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How to make sure Biden's infrastructure plan can hold up to climate change – and save money

  • Written by Jeremy Bricker, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
imageIn the Netherlands, some flood control systems are designed to adapt to future climate change. Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

The Biden administration is proposing a massive infrastructure plan to replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and other critical structures. But to make those investments pay off, the U.S....

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