01/13/2025Environment Federation of American Scientists Unveils Federal Policy Agenda for Tackling Extreme Heat; Supported by 60+ OrganizationsAnnouncement Comes as 2024 is Officially Declared Hottest Year on Record; Lingering Effects of Extreme Heat Fuel Catastrophic Wildfires in C…
01/03/2025‘A place for kids to play and a place to store water’: the stormwater capture zone that is also a playgroundThe Guardian: Caleb Stratton, Hoboken’s chief resilience officer, recalls how city officials asked him to lead the rebuilding and recovery e…
12/16/2024Flood Control as a Social Movement: Coastal Communities Adapt to a Wetter RealityHarvard News: Sandy’s arrival in 2012 accelerated the search for water management solutions that combined gray and green approaches. This hy…
12/02/2024Revitalising New York Harbor: The Billion Oyster ProjectGeographical: The benefits of breeding oysters and better sewage- disposal practices have already changed the course of New York Harbor life…
11/25/2024New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasBloomberg: Living Breakwaters, one of seven funded projects to emerge from the competition, addresses more than storm surge. It is designed …
11/05/2024How Flood Defenses Can Enhance the Public RealmArch Daily: Superstorm Sandy inundated Lower Manhattan, causing billions in property and infrastructure damage. To protect against future fl…
10/29/2024Staten Island ‘Breakwaters’ Stand as Monument to Sandy and Speed Bump for Future StormsThe City: Less than a quarter-mile off Staten Island’s southernmost shore, eight rocky structures rise from the ocean and run parallel to th…
10/29/2024Resilient Transit = Congestion PricingNew York Daily News: Twelve years ago today, Superstorm Sandy made landfall and devastated New York City and surrounding communities. After …
10/17/2024First Phase of East Side Storm Protection Complete; Popular Playground ReopensMSN: NYC completed a major part of a storm protection project on Manhattan’s Lower East Side this week, at a time when natural disasters are…
10/12/2024How millions of oysters could protect coastlines against climate changeCBC: In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the U.S. eastern seaboard. The storm surge, flooding and winds caused extensive loss of life a…
10/08/20242024 Obel Award goes to 36×36 by Colectivo C733 in MexicoWallpaper: The 2024 Obel Award has just been announced, crowning 36x36 by Colectivo C733 in Mexico its winner. A true collective formed by t…
10/07/2024Experts Say We’re Not Budgeting for More Frequent Billion-Dollar DisastersScripps News: While Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas pick through likely tens of billions of dollars in damage from Helene, another mighty…
10/03/2024$111M coastal resiliency project wrapped up on Staten IslandDredging Today: An innovative $111 million Living Breakwaters project on Staten Island has been completed.…
10/02/2024Landmark Green-Wood Cemetery has a New Job: Protecting Brooklyn from FloodingBrooklyn Daily Eagle: In the wake of deadly storms like Hurricane Ida and Helene, new rainwater-absorbing systems turn hundreds of acres int…
10/01/2024Landmark Green-Wood Cemetery Has a New Job: Protecting Brooklyn From FloodingThe City: In the wake of deadly storms like Hurricane Ida and Helene, new rainwater-absorbing systems turn hundreds of acres into an urban s…
09/29/2024Celebration of $111 Million Living Breakwaters Construction Project Not Dampened by RainSI Live: The much-anticipated construction completion celebration of the Living Breakwaters project may have been dampened by rain on Sept. …