Tag: flooding
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Pete’s Product Puzzle: VersaDry
Subtitle: Simple folded metal solves a common moisture problem Images: I first “learned” about VersaDry when a colleague of mine here at BuildingGreen — our materials and product expert, Brent Ehrlich — sent me the photo reproduced at right. I was in the same boat you are right now: “OK, thanks for the photo, Brent,…
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Pete’s Product Puzzle: VersaDry
Subtitle: Simple folded metal solves a common moisture problem Images: I first “learned” about VersaDry when a colleague of mine here at BuildingGreen — our materials and product expert, Brent Ehrlich — sent me the photo reproduced at right. I was in the same boat you are right now: “OK, thanks for the photo, Brent,…
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Holding Polluters Accountable for Stormwater Runoff
When it rains in cities or suburban areas with lots of roads and rooftops, rainwater is unable to soak into the ground. Instead, it flows along the surface where it picks up pollutants like sediment, chemicals, oil, grease …
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Insurance Firms Warn of the ‘Uninsurable’ Future of Climate Change
Ocean warming from climate change could make some parts of the world “uninsurable,” according to a new report from global insurance trade body, the Geneva Association.
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Massive Wetlands Destruction Project Still Pending
The Obama Administration is facing mounting pressure to release an environmental analysis that could recommend building the controversial New Madrid Levee, a component of the …