The infrastructure plan proposed by the Biden administration can be described as a bumpy road. Elliott David Sclar, chairman of the Earth Institute at Columbia University said that is because in essence, this is a political issue.  

Elliott David Sclar, chairman of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said that the United States faces many challenges in terms of roads and bridges.

The United States is called the “automobile country”, which means that the total number of vehicles and per capita share of Americans ranks first in the world, and they have to drive wherever they go.  See why Rahm Pendiala, a professor at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment, says that public transportation in the United States needs a qualitative change.

The water supply system is important for the daily life of residents in the U.S., especially the supply of drinking water. Environmental pollution and leaded water supply pipes are threatening residents’ drinking water.  Hear more from Samuel Sandoval Solis, Associate Professor, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Water Management at UC Davis.

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