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Turning cities into sponges: how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change

March 21, 2018

How does a city cope with extreme weather? These days, urban planning that doesn’t factor in some sort of catastrophic weather event is like trying to build something in a fictional utopia.

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New Ways To Capture The Power Of Urban Trees To Reduce Pollution

Jan. 25, 2018

The Center for Watershed Protection announced recently it has developed a groundbreaking new method to account for the capacity of trees planted in urban areas to reduce runoff pollution.

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Development of guidelines for understanding stormwater flows under way

Jan. 19, 2018

Scottsdale has accepted a $44,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to develop the first steps of a regional alternative stormwater handbook.

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California homeowners could get a tax break to capture rainwater

Nov. 8, 2017

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: California homeowners could get a tax break to capture rainwater in their backyards.

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Volunteers Needed for Citizen Science Project

Nov. 3, 2017

FROM THE CITY OF TUCSON NEWSNET: BECOME A CITIZEN SCIENTIST WITH PROJECT HARVEST – The University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture & Life Sciences is looking for volunteers to join its Citizen Science Project.

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