Environment
Global Water Crisis Caused By Mismanagement
The UN highlights the severity of the world's water crisis.
3 States Sue EPA Over Global Warming
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine sue the EPA, arguing that the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide.
Green Technology: Froth Or Foundation?
Green technology has been promoted as an environmentally responsible and fiscally sound alternative, but do green technologies really make good business sense?
How The West Was Auctioned
In new tactic, environmentalists in Arizona try to outbid ranchers to protect state land.
Photo Gallery: China's Three Gorges
Flooding begins at China's Three Gorges project. Critics say the project will cause massive environmental damage.
Three Gorges: A Controversial 'Great Wall Of Water'
Water levels have started to rise in China's massive Three Gorges project, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever involving the resettlement of up to two million people. Is this an environmental catastrophe in the making?
Using Environmental Ordinances To Slow Development?
Are stream buffers effective or is Fairfax County, VA, using environmental ordinances to slow development?
Bush Administration Proposal Threatens Critical Habitat Designation
Conservation groups have learned that the Bush Administration is planning to undermine one of the most important protections offered by the federal Endangered Species Act: critical habitat designation.
The Art Of Coopting Environmentalists
The Playa Vista development in Los Angeles is a case study in how environmental groups can be coopted by industry.
Environment And Politics: Lobbying For Change
How non-profits can lobby for environmental causes and make a difference in the next election.
Fundamental Shifts In Environmental Policy
Environmentalists are aghast at recent changes in national environmental policy.
Does Hunting Help Wildlife Conservation?
Farmers who manage their land for hunting help wildlife conservation in Central England according to a new study.
Radical Environmental Group ELF Burns Houses
The radical environmentalist group, Environmental Liberation Front, burned two houses near Ann Arbor. 'ELF, no sprawl' was spray-painted on a neighboring house.
Budgets, Privatization Plans Threaten National Park System
As another summer vacation season begins this Memorial Day weekend, several former park-service executives voice fears that the entire national-park system is menaced by a hidden crisis.
Property Rights Or Wetlands Wronged
The Michigan state Senate considers claim to "groom" beaches.
Escaping The Traps Of Tourism
A team from the University of Cincinnati helps the Mediterranean island of Crete tackle the ill-effects of tourism.
Amended Everglades Law Sparks Debate
Opponents of the amended Everglades Forever Act say the new law changes the intent of the old -- lacking pollution limits, deadlines and requirements that polluters paywhile proponents say amendments authorize a sound plan.
EPA Chief Whitman Resigns
Criticized by both environmentalists and industry groups, Christine Todd Whitman resigned after two years as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Tiny Fish Could Pull Plug On City's Water Plan
With demand for water rising, Albuquerque hoped to tap the Rio Grande. But fish and farmers also depend on the river.
Christie Whitman Resigns From EPA
Often at odds with the White House on environmental policy, Whitman resigns as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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
