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The City of Pittsburgh is well on its way toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions by twenty percent in the next decade, according to the Pittsburgh Climate Initiative (PCI). PCI reports that over half of the recommendations in the Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan, v. 2.0 have already been completed or are ...

“NOAA’s National Weather Service does so much to promote flood safety, and Flood Safety Awareness Week is a shining example of that,” said FCA spokesman Bryan Fryklund, CFM. “We’re promoting this week on social media and our flood control blog to try to help get the word out about the importance of flood ...

Action Restoration, a certified restoration company, is now offering emergency water removal in Riverside, CA that is just in time for spring. A broken pipe, a natural flood or a malfunctioning appliance can occur at any time, resulting in a need for emergency water damage services in Riverside, CA and the company is adding this to its list of ...

Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that it has secured several contracts for wastewater treatment, high-rising building water supply equipment procurement and flash flood forecasting projects. ...

According to SERVPRO®, a national disaster clean-up leader, Hurricane Isaac was a recent, powerful reminder about the importance of disaster preparedness -- not only for those in the path of the storm, but for homeowners everywhere. "Natural disasters come in different forms, depending on where you live," said Rick Isaacson, Executive Vice ...

Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that it has secured contracts for flash flood early warning and small river hydrologic monitoring projects in ten provinces and municipalities in China. The ...

Forecasts of Bangladesh’s current floods were largely ignored by people living in the affected areas, say scientists, exposing gaps in disaster preparedness. At least 100 people died and 250,000 were left homeless when flash floods and landslides that followed torrential rains in Bangladesh in the last week of June, according to officials. ...

Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that it has secured contracts to develop core software systems for flash flood early warning and forecast projects in Beijing. The contracts totaled ...