The TRUEGRID technology involves a flood-battling, Lego-like paving system, well-suited for cities that tend to get soggy. "A TRUEGRID paver is a hundred percent pervious," explains Stiles.

Airlite Plastics Co., the manufacturer of Fox Blocks-brand insulated concrete forms for the building industry, has acquired Stiles Manufacturing LLC, maker of TrueGrid pavers. The acquisition ...

A representative from a company that installs one type of connected plastic paving, TrueGrid, said its system costs about $7-$9 per square foot.

At work, I think a lot about flooding: Three years ago, I founded TrueGrid Permeable Paving, a company that makes eco-friendly surfaces for parking lots, fire lanes and paths.

A recent University of Oxfordreport shows that over the past 150 years, global warming has heated the ocean at a rate similar to the effect of one atomic blast per second. This is just one of many ...