The Community Change Grants program established through the Inflation Reduction Act will support projects that launch
clean energy or improve climate resilience.
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Madison, Wis., mayor and chair of the 750-member Climate Mayors group, noted the Biden administration's 'historic climate investments,' including for desalination and water recycling in western states.
In what the civil engineers gtroup termed "the most significant change" to the 7-22 standard's flood load provisions since the inception of ASCE 7. the new supplement ties flood hazard mitigation to a
structure’s risk level, and sets the hazard area for most risk
categories to the 500-year floodplain for determining flood loads.
