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EPA provides technical assistance to upstate New York County to promote smart growth strategies
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will offer technical assistance to Madison County, New York, to help it implement smart growth strategies that preserve the county’s rural character. This initiative, which is part of the EPA’s Smart Growth Implementation Assistance program, aims to help communities address development challenges in ways that improve the ...
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EPA Smart Growth Assistance to advance collaborative planning in Billings
At an event at Highland Elementary School in Billings, Mont., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today presented a technical assistance award to the City of Billings to develop a model for collaborative planning that aligns school planning with community revitalization, affordable housing, and transportation plans. EPA Regional Administrator Jim Martin joined Billings School ...
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State of Vermont Receives EPA smart growth assistance
EPA recently announced that Vermont has been one of five selected recipients of the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) program nationwide. This program will offer assistance to help understand new or cutting-edge development issues in five areas of the country, and then replicate that assistance to other places facing similar challenges. In the fall of 2011, the state of ...
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U.S. EPA: San Francisco selected to receive federal assistance for infrastructure planning, smart growth
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will offer technical assistance on cutting-edge development issues in five areas of the country, including San Francisco, Calif. The Agency plans to replicate that assistance to other places facing similar development challenges. EPA’s Smart Growth Implementation Assistance program helps communities address development in ways that improve ...
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Mapping potential water risks in China`s Wei River
The Wei River in west-central China is not just the largest tributary of the Yellow River, but it has also been a critical water source for communities for thousands of years. To manage this important resource, water authorities in China just announced that they plan to invest 6 billion yuan - more than US$950 million - this year to fight floods and pollution in the Wei. This investment in water ...
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Investing in green infrastructure will bring multiple returns to nature, society and people
The European Commission adopted today a new strategy for encouraging the use of green infrastructure, and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of spatial planning. Green Infrastructure is a tried and tested tool that uses nature to provide ecological, economic and social benefits. Instead of building flood protection infrastructure, for example, a green ...
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Environmental standards for eco towns lead the way
The Environment Agency has today welcomed the high environmental standards proposed in the draft planning guidance for eco town developments. The draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS), published today for public consultation by Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), includes environmental standards to ensure a variety of water management, flood risk and environmental protection ...
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