10/24/2022Hurricane Sandy: Here’s a 10-year timeline of post-storm resiliency projectsSI Advance: Ten years ago Hurricane Sandy ravaged Staten Island’s shoreline, leaving damage that would take years to repair. In the years fo…
10/06/2022The Living Breakwaters Could Be NJ’s Newest Defense Against Storm SurgeNew Jersey Digest Magazine: Residents of New Jersey are no strangers to storm surge. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy battered the coastal towns of …
09/15/2022New York’s $4.2B environmental bond act getting big boost from advocatesNY Daily News: Advocates are spending big to back a state plan to borrow $4.2 billion to help brace New York’s aging infrastructure against …
08/30/2022Army Corps prefers small flood gates to large storm surge barriersNY1: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quietly announced earlier this month that it favors a plan to build several small flood gates at the m…
07/13/2022Make NYC a sponge: Report calls for green infrastructure to protect from extreme rainfallSI Advance: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled through New York City, Staten Island saw levels of rainfall not witnessed in recent …
07/12/2022City’s latest plan to face down flooding: Inflatable dams, sandbags to at-risk homesNY1: Darinko Mrvica and his family have lived in his well-manicured brick home in Whitestone, Queens, for 40 years. The basement floods abou…
07/09/2022City Releases ‘Band-Aid’ Plan for Coping With Heavy RainfallCity Limits: The Adams administration released a plan Thursday to address heavy rainfall in the immediate lead-up to and aftermath of an ext…
07/08/2022Rainproofing New York City is an achievable goalNY Daily News Opinion, by Amy Chester and Lot Locher: Last summer, back-to-back heavy rainfalls broke two records 10 days apart, leaving 13 …
06/16/2022‘We’re going to help people’Longmont Times-Call: The Boulder County commissioners this week approved an initial slate of 10 projects to address disparities exposed by t…
06/06/2022Will New Yorkers Vote “Green” This Fall? The $4.2 Billion Environmental Bond Act, ExplainedExaminer Plus: In November, New York voters have the opportunity to greenlight a landmark $4.2 Environmental Bond Act, which, if approved, w…
05/12/2022Cities Brace for Apocalyptic Flooding As New Age of Super Storms DawnsNewsweek: There are a million ways to die in New York City but drowning in a rainstorm is not something many New Yorkers have ever worried a…
05/09/2022Longmont early childhood village part of American Rescue Act proposalsLongmont Leader: A $1.5 million infusion of “seed money” for an early childhood community village in southeast Longmont is one of the propos…
05/09/2022Boulder County hears proposals for $63M in federal relief moneyDaily Camera: Providing direct cash assistance to low-income families, investing in affordable housing projects and creating a mental health…
04/13/2022How Extreme Weather Has Created a Disaster for School InfrastructureWashington Post: When last summer’s devastating flood put the town of Waverly, Tenn., underwater, Richard Rye was standing on the roof of th…
03/17/2022Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?On a recent Saturday afternoon, diners at the Brooklyn restaurant Grand Army slurped oysters drizzled in mignonette and lemon juice against …
03/08/2022Lessons from New York: What makes a community turn against climate adaptation?Grist: Robert Moses, the public official responsible for transforming much of New York City’s landscape in the 20th century, built East Rive…