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Mashpee’s Department of Natural Resources and consultants from Fuss & O’Neill environmental engineering consulting firm are hosting a workshop for homeowners around Santuit Pond on what they can do to

WASHINGTON — The Gunn Historical Museum will present a guest lecture “How the Lake...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report evidence we must show courage and resolve to sustain our planet. Low-impact development can help.

Volunteers are invited to join members and Friends of the Manchaug Pond Foundation in cleaning up Manchaug Pond and its watershed.

Land and Water Summit returns to Albuquerque for March 3-4 event

Shenzhen is facing its worst drought on record. Can authorities find a holistic, long-term solution?

With an innovative program, the community of Lowell is adding balance to a growing metropolitan region while protecting a threatened species.

Sustainability ultimately means meeting our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. With such a broad definition, the practice of sustainability can be rather lofty and hard to pin down. So let’s narrow our field of vision and discuss sustainability as a design and construction principle, whereby a structure is designed to be sustainable (i.e., not relying heavily on non-replenishable resources) and is constructed or renovated using sustainab...

Promoting Natural Solutions For Urban Stormwater Management As a continuation of its efforts to help municipalities reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff, the U.S. EPA has announced the publication of the last in its series of 12 ‘Barrier Buster’ fact sheets on low-impact development (LID) for urban stormwater management. Unlike previous fact sheets focused on physical implementations, the latest document focuses on state and local development codes — a key gating factor in per...