Strong Cargo Deliveries Forcing Fast Action On Upgrades At U.S. Seaports

The biggest and busiest ports on the east and west coast are working on infrastructure developments to handle a general uptick of activity

The nation’s seaports are strong economic drivers in the United States today, even more so because of the rise of e-commerce and the coming of…

Manufacturing Continues It’s digital Retooling

The digital economy and the internet of things are helping step up manufacturing productivity.
Manufacturing is in a state of transition as the digital economy and Internet of Things (IoT) works into the process. But it will continue to be one of the strongest economic forces in this country for…

A Policy Perspective on the State of Wildland Fire

So what’s up at the national level when it comes to wildfire? We have some gnarly challenges ahead. Fire itself can be a gnarly challenge, meaning complex and difficult to deal with, and the challenges have gotten gnarlier in recent decades.

At the national level, we have changed our…

Natural Gas, Renewables Pushing Coal Down But Not Out

Analysts and systems managers in the electric utility industry have a lot on their plate, especially when it comes to hot button issues such as building out the smart grid and making it impervious to cyber-attacks.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg.

Sustainable energy continues to…

Planting Seeds to Reap the Harvest of a Digital Future

Agribusiness is using drones and other internet collaborations for more production efficiencies.

The agribusiness in this country and around the world has been relatively conservative about economic growth. It’s still a solid investment, and the growth has been slow and steady.

But there has been some decline especially in…