Pollution

New York Tries to Dodge Superfund Status for Canal

New York City's Gowanus Canal has been heavily polluted for years. Mayor Bloomberg said the cleanup would happen, but it never did. Now the EPA is calling the troubled waterway a Superfund site and the city is kickstarting action.

12 November 2009 - 8:00am

The Architect's Newspaper

The Most Polluted Metro Areas in America

Atlanta tops a list of the most polluted cities in the country, according to an analysis of EPA data by Forbes.

6 November 2009 - 12:00pm

Forbes

Deadly Water Going By Unregulated

This investigation from The New York Times examines water pollution records from across the country and finds more than half a million violations that are causing deadly pollution to local water resources.

15 September 2009 - 5:00am

The New York Times

"Polluted and Dangerous" Abandoned Properties

Tufts urban planning professor Justin Hollander appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to answer questions about his new book, Polluted & Dangerous: America's Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them.

14 September 2009 - 5:00am

C-SPAN

Creating a 'Carbon-Positive' City

Mayor Yu Qun has transformed the city of Baoding, China into what some are calling the world's first "carbon-positive" city -- mainly by shifting away from polluting industries to the renewable energy industry.

13 August 2009 - 4:00am

The Christian Science Monitor

Worst Water Contamination Coverups in U.S. History

Contaminated water is bad news for cities, unless nobody knows about it. This post from Good looks at some of the most notorious water contamination cover ups in recent U.S. history.

21 July 2009 - 2:00pm

Good

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Soaking Up Runoff For a Greener Street

The city of Santa Monica has just unveiled its first segment of green street, one where rainwater runoff seeps into porous pavement and landscaping.

17 July 2009 - 7:00am

The Lookout

More Americans Have Green Jobs

Wired Science reports that there are now 770,000 green jobs among 62,800 businesses in the U.S., which makes up 3.7 percent of the overall job market.

16 June 2009 - 7:00am

Wired

Economic Benefits of Urban Creek Cleaning

Restorationists and environmentalists are placing their focus on urban streams and creeks, which struggle with urban pollution. Working to clean them up is turning out to be a good way to create jobs and stimulate the local economy.

13 June 2009 - 5:00am

High Country News

Michael Lewyn

Congestion, Pollution and Freeways

Wed, 05/06/2009 - 20:23

A common argument in favor of building sprawl-generating roads and highways is that if we just pave over enough of the United States, we can actually reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by reducing congestion. For example, a Reason Foundation press release cited a report by two University of California/Riverside engineering professors, “Real-World CO2 Impact of Traffic Congestion” (available online at http://www.cert.ucr.edu/research/pubs/TRB-08-2860-revised.pdf ). But if you read the report carefully, its policy impact is a bit more ambiguous.

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Beijing's Olympic Pollution Efforts Fall Short

Despite efforts to clean up Beijing during last year's Olympic Games, pollutant reductions were very minor, according to a new report.

1 May 2009 - 8:00am

ScienceNOW Daily News

Studying the Health Effects of Living Near Freeways

Researchers are teaming up with Boston community members to study how living close to freeways can be harmful to residents' health.

14 April 2009 - 10:00am

The Boston Globe

Beijing Extends Car Restrictions

A slightly watered-down version of the traffic reduction methods the Chinese city of Beijing instituted in Summer 2008 to reduce congestion and pollution during the Olympics has been extended for another year.

8 April 2009 - 7:00am

Associated Press

China Starts to Lean Green

Environmental issues are becoming a growing concern in China, and officials there seem ready to begin addressing them.

4 April 2009 - 11:00am

BBC

Rich Waste, Poor Waste

This piece from The Economist looks at human-caused waste, how different economies generate it differently, and how they deal with it.

12 March 2009 - 9:00am

The Economist

EPA Failing to Control Urban Runoff

The Environmental Protection Agency has not done enough to control pollution from stormwater runoff in urban areas, according to a report from the National Academy of Sciences.

20 October 2008 - 6:00am

Associated Press

Beijing's Temporary Clean Air Policies May Stick

With some of the its cleanest air in decades, Beijing is warming up to some of the pollution-cutting regulations officials have enacted during the Olympics. Some may become permanent.

26 August 2008 - 10:00am

China Daily

China Says Car Bans Will Stop After Olympics

Despite improved air quality, China says it has no plans to continue the car control measures it has enacted during the Olympics to clean the city's air.

18 August 2008 - 8:00am

Reuters