4/10 From a tactical lens, desal plants are:
• Large, fixed, coastal
• Easy to geolocate
• Energy‑intensive
• Slow to repair
One successful hit can force rationing and emergency measures within hours.
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Historic dam disasters led to crucial safety improvements, but the current climate crisis poses renewed risks to reservoir integrity. 🌍💧 Ensure proactive measures to prevent future tragedies. Link: https://tinyurl.com/274pavkm #ClimateCrisis #WaterSafety #InfrastructureRisk

⚓ Red Sea Cable Cuts Disrupt Connectivity and Expose Global Infrastructure Risks - 🔎 Read the complete article from ComplexDiscovery OÜ's cybersecurity beat at complexdiscovery.com/red-sea-cabl.... #Cybersecurity #InfrastructureRisk #Telecommunications #Geopolitics

⚠️ Dam overtopping risks in the U.S. are on the rise, posing threats to nearby communities.
Prof. AghaKouchak, Lead, Water, Climate & Infrastructure Risk, UNU-INWEH & co-authors call for urgent climate-smart infrastructure action.

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US Electric Grid Faces Multiple Threats to Reliability as Complexity Mounts The US electric grid faces increasing complexity and multiple threats to reliability, including fuel supply, market design, regulations, and permitting processes. A lack of unified responsibility across Congress, FERC, and States contributes to inaction and inconsistent policies, further exacerbated by state-level actions impacting interstate grid reliability. Recent warnings from NERC and the National Academies of Science highlight the fragility of the grid. Solutions are prioritized based on reliability value and expediency. Highest priority actions include expediting generator winterization, ensuring natural gas fuel assurance (requiring Congressional action), and overhauling state permitting processes to reduce interstate reliability impacts. Medium priority actions involve unleashing flexible demand, finishing generator interconnection reforms, safeguarding against premature generation retirements, improving wholesale market design, and streamlining federal permitting. Lower priority solutions focus on improving state resource planning, optimizing the existing transmission system, and improving conventional transmission expansion, which face complex political and logistical hurdles. Key actors and responsibilities are distributed: Congress addresses statutory changes like fuel assurance mandates and federal permitting reform; FERC handles wholesale market design and interconnection reforms; States reform permitting processes and engage with Regional Transmission Organizations; NERC monitors grid reliability; and Regional Transmission Organizations manage grid operations. Underlying concerns include political challenges, agency discretion regarding reliability decisions, balancing short-term costs with long-term resilience, navigating state versus federal authority, and ensuring market signals accurately reflect reliability costs and benefits. A summary table categorizes solutions by priority, key actors, importance, and implementation difficulty, encompassing expedited winterization, natural gas assurance, state permitting reforms, flexible demand, interconnection reforms, generation retirement safeguards, market design improvements, and federal permitting streamlining, alongside lower-priority initiatives for state resource planning and transmission optimization.

US Electric Grid Faces Multiple Threats to Reliability as Complexity Mounts #MISO #GridReliability #USElectricity #InfrastructureRisk #EnergyPolicy #ComplexSystem

America’s Cities Are Sinking Faster Than You Think A comprehensive study reveals that all 28 of the largest U.S. cities are sinking, with groundwater extraction identified as the primary cause, posing significant challenges for infrastructure and urban planning.

America's largest cities are sinking, with some areas dropping up to 2 inches per year. Discover what's causing it and why it matters. #UrbanSubsidence #InfrastructureRisk #ClimateImpact

Texas municipalities seek release of federal funds amid funding freeze Texas awaits federal fund release after state approval for funded programs in December.

Denton's future sustainability is at risk as federal funds remain frozen, leaving the city in limbo over critical resources.

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Community urges council to address bridge safety concerns amid Sound Transit project Residents call on local council to address hazardous conditions affecting bridge safety and homes.

Residents of Lake Forest Park are sounding the alarm over a perilous 60-foot drop near a bridge that could lead to tragic accidents if immediate action isn't taken.

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Permafrost is no longer permanent: Arctic communities in danger Melting permafrost threatens infrastructure, food security, and health in Arctic communities. Immediate action is needed.

Permafrost is no longer permanent: Arctic communities in danger: Melting permafrost threatens infrastructure, food security, and health in Arctic communities. Immediate action is needed.

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