April 23, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Organic carbon in runoff from urbanized landscapes is more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing to low-oxygen “dead zones” in coastal waters. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 8, 2013
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For more than 40 years, snowmelt and runoff from Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains has been dammed and redirected hundreds of kilometers to the south to irrigate oases farms in the arid, sub-Saharan Draa Basin. But a new study finds that far from alleviat… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 13, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Getting the right city density – generally expressed in the US as people per square mile or homes per acre – to support sustainable and pleasant living… Continue reading
January 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Vegetated drainage ditches can help capture pesticide and nutrient loads in field runoff, scientists report. These ditches — as common in the country as the fields they drain — give farmers a low-cost alternative for managing agricultural pollutants … Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 29, 2012
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Scientists have identified sources of Escherichia coli bacteria that could help restore the reputation of local livestock. Studies suggest that in some parts of California, pathogens in local waterways are more often carried there via runoff from urban… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 26, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
To move more deliberately toward anything resembling a sustainable future, we need to use land more efficiently, building more compactly, with significantly higher… Continue reading
April 25, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
In January of 2010, Toronto became the first city in North America to require the installation of green roofs on new commercial, institutional, and multifamily res… Continue reading
May 12, 2011
by Larry Levine
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Larry Levine, Senior Attorney, New York As I’ve described in other blogs here, and here, New York City has a nearly 30 billion gallon-per-year problem with raw sewage overflows that’s going to take decades of sustained public and private in… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 8, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
I’ve been a bit of a one-man band over the last 2-3 years, arguing that we need a second generation of smart growth theory that goes beyond thinking about lan… Continue reading