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The Recycling Gap Nobody Talks About

In the early 1970s, Americans were abandoning cars on the sides of roads. Not broken down — abandoned. Junked vehicles were piling up in...

Food Rescue as Environmental Remediation: A Northern Virginia Perspective

Environmental remediation is most often associated with the cleanup of contaminated soil, groundwater restoration, or air quality management. The additional environmental challenge of food...

Safeguarding Drinking Water in Disasters: Lessons in Rapid Response and Preparedness

As the data demonstrates, natural disasters are occurring with more frequency and greater intensity. When natural disasters or major emergencies occur, public focus naturally...

The Missing Layer in Flood Preparedness: Making Contents Protection a First-Order Objective

When we talk about floods, plans usually fixate on two bookends: mitigation infrastructure and post-event recovery. What too often gets lost in the middle...

Preventing Disasters Before They Happen: How LiDAR and Drones Are Rewriting Emergency Management

Emergency and disaster management has traditionally responded after incidents happen: a wildfire starts, a dam fails, a building falls, and agencies rush to respond....

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