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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoA win for nature and people': Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
When I first started working at Wallasea it looked an awful lot like a construction site because that's what it was. But just 10 years on, there's no evidence of the diggers or trucks. There's just thousands and thousands of birds who now use it as a refuge, shelter and nursery for their chicks. It's an almost unbelievable transformation.
Environment
New York City
fromProPublica
3 weeks agoNew York Moves Forward With a Brooklyn Flood Protection Plan That Falls Short of Other City Projects
New York City is building $218 million flood protections in Red Hook that guard only against 10-year storms, leaving residents vulnerable to larger, frequent floods.
fromFast Company
1 month agoIn Toronto, a polluted industrial wasteland is now a beautiful park
"It's incredibly transformed," says Emily Mueller De Celis, a landscape architect at the firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which won a competition to "renaturalize" the area in 2007. "Rather than walking around in and amongst oil refineries and other industry, now you are immersed in nature, walking along the banks of a river with spectacular views back to the city."
Miscellaneous
US news
fromsubscriber.politicopro.com
7 months agoNew Hospitals, Schools and Apartments Will Have to Meet Stronger Building Codes for Flooding
New building codes require hospitals and schools to have stronger flood protection.
The International Code Council has approved major revisions to flood safety standards for construction.
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