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Ecoroofs, Bioswales, Water Gardens: Cities Get Creative To Tame Stormwater Floods

For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that expanded by filling …

Post-Tornado ‘Green’ Rebuild Considered a Mixed Success in Greensburg, Kansas

A dozen years after a tornado nearly wiped out Greensburg, Kansas, city leaders acknowledge that the decision to rebuild as “the greenest community in America” has been a mixed success. The E-5 tornado on May 4, 2007, killed 11 people …