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Supreme Court ruling on EPA greenhouse gas regulation will impact cities

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court handcuffed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s...

Amid an unprecedented increase in federal spending, cities and counties stand to benefit from partnerships

The so-called “American dream” of upward mobility has more or less stagnated: Today, a...

Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative adds 15 new cities to program

Researchers have correlated access to nature with positive impacts like lower stress and...

County fights noxious weed on highways

Yellow starthistle has declared war on California’s roadsides. Present in more than 20 million acres of northern California, the noxious weed is spreading

Recycling drops for plastic and aluminum

Americans are discarding beverage bottles and cans in record numbers, according to the Container Recycling Institute (CRI). Analyzing seven years of data,

City expands its alternative fuel program

In 1985, the Tucson (Ariz.) Department of Operations began an Alternate Fuel Vehicle Program to simultaneously address the issues of energy conservation

WASTEWATER/Communities sign up for new treatment plant

With its population growing at a rate of 5 percent annually, Broadway, Va., needed new capacity in its wastewater treatment system. As officials examined

Recalled tires are unlikely to affect local landfills

Can local governments expect a spike in illegally dumped and landfilled tires as a result of last summer’s Firestone recall? No, according to the Scrap

California city outsources fuel procurement

Huntington Beach, Calif., has completed an initiative to outsource its fuel procurement process. As a result, the city expects to save between 12 and

PUBLIC WORKS/Process makes manhole rehab safer and easier

Flawed manholes can cause a number of problems for cities and counties. We estimate that up to 25 percent of our inflow problems are directly related

PARKS & RECREATION/ Program involves students in park maintenance

Each year, 30 junior high school students from Sylvania, Ohio, participate in a summer work program that helps improve parks and public areas in the community.

LIGHTING/ Reducing light pollution through specifying, design

Specifiers typically design highway lighting systems the way they have always designed them, meeting the requirements of seven minimum footcandles and

County restores degraded streambank

A stream stability demonstration project in Greene County, N.Y., was completed last November, correcting 1,100 feet of degraded stream banks in Broadstreet

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Supreme Court ruling on EPA greenhouse gas regulation will impact cities

Amid an unprecedented increase in federal spending, cities and counties stand to benefit from partnerships

Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative adds 15 new cities to program

County fights noxious weed on highways

Recycling drops for plastic and aluminum

City expands its alternative fuel program

WASTEWATER/Communities sign up for new treatment plant

Recalled tires are unlikely to affect local landfills

California city outsources fuel procurement

PUBLIC WORKS/Process makes manhole rehab safer and easier

PARKS & RECREATION/ Program involves students in park maintenance

LIGHTING/ Reducing light pollution through specifying, design

County restores degraded streambank

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