Green Roof Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Their problem was stormwater management: Rules in Prince George's County, Maryland, required them to detain the runoff from heavy rainstorms on-site, rather than divert it into municipal storm drains. The roof is also effective as a stormwater management system. The solar green roof is designed to detain between 1.8 Ted Cushman.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In early 2019, the City of Miami’s Office of Capital Improvements (OCI), honored the city’s flood prevention projects with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a backflow valve, #37 of 50, to be installed by the end of 2020 – with plans for continuation pending funding. The bioswales are designed to manage runoff and capture the initial 1.5

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 9, 2021

Stormwater management and flood resiliency solutions. But just as food production and consumption are key drivers of climate change, creating a regenerative food system can help us sequester carbon in soil and create healthier waterways and ecosystems. Digital and financial solutions. Systems enabling water reuse and resource recovery.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On March 13, 2020, Antero filed a lawsuit against Veolia in the District Court of Denver County, Colorado. An aerial view of the Clearwater facility in 2020. Credit: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance , 2020. In 2020, Bush’s family left their home in Greenwood, happy to move out from beneath the shadow of Clearwater.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2022

In cities, trees provide much-needed shade on hot summer days, remove pollution from the air, and help manage stormwater, reducing runoff and improving its quality. Former President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a tree-planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, April 22, 2020.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Silvopasture could make for healthier soil — and keep cattle alive during sweltering summers. With dam failures and overflows from combined sewer and stormwater systems common, there’s more work to do. Many Midwest cities collect stormwater and sewage in pipes that can’t handle the volume of rain coursing through.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Rising temperatures have also dried the soil, raising wildfire risks. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont , Washington, D.C.,

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