New Filling Stations, 12,000 Free Reusable Bottles to Fight Plastic Bottle Litter
October 22, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
Mayor Michael Nutter will join partners in this campaign at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive on Friday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. in announcing a new network of water bottle filling stations that will stretch along Kelly Drive from East Falls to Boathouse Row, providing convenient access to free drinking water on one of the region’s most popular recreational trails.
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Q&A Shines Light on Philly’s Green Infrastructure Story
August 20, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
Our very own fearless leader, Philadelphia Water Commissioner Howard Neukrug, sat down with the chief editor of Water Online, Kevin Westerling, for an extensive Q&A that shines light our internationally recognized green solution to Philadelphia’s stormwater challenges – Green City, Clean Waters.
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Philadelphia Water Makes ASCE’s ‘Game Changer’ List
July 31, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
The American Society of Civil Engineers rolled out a cool new campaign last week to highlight infrastructure projects around the country that they see as “game changers”—investments that have the potential to change the way we live for the better.
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Green Tools: Six Ways They Can Make a Climate Changed-Future a Little Less Scary
June 12, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
The EPA graphic focuses on urban areas and paints a grim picture of the future awaiting cities as the effects of climate change intensify in the coming decades. Considering the already staggering cost of flooding events stemming from super-storms like Hurricane Sandy, the projection of a 30 percent increase in annual flood costs is especially troubling.
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Where Did All The Peaches Go?
May 17, 2013
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Public Affairs
May 10th was an historic day in climate change history. CO2 at Mauna Loa, location of the longest unbroken records of CO2 levels, hit 400ppm.
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