Infrastructure Risk Management

09/25/2022

Flexibility among electric-vehicle owners in how and when they charge their cars is seen as key in avoiding stress on the electrical grid.

09/25/2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/25/1124167790/jupiter-closest-earth-opposition-nasa?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

09/25/2022

Find insight on California’s zero-emission standard, the benefits of ESG investing and more in the latest Market Talks covering ESG Impact Investing.

09/25/2022

Major Firefighting Strategies': From 2 Million Acers Burned per Year to 300 K = BIG WIN

In a relatively mild year for wildfires in California, heavy smoke downwind of the blazes can wreak havoc with tourism businesses—and raise health concerns.

09/25/2022

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A reminder that solar and wind power aren’t cost or risk free.

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Diversion_Dam

The Laguna Diversion Dam is a rock-filled diversion dam on the Colorado River. It is located 13 miles northeast of Winterhaven, CA–Yuma, AZ on Imperial County route S24. Constructed between 1903 and 1905, the dam was the first dam built on the Colorado River and subsequently ended boat travel to t...

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma_Project

The Yuma Project is a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project built to irrigate over 68,000 acres (280 km2) of land in Yuma County, Arizona and parts of Imperial County, California. The project is designed to exploit year-round farming conditions and water from the Colorado River. It consists of the Lagu...

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Training_Center

The Desert Training Center (DTC), also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942.

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algodones_Dunes

The Algodones Dunes is a large sand dune field, or erg, located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of California, near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California. The field is approximately 45 miles (72 km) long by 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and extends along a northwest-...

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cahuilla

Lake Cahuilla (/kəˈwiː.ə/ kə-WEE-ə;[1][2][3] also known as Lake LeConte and Blake Sea) was a prehistoric lake in California and northern Mexico. Located in the Coachella and Imperial Valleys, it covered surface areas of 5,700 km2 (2,200 sq mi) to a height of 12 m (39 ft) above sea level during...

09/24/2022

Is The Cornerstone of Renewable Energy Systems for the Western Grid.

09/24/2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Salton_Sea_National_Wildlife_Refuge

The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Imperial Valley of California, 40 miles (64 km) north of the Mexican border. Situated at the southern end of the Salton Sea, the refuge protects one of the most important nesting sites and stopovers along the Pacific Flyway. Despit...