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Nearly $1M grant to fund climate projects in Allegheny County environmental justice communities

Reid Frazier·January 27, 2025

Fifteen environmental justice communities in the county are eligible for funding to address flooding with projects like rain gardens, green infrastructure and debris removal.

Climate Change Environmental Justice

Allegheny County Health Department gets $930k grant to grow climate resilience

Julia Fraser·August 23, 2024

Green infrastructure projects will be built to help vulnerable communities with a high flood risk become more resilient to the impact of climate change.

Climate Change Environmental Justice

PA Cities Have a Sewer-System Problem. Green Infrastructure Can Help, but Comes With Risks.

Madison Goldberg·June 3, 2022

Green infrastructure has other benefits besides treating stormwater, like improving air quality and increasing green space. But it could also lead to gentrification.

Environmental Justice Water

The playground at Liberty Green in Larimer

Stormwater Infrastructure Hidden Beneath Two New Pittsburgh Parks

Susan Scott Peterson·September 16, 2021

Pittsburgh's sewer system was built in the 1800s for a much smaller city, and it's notorious for overflowing. But there's a new way to capture stormwater, hidden beneath the green grass of two new parks.

Design Water

Brownfields to Green Destinations: The History of Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Trails

Katie Blackley·July 14, 2021

Cleaning up Pittsburgh's riverfronts and creating an extensive trail system has taken decades. Today, they're a tourist destination.

News Pollution Recreation Water

An Ohio River Community Bands Together to Slow Runoff and Add Greenspace

Bonnie Jean Feldkamp·December 18, 2019

Newport, Kentucky is embracing green infrastructure as a solution to its sewage woes. They're planting trees, replacing concrete and planting rain gardens.

Good River Water

RiverWise Brings Sustainability to Beaver County

Kara Holsopple·December 13, 2019

Daniel Rossi-Keen, the group's executive director, says the debate around the ethane cracker being built in his county is predictable. Instead of being for or against it, his group is ready to "do the hard work of developing healthy and creative community together."

Culture Good River The Coming Chemical Boom Water Your Environment Update

How Much Green infrastructure Will Be Included in ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade to Prevent Sewage Overflows?

PublicSource·December 13, 2019

The agency's preliminary analysis shows green infrastructure is more expensive to use to prevent sewage entering rivers than pipes and other gray infrastructure in most locations.

Pollution Water Your Environment Update

‘Mighty’ Etna: The Greening of a Blue-Collar River Town

Lou Blouin·November 8, 2019

When a flood devastated the river town of Etna in 2004, the community set in motion a radical plan to cope with its stormwater problems using green infrastructure.

Our Three Rivers Water

ALCOSAN Releases New, Greener Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, But Critics Say It’s Not Enough

Margaret J. Krauss·September 19, 2019

The 2 billion dollar plan still calls for tunnels to store sewage mixed with stormwater after a rain.

Water

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