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Lynn Scarlett

Lynn Scarlett is the former Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of the Interior and now an independent environmental consultant. She can be reached at lynnscarlett@comcast.net

First, the bad news: Nationwide, urban development with impervious surfaces has increased 20 percent over the past two decades. The resulting increase in stormwater runoff is...
Across the nation, cities, counties and water districts want clean water, but they face a dilemma. Regulatory mechanisms and permits, usually directed at geographic governing...
"Typically, the current administrative structure of municipal government and its relationship to the private sector and civil society can pose significant barriers to developing integrated...