Posts tagged Stormwater
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National links: LA makes progress as a ‘sponge city’
LA’s stormwater runoff systems show promising results amid torrential downpours. Developers offer smaller homes for more affordable prices as homeownership becomes increasingly unattainable. Could tying housing policy changes to federal highway funding help address the housing shortage? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA submits new return-to-service plan in latest round of regulatory battle
WMATA submits revised request for additional trains. Real estate companies ordered to pay fine for DC housing discrimination. DC government proposes removal of buildings and homes from flood zone. Keep reading…
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Lawns may be green, but they’re terrible for the environment
I made my childhood fortune pulling dandelions. My father saw them as the scourge of his beautiful green lawn. At the time everyone wanted a yard with a large expanse of grass for the kids to play. It was a time of innocence. Now it’s a time of consequences. Keep reading…
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By 2025, we could fish and swim in the once notoriously-polluted Anacostia River
Hundreds of years ago, people could fish and swim in the Anacostia River without worry, but over time it became so polluted that the prospect of swimming or eating anything from it became absurd. The work of local governments and nonprofits, however, has catapulted this idea out from the absurd straight back into the realms of possibility. Keep reading…
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As climate change intensifies, how can the region adapt to extreme heat?
How will the Washington region be affected by extreme heat as the planet continues to heat up, and how can we adapt? That’s the topic national and local experts discussed in an event held jointly by the Urban Land Institute and Greater Greater Washington on Thursday, August 8. Keep reading…
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Events: Learn how a more resilient DC can mitigate extreme heat
Come learn how sustainable design and better planning can mitigate extreme heat, attend a discussion about how local landscape is designed, attend an open house about how federal workplaces can become more efficient, and more during this week’s events. Keep reading…
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Lawns may be green, but they’re terrible for the environment
I made my childhood fortune pulling dandelions. My father saw dandelions as the scourge of his beautiful green lawn. He paid two cents per pulled dandelion, provided the roots came up, too. I had job security because the neighbors let their dandelions go to seed, assuring that there would always be more dandelions for me to pull. Keep reading…
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A proposed change to DC Water fees would hit renters hardest
Since 2009, DC Water customers have paid a fee to help pay for the $2.7 billion federally mandated Clean Rivers Project which stops sewage from overflowing into our region’s waterways. As that fee has gone up, some customers with large parking lots such as churches and cemeteries say they have struggled to pay their water bills. Keep reading…
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Is the Washington region prepared for storms like Hurricane Florence?
Hurricane Florence is finally spinning away from the Carolinas, leaving a destructive wake including at least 32 people dead. The threat had governments in the Washington region engaging their emergency management plans and assessing how they would act in the case of a direct hit. Are we ready for destructive storms? Keep reading…
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Alexandria is already often waterlogged. How will it adjust to climate change?
Alexandria built its waterfront at a low elevation. That's become a real problem in recent years, and now the city is trying to figure out how to preserve its history and also adapt to a future with much more rain and flooding. Keep reading…