Many municipalities introduced their first stand-alone green infrastructure (“GI”) plans in the late 2000s and early 2010s, specifically as a means of achieving compliance with water quality standards set by the federal Clean Water Act. As climate change becomes a more imminent threat and extreme weather events increase in frequency, cities again are turning to […]
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Many cities in the United States have turned to stormwater fees to help address the infrastructure challenges posed by stormwater runoff, which continue to mount due to climate change. Stormwater fees help mitigate the strain caused by excess runoff amounts both by allowing municipalities to raise funds needed to improve sewer systems’ performance and by
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Katrina Wyman responds to a new article by Daniel A. Farber, Yuichiro Tsuji, and Shiyuan Jing, Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Lessons from the U.S., Japan, and China.
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