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BOND ACT INCLUDES VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS, GREEN BUILDINGS AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

Politico: An agreement between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a $3 billion bond act includes some broad categories for the use of the funding, including voluntary buyouts of properties threatened by rising seas. These details for the “Restore Mother Nature” bond act were included in the Capital Projects bill released after midnight Wednesday. Another […]

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NEW YORK LAWMAKERS PASS HISTORIC $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT AS PART OF 2020-2021 STATE BUDGET

Updates

Coalition of 100+ Organizations Supported Historic Commitment to Clean Water and Flood Reduction for ALBANY, NY — The New York State Legislature today passed a historic $3 billion Environmental Bond Act as part of the 2020-2021 state budget, providing funding for key investments in local infrastructure and environmental restoration that will help communities across New York prepare for flooding, rising seas, and dangerous extreme heat. The

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WHAT A CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY COULD LOOK LIKE

Press

Grist: Michael Berkowitz is a student of disaster, and a guru on how cities weather them. As the former executive director of the nonprofit consultancy 100 Resilient Cities, and now as founding principal at the similar Resilient Cities Catalyst, he has worked with dozens of local governments around the world to plan for hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes, terrorist

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INTO THE WILD

Events

From warming huts for one of the world’s coldest cities to leisure-led flood defence systems, these CLAD Features: Last January, the temperature in Winnipeg plunged to -39.8 degrees Celsius – colder than Siberia, colder than the North Pole and colder even than Mars, which at the time was basking in a relatively balmy -7. But Winnipeg

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ACCELERATING ADAPTATION PRACTICE

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Over the last 10 years, 60 out of 62 counties in New York State were impacted by severe storms and flooding, tropical storms, or hurricanes. The major federal disaster declarations for these counties totaled $16.4 billion in federal aid for recovery efforts. Scientists estimate the costs of climate change in New York State will rise

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ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT LOBBY DAY

Events

Join us in Albany New York to Lobby the New York State Legislature for the 2020 Environmental Bond Act that will restore ecology and lower risk from flooding. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 New York State Capital Albany, NY Click here to rsvp: bit.ly/2020Bond

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PUBLIC MEETING FOR MEADOWLANDS PROJECT – JOIN REMOTELY

Events

Join the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at a Rebuild by Design Meadowlands Public Meeting to discuss project improvements throughout the project area including flood risk reduction elements and ecological and community features. The Rebuild By Design Meadowlands Flood Protection Project is a comprehensive urban water management project designed to reduce the risk

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NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY GO IT ALONE ON RESILIENCY IN WAKE OF ARMY CORPS DECISION

Press

Politico: With the Trump administration pulling funding for a comprehensive resiliency study in New Jersey and New York, local governments are increasingly on their own to pursue costly efforts to bolster their shorelines in the face of rising sea levels and more intense storms. So far, few projects have been completed to better protect the

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HOBOKEN GETS BOOST FOR PARK THAT WILL ALSO HOLD FLOODWATERS

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US News: Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a large public park that will double as a reservoir for nearly 2 million gallons of storm water to prevent it from flooding city streets. On Monday, officials announced the awarding of a $14 million federal grant to

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BAY AREA UPDATE: CITY OF SAN RAFAEL

Updates

The awareness of city and county staff, community residents and other local stakeholders to the City of San Rafael’s significant vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise was heightened through the Bionic Team’s Elevate San Rafael project as part of Resilient by Design. The deep research and conceptual designs developed by the Bionic team, alongside

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BOND ACT INCLUDES VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS, GREEN BUILDINGS AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

NEW YORK LAWMAKERS PASS HISTORIC $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT AS PART OF 2020-2021 STATE BUDGET

WHAT A CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY COULD LOOK LIKE

INTO THE WILD

ACCELERATING ADAPTATION PRACTICE

ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT LOBBY DAY

PUBLIC MEETING FOR MEADOWLANDS PROJECT – JOIN REMOTELY

NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY GO IT ALONE ON RESILIENCY IN WAKE OF ARMY CORPS DECISION

HOBOKEN GETS BOOST FOR PARK THAT WILL ALSO HOLD FLOODWATERS

BAY AREA UPDATE: CITY OF SAN RAFAEL

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