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Zombie Highways: Web Video: What about the environment?

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: August 10th, 2009
Zombie Highways: Web Video: What about the environment?

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr in a web report from Alabama on the environmental impact of building highways, and the growth they can create.

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National Governors Association on Infrastructure: Overview: The Nation’s Infrastructure Policy

BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: February 23rd, 2009
National Governors Association on Infrastructure: Overview: The Nation’s Infrastructure Policy

The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in partnership with Blueprint America and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, hosts a conversation at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, DC with Gov. Ed Rendell and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure

PUBLIC TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY :: December 29th, 2008
Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure

In America, the complex drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure systems are aging. Explore the history, engineering challenges, and political and economic realities of these hidden assets that support our way of life.

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America in Gridlock: Video: America in Gridlock Discussion

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 27th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: America in Gridlock Discussion

The NewsHour’s Ray Suarez talks with Chris Edwards, the director of fiscal policy at the CATO Institute, and Michael Gallis, an urban development consultant, on the future of America’s infrastructure.

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The Leak: Audio: Full Report

Weekend America :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Audio: Full Report

The longest tunnel in the world supplies New York City with drinking water - and it's leaking. Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr takes a look at the catastrophe that's unfolding several hundred feet underground.

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The Leak: Audio: Extended Interviews

WEEKEND AMERICA :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Audio: Extended Interviews

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr in extended interviews with the Deputy Commissioner of NYC Department of Environmental Protection in the Bureau of Water Supply and a staff attorney with the environmental advocacy group Riverkeeper regarding the leak in the Delaware aqueduct.

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The Leak: Video: Leaky Basement

WEEKEND AMERICA :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Video: Leaky Basement

Video of Julianne Lennon's basement in Wawarsing, NY, as a result of the leak in the Delaware Aqueduct.

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The Leak: Overview

WEEKEND AMERICA :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Overview

The longest tunnel in the world, the Delaware Aqueduct, supplies New York City with drinking water -- and it's leaking. Every 10 minutes or so, the aqueduct will leak at least enough to put a football field under three and a half feet of water. Blueprint America -- with Weekend America on public radio -- correspondent Rick Karr takes a look at the catastrophe that's unfolding several hundred feet underground.

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The Dig: The Imperial Valley water reservoir

THE DIG :: October 22nd, 2008
The Dig: The Imperial Valley water reservoir

California began construction on a $250 million reservoir to store water from the Colorado River that, until now, has been flowing down into Mexico.

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