Can The United States', Aging Power Grid, Keep Up With Climate Change?.<br />Can The United States', Aging Power Grid, Keep Up With Climate Change?.<br />NPR News reports the United States' <br />aging power grid is struggling to meet <br />the demand of the American people.<br />While it is a technological wonder of the <br />twentieth-century, our power grid <br />is in need of some fortifying. .<br />Experts say the country's electrical infrastructure must be improved to keep pace with the ever changing climate of the world.<br />Experts say the country's electrical infrastructure must be improved to keep pace with the ever changing climate of the world.<br />Everything that <br />we've built, <br />including the <br />electric grid, <br />assumed a <br />stable climate. , Alice Hill, environmental expert <br />Council on Foreign Relations, via NPR News.<br />Everything that <br />we've built, <br />including the <br />electric grid, <br />assumed a <br />stable climate. , Alice Hill, environmental expert <br />Council on Foreign Relations, via NPR News.<br />This year's unprecedented weather <br />events forced millions of Americans <br />to endure prolonged electricity outages.<br />Climate change is causing extreme <br />weather events to occur more <br />often and with more intensity.<br />Overall, the outlook <br />is not terribly positive.<br />... there is a worse <br />storm ahead. <br />And then,<br />probably, that <br />will be exceeded. , Alice Hill, environmental expert <br />Council on Foreign Relations, via NPR News.<br />... there is a worse <br />storm ahead. <br />And then,<br />probably, that <br />will be exceeded. , Alice Hill, environmental expert <br />Council on Foreign Relations, via NPR News.<br />Recent infrastructure legislation will dedicate billions of dollars to modernize and strengthen energy transmission in the United States.<br />White House officials say $65 billion <br />will go towards the energy grid.<br />However, an independent analysis conducted by <br />the World Resources Institute found that only around $27 million would be dedicated <br />to power infrastructure.<br />It's better than nothing, but, <br />you know, with such momentous challenges that we face, this isn't really up to the magnitude <br />of that challenge. , Daniel Cohan, associate professor <br />enviro engineering Rice University, via NPR News.<br />It's better than nothing, but, <br />you know, with such momentous challenges that we face, this isn't really up to the magnitude <br />of that challenge. , Daniel Cohan, associate professor <br />enviro engineering Rice University, via NPR News
