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Editorial: Trump’s move to sacrifice environment for infrastructure progress
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President Trump has ordered federal agencies to expedite infrastructure project permitting and thwart NEPA, CWA and more in the name of economic recovery. How will local and state government leaders respond?
Cities find green ways to reduce storm floods
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From Portland to Miami, communities are taking creative — and eco-friendly — steps to tame stormwater
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Reasons why you should spend your ARP funding now (infographic)
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Agencies have substantial discretion to spend money in ways that best suit the needs of constituents. Some of the ways might surprise you.
How South Holland, Illinois is helping residents protect their properties against flooding
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South Holland's Flood Assistance Rebate Program is a powerful incentive to be proactive about flooding and flood mitigation
Why now is the perfect time to expand the Weatherization Assistance Program
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An architecture professor explains why expanding the federal program assisting low-income homeowners with weatherization projects is exactly the move we need to make right now, to survive the pandemic and beyond
Ask a town administrator: Marblehead, Massachusetts’ Jason Silva
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Jason Silva shares preservation, sustainability and transportation initiatives, and his biggest challenge.
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.: Resilient, resolved to rebuild, revitalize
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After historic flooding pummeled much of the town in 2016, White Sulphur Springs has been making a come back.
Missoula climate plan one step closer to implementation
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The Climate Ready Missoula Plan has been drafted over the past two years by local city, county and nonprofit employees.
Resilence Matters e-book: The year when climate change got real
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But if climate change got real in 2019, climate resilience got realer
$14M in federal funds heading to Hoboken to mitigate flooding
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The Northwest Resiliency Park transforms an asphalt-covered site into a vegetated park filled with amenities for the Hoboken community, while filtering and storing stormwater to alleviate the City’s infrastructure system and adjacent nuisance flooding.
Florida Considers Creating Task Force on Sea-Level Rise
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The legislation considered Tuesday would establish an Office of Resiliency headed by the governor's chief resilience officer, who he appointed last summer as part of a broader effort to address the state's environmental challenges.
Erosion, Floods Make Some Final Resting Places Not so Final
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On an island off New York City, authorities in 2018 found 174 bones unearthed on a site that holds the remains of more than 1 million people. The culprit was shoreline erosion.
California Has Protections Against Trump Rollback of Environmental Rules (But That Doesn't Mean the State Won't Be Harmed)
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States, including California, as well as environmental groups are already threatening lawsuits to block the revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act, which would probably push the issue into next year, meaning they hinge on Trump's re-election.
A Florida Town's Pioneering Plan to Fund Retreat From Sea Rise: Have New Development Pitch in
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Surfside is pioneering what appears to be a first of its kind solution for residents in the decades to come: a fund for potential buyouts. The new Resilience Fund houses money from developers with an equal match from the town.
New Orleans High School Focuses on Environmental Protection, Climate Change
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The school's mission is intricately tied to the state's future. A multitude of issues from the leveeing of the Mississippi River to oil and gas development have made Louisiana ground zero for coastal land loss.
Will a Climate Bond Help California Prepare for Disasters?
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The bulk of the borrowing proposal would go toward reducing wildfire risk throughout the state. It also includes money to protect farmland from climate change, bolster the state's scarce water sources and help coastal communities plan for sea level rise.
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