeting toll roads
David Horner of Allen & Overy joins Pat Fitzgibbons to discuss how proposed legislation might affect public and private partnerships for spending on U.S. road infrastructure. Video
Water in the West
Pat Fitzgibbons hosts a discussion of the drought in the Western U.S. with Reuters Los Angeles Bureau Chief Mary Milliken and Jonas Minton, Water Policy advisor of the Planning and Conservation League in Sacramento. Video
California water worries
California is in the midst of a 3-year drought and farmers and cities alike are trying to cope. Video Video
Focus on infrastructure
The head of the American Society of Civil Engineers joins Carrie Lee and Patrick Fitzgibbons in New York to discuss his organization's recently published infrastructure ratings. Video
