Aging wastewater treatment plants and sewer networks quietly serve hundreds of millions of Americans every day — yet they receive a fraction of the funding and policy attention directed at roads, bridges, and the power grid. As extreme weather events intensify and populations swell, the consequences of continued neglect are becoming impossible to ignore. This article examines why wastewater infrastructure must be elevated to the front lines of America's resilience agenda.
Jul 16, 2026
Across the United States, roads, bridges, power grids, and water systems were engineered to withstand weather conditions that climate science says are no longer representative of reality. As extreme heat, unprecedented flooding, and intensifying storms expose the limits of decades-old design assumptions, the infrastructure sector faces an urgent reckoning with standards that were never meant to hold in a warming world.
Jul 14, 2026
From rural tribal nations in the Southwest to industrial campuses in the mid-Atlantic, microgrids are emerging as one of the most practical tools for communities seeking to insulate themselves from grid disruptions while advancing sustainability goals. The technology is no longer experimental—it is operational, economically defensible, and increasingly essential to any serious conversation about distributed energy resilience.
Jul 11, 2026