Environment
Saving California's Open Spaces
California's growth will devastate the state's remaining open spaces. Gov. Davis must make preservation a priority.
JFK Aims To Build Green Campus
John F. Kennedy University aims to build the nation's first environmentally friendly campus.
Half Of SC's Shoreline Unsafe
Contamination by urban runoff pervades over half of the shoreline from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
No Hothouse Deal
The failure of the U.N. climate talks at The Hague to reach a consensus on global warming makes further international action on global warming unlikely and may also worsen the problems the talks were intended to tackle.
Climate Pact Fiasco Leaves Business Awaiting Rules
The failure of the U.N. talks on global warming is a setback for U.S. businesses.
Global Warming Talks Collapse
Unable to resolve differences, 170 nations could not conclude an international treaty on global warming.
Hothouse
Chances of a meaningful agreement at the U.N. summit on global climate change are slim.
The Science and Politics of Global Warming
Why the U.N. summit on global warming matters.
Rising Real Estate Costs Hinder Land Preservation
The Bay Area's high land prices are making it difficult forgroups interested in preserving open space to buy the land they wouldlike to see protected.
Key Mexican Desert Land To Be Protected
7,000 acres of desert land to be protected in one of Mexico's "largest private land purchases for conservation."
LA Storm Drain Runoff: More Problems
Despite large sums invested in high-tech devices, runoff is not improved. And anti-pollution laws are getting tougher.
The Real Cost Of Dams
A new study investigates the "environmental, economic and social impacts of the world's 45,000 large dams."
Study Finds U.S. Could Meet Global Warming Goals
An government study has found that the U.S. could meet global warming goals while boosting the economy and lowering costs.
Changes Approved For Moyer Clean Air Program
The California Air Resources Boardapproved changes to strengthen an incentive plan to reduce pollutantsfrom the air.
Delegates Fault U.S. Stand On Pollution
The U.S. is under increasing pressure on its stand on pollution at the U.N. summit on global climate change.
Global Warming Threatens Small Island Countries
Small island nations threatened by rising sea levels due to global warming are dismayed with the slow pace of U.S. climate talks.
Wildlife Agency Played Out
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stopped putting new species on its endangered and threatened list.
U.S. Global-emissions Proposal Criticized
Environmentalists at U.N. Climate Conference say U.S. offer to existing forests and armland to meet their targets to reduce greenhouse gasemissions as "cheating."
A Different World
Editorial discusses how the listing of the Puget Sound chinook salmon as an endangered species will affect land use and the economy in the Seattle area.
US To Compromise On Global Warming
At the summit on global warming, the US finally appears willing to limit its use of forest projects to meet its quota for reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
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
