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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

GreenBiz

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".

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Plan It Native landscape conference goes virtual

Greenability Magazine

Twenty-three speakers will cover a wide variety of topics, including selecting plants for pollinators, gardening for winter beauty and wildlife, principles for improving soil health, seeding and maintaining prairie plantings, native trees and plants, ecological restoration, replacements for invasive plants and green infrastructure.

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Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon

Envirotec Magazine

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. This is likely the result of increased infiltration, groundwater flow and stormwater runoff in the wet season.

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Call to ramp up joint action to get London’s rivers ‘climate-ready’

Envirotec Magazine

The public can get involved in citizen science projects to monitor the health of their rivers in order to gather evidence on the issues and opportunities for water quality improvements. Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42 million people, as well as £321bn-worth of homes.

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Pathogens hitch a ride on plastic

Envirotec Magazine

Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California , Davis. It highlights the importance of a One Health approach that requires collaboration across human, wildlife and environmental disciplines.

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Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn

Envirotec Magazine

The Government acknowledged the serious and growing impacts of poisonous particle pollution from brake, tyre and road surface wear on the environment and human health – but diverted attention away from the immediate and urgent need to stop it entering directly into rivers and streams, water quality specialists have warned.

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Dangers and opportunities of digital transformation explored at British Water Data Conference

Envirotec Magazine

The event took place at the Royal College of Pathology in London, but the body of water infrastructure was the one under examination on this occasion, not least, the health of the instrumentation monitoring some 375,000 combined sewage and stormwater overflows (CSOs) in the UK wastewater network. . “A