New Pavement Tech Could Cool Cities
By Brian P. D. Hannon for Associated Press Sunbathers understand the benefits of applying sunscreen, but in America’s hottest big city the same concept is being tested at street level in the hope of bringing some lasting relief from the relentless Arizona sun. A team from Arizona State University is working with the City of Phoenix on a pilot […]
Trump Rollback Could Leave Waterways Vulnerable
By Ellen Knickmeyer for Associated Press The Trump Administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation’s millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could leave the waterways more vulnerable to pollution from development, industry and farms. The change, signed by heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. […]
Companies Give New Life to Discarded Bldg Materials
By Chelsea Hofmann for Cronkite News Doorknobs overflow rows of boxes, piles of miscellaneous wood and squares of carpet lay neatly on the floor. Light fixtures hang from various shelves – all of it discarded construction and demolition waste. A 2015 Environmental Protection Agency fact sheet on construction and demolition waste found more than 545 […]