What civil engineers are reading this week

• Congress makes moves on recycling funding, single-use plastic reduction

  Legislators are working through numerous recycling-related bills meant to prevent plastic pollution and reduce single-use plastic use.

• Here's why Egypt's new billion-dollar capital is an urban planning nightmare

  Based 21 miles east of Cairo, the new "smart" capital will house more than 6.5 million residents over 270 square miles.

• Renewable energy is surging, but trouble looms

  The International Energy Agency projects that spending on renewables in 2022 will exceed the record $440 billion invested last year.

• Water security is now a key US foreign policy priority

  Almost half the global population will experience "severe water stress" by 2030. A new White House strategy aims to tackle the problem.

• Where the supply chain recovery stands

  Two years into the crisis that disrupted global supply chains, the busiest port complex in the U.S. is still battling bottlenecks across the board.

• Cabless autonomous electric truck approved for US public roads

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved an autonomous electric vehicle to operate on public roads in the U.S., and there'll be no driver in the cab as the vehicle doesn't have one.