Environment
Environmental Terrorists Strike Again
Six homes in San Diego, CA are torched by members of the Earth Liberation Front, who leave the message, "development equals destruction."
Twenty Percent Of U.S. Trees Lost To Sprawl
U.S. cities have lost more than 20 percent of their trees in the past 10 years, due primarily to urban sprawl, says the environmental group, American Forests.
More On Sprawl and Obesity
David Suzuki explains why North America's car-centric society is responsible for the near-epidemic levels of obesity.
Anti-Poverty Program Promotes Recycling for Food
As part of an anti-poverty program in Caracas, food is given to residents in exchange for scrap metal, glass and other recyclable garbage.
Fresh Air, Soft Lights Show The Way To Smarter Energy Use
When the lights went out during the Blackout of 2003 in Detroit, the Midtown neighborhood sprang to life with creativity, conversation and children singing.
Air At Ground Zero Called 'Brutal'
In the two years since the attack, thousands of New Yorkers have contacted the World Trade Center health registry, reporting cases of persistent coughs, wheezing, shortness of breath and sinus inflammation.
Fuel Of The Future: Hope Or Hype?
New technology holds the promise of a breakthrough environment-friendly fuel. Or it could be a red herring.
A Sustainable Vision For Ground Zero
A non-profit organization promotes sustainable development in Lower Manhattan.
Can L.A.'s River Be Saved?
A collaboration of local government agencies outlines a 10-year plan to restore and clean up the Los Angeles river.
A Tale Of Two River Cities
St. Louis and Portland are renewing their connections with the rivers that make the cities important.
Spectacular Region Resists Airport Expansion
A ski town in an environmentally spectacular region debates the impact of an airport expansion.
Promoting Development, But At What Cost?
The EPA will relax the ban on the sale of land polluted with PCBs.
Mapping Miniature, Unspoiled Plots Of Land
Before the bulldozers arrive, states are rushing to preserve small ecology outposts and create a public-private database.
Rampant Development Threatens Wetlands in the South
Environmentalists battle developers to save the coast of Georgia.
How Cities Can Save On Water Costs
The World Bank and the World Wide Fund for Nature release a study of the water quality in 105 big cities.
Nuclear Power Revival And NIMBYism
Nuclear power is making a comeback but proposed plans for creating respositories for radioactive waste face opposition from citizens.
Opposition Causes Developers To Abandon Plan For New City
A conservation group seeks to buy the land on the border of Joshua Tree National Parkt to ensure that it will never be developed.
Bush Trashes The EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is working overtime to scuttle the Clean Air Act -- in effect, trashing the environment.
EPA Won't Regulate Greenhouse Gases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it does not have the legal authority to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Designing Transportation For People, Not Cars
Bogotá has become a success story that cities around the world are aiming to copy.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
