News & Stories

The Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) Awards Five New Sustainability Grants in the Southeast

November 25, 2019

In 2019, the Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) awarded grants to five Southeast communities.

Projects are focused on creating innovative, equitable, and scalable solutions to climate change, related specifically to water and/or energy.

Office of Capital Improvements Hosts Citywide Stormwater Master Plan Workshop to Build a More Resilient City of Miami, FL

October 10, 2019

The City of Miami Office of Capital Improvements (OCI) recently hosted a Stormwater Master Plan (SWMP) workshop, attracting more than 60 local industry and academic experts.

GREEN LIST: Deadline Round 2 Peer Learning Charrettes, All Network Call, Website Updates

October 2, 2019

A photo of a winding river among autumn leaves for SSDN members North Carolina

Network updates, news, and resources.

PROFILE: Lori Forsman, Sustainability Programs Manager, Orange County, FL

October 2, 2019

I recently became Orange County’s Sustainability Programs Manager after working as a contractor with the county for more than three years.

Request for Proposals (RFP) SSDN 2019 Peer Learning Charrettes

September 20, 2019

A group of SSDN members sit at a table to discuss sustainability issues.

SSDN’s Peer Learning Charrettes (PLC) program offers a limited number of small grants to support SSDN members to share, develop, and learn about specific sustainability or resilience practices that can be spread widely throughout the South.

Fayetteville, AR, flips on solar panels at wastewater treatment plants

September 6, 2019

NWA Democrat-Gazette/DAVID GOTTSCHALK Matt Irving (right), vice president of operations at Today's Power, describes Friday the new solar array at the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant following a flipping the switch ceremony in Fayetteville. Fayetteville, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today's Power partnered to bring the 10-megawatt solar system with 24 megawatt-hours of on-site energy storage to the city's two wastewater treatment plants.

Representatives with the city of Fayetteville, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. flipped the switch this past September on the planned solar fields at two wastewater treatment plants.

Durham, NC, Finds Creative Ways to Engage the Community in Imagine a Day Without Water

September 3, 2019

Check out Durham’s very funny and creative way to engage their community in imagining life without water.

South Miami, FL, Joins 23 State Attorney General’s Filing Lawsuits to Challenge EPA’s Clean Energy Rule

September 2, 2019

New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 23 state attorney generals in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule.

PROFILE: David Ingram, Sustainability Project Manager, Wilmington, NC

September 2, 2019

While in the nation’s capital, I worked as the Sustainability Manager at the International Monetary Fund on a variety of sustainability, facility operations and green building projects.

GREEN LIST: Extended Deadline Peer Learning Charrettes, TVA, Seeking Volunteers

September 1, 2019

Network updates, news, and resources.

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