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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011. The program, which launched in 2011, is a 25-year effort to install stormwater runoff-absorbing green infrastructure and improve traditional infrastructure, easing the burden on our combined sewer system and reducing combined sewer overflows.

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Land-use, climate change, and policy – Opportunities to act locally while thinking globally

HumanNature

Progress in Planning 75 , 53–107 (2011). Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change. Environmental Science & Policy 13 , 785–792 (2010). Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5 , 72–77 (2013). Interim report to USDA under Contract# GS-23F-8182H 53 (2011). Colorado’s water plan.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

The price of solar panels and wind turbines has declined 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively, since 2011. [5] 8] The hardening required of nuclear plants first in response to 9/11 and then in response to the loss of Fukushima Daiichi in 2011 has further ensured their contribution to reliability, resiliency, and affordability. [9]

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100 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements -- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions - 44.8% Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements -- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4 From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7