The Weekly: After the Marshall Fire, Builders Played a Central Role in Shaping Resilient Rebuilds
Builders have the power to influence how resilient a home rebuild is.
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The Weekly: Cities Are Cutting Billions in Sewer Compliance Costs by Letting Nature Do the Work
By adopting green infrastructure in place of some gray infrastructure, Kansas City reduced the total costs of managing its combined sewer system through 2040 by over $2 billion.
How to Sell Flood Infrastructure: Make It a Park
Cities spent decades building pipes and pumps to move water out fast. Hoboken tried absorbing it instead—and cut flooding by 88%.
The Weekly: How Maryland is Spending Its Conservation Dollars in Pennsylvania
Maryland is pioneering a cross-state conservation finance model to fund pollution reduction outside its borders while still meeting environmental obligations.
Should Wood Be a Public Utility?
Treating wood as a public utility, rather than a waste product, could reduce fire risk, support insurer re-entry, and unlock economic value that currently goes up in smoke.
The Weekly: How Data and Tools Enable Cities to Adopt Resilience at Scale
Cool roofs, permeable paving, green stormwater infrastructure, and strategic tree planting have all proven to reduce heat and flooding.
Beyond Disasters: Home Catalogs as a National Housing Solution
The same principles that accelerate disaster recovery can address housing supply constraints, urban disinvestment, and affordability challenges in any market.
How Los Angeles Is Reinventing Post-Disaster Rebuilding With Pre-Approved Home Catalogs
Los Angeles is pioneering a new disaster recovery model that combines cross-sector collaboration, AI-powered coordination technology, and pre-approved wildfire-resilient home catalogs.
Rhode Island Offers a Blueprint for Financing Coastal Climate Resilience
Over the last 15 years, Rhode Island has seen cataclysmic inland flooding, tornadoes, and rapidly rising sea levels wearing away at its coast. But the state plans to be a safer, more stable place to live in 50 years.
The Weekly: New York City’s Blueprint for Flood Resilience
Last week, New York City experienced another round of flash flooding thanks to a violent downpour, highlighting a thorny question: When do you harden infrastructure against stormwater, and when do you work with it?
Investing to Minimize Flooding and Protect Critical Water Resources: A Case Study From Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Historically, strong federal environmental regulations drove government action to manage water resources -- that’s changing as more communities experience flooding and see the benefits of nature-based solutions to mitigate those impacts.