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U.S. House members and city and private green infrastructure leaders called for greater federal support for local green infrastructure efforts in a Congressional hearing on September 30.
The lead sponsor of the proposed Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act, Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-MD), chaired the session and suggested that green infrastructure is more important now than ever, when infrastructure budgets are tight. “These technologies can also realize significant cost savings for municipalities and building owners. In this time of economic uncertainty and tight municipal budgets, it may behoove city planners to look in other directions for ways to deal with impact of solutions to urban stormwater runoff than by solely falling back on traditional, capital intensive infrastructure approaches.” Read more »
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