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Key phase of Everglades restoration project starts in November

AGreenLiving

The state was just awarded a $200 million contract, meaning the last step of this plan, which Congress approved in 2009, will finally begin in November. miles of the eastern Tamiami Trail with features to further improve water conveyance, roadway safety, and stormwater treatment,” according to an official statement.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

Additionally, the strengthened tax builds investments in spending accounts for operations, capital, and stormwater prevention and cleanup of toxic pollution of sites, explicitly allowing use of funds for affordable housing sites developments. Photo by Samantha Bushman. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

Ginkgo Sustainability is bringing sustainability into the built environment through living roofs and living walls, structures that use plant power to lower building energy use, reduce stormwater runoff, improve air quality and encourage biodiversity.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. In 2009, high levels of fecal coliform, bacteria like E. Pavement is degrading faster. Trees are drowning as the soil becomes soupier , starving their roots of oxygen.

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

Grist

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. In 2009, one study calculated that the program had only offset about 10 percent of the coal plant’s emissions.