Climate Change

Sweden Tops All Nations As Climate-Friendly

10 May 2008 - 5:00am
The Guardian

One country stands out in Europe in surpassing the greenhouse gas emission reductions required by the Kyoto Protocol - Sweden. While it used several environmental technologies to achieve those reductions, experts give credit to its carbon tax.

The Next Steps Toward A Sustainable Sacramento

28 April 2008 - 9:00am
California Planning & Development Report

The Sacramento region has become a national model for smart growth planning. But what, asks Bill Fulton, will it take to make the region sustainable for decades to come?

San Francisco's Bay Area Growth May Change With Climate

22 April 2008 - 6:00am
San Francisco Chronicle

Officials forecast need to adapt development model: to retreat from some areas, build in others, and reduce reliance on cars.

Time to Adapt to a Warmer World is Now

17 April 2008 - 2:00pm
California Planning & Development Report

Public officials and scientists are starting to say that adaptation to climate change is just as important as trying to stem climate change. One way to adapt is to embrace smart growth principles that reduce energy usage, according to this article.

Planning Cities In The Age Of Global Warming

16 April 2008 - 9:00am
MIT Technology Review

A recent conference hosted by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy focused on how planners around the world are designing urban areas that respond to the impacts of climate change.

Water Supply Crisis Facing 36 States

7 April 2008 - 7:00am
Natural News

Rising temperatures, shrinking ice packs and the salinization of coastal fresh water sources are all contributing to a growing water crisis in the United States.

How Housing Choices Affect Climate Change

7 April 2008 - 6:00am
National Public Radio

NPR's Climate Connections series explores how American's lifestyles affect climate change. In this first of two articles, Elizabeth Shogren introduces an Emory University researcher who moves out of Atlanta into her 'dream house' in the suburbs.

Best Ideas of the Week

4 April 2008 - 5:00pm

Another week has passed, and some more exciting and interesting ideas have taken root in the world of urban planning.

The Burn and the Boom of Climate Change in Alaska

31 March 2008 - 2:00pm
Juneau Empire

Climate change will probably be pretty devastating for coastal Alaska, but it could also bring a boom to the area's economy, according to a recent report.

Imagining a Future Without Lake Mead

31 March 2008 - 11:00am
The Alternative Consumer, via Environmental News Network

This article looks at what could happen if Nevada's reservoir Lake Mead actually does dry up by 2021 as some scientists have predicted.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

28 March 2008 - 10:00am
Independent (UK)

A groundbreaking deal recognizing the economic value of intact forests will not only preserve a million acres of rainforest in Guyana but establish a precedent for future such arrangements.

What Will Happen After the Flood

26 March 2008 - 2:00pm
Architect Magazine

This article from Architect Magazine wonders what coastal cities will look like after the sea level rises.

Smart Growthers Snooze, EJ Advocates Roar, Carbon Solutions Wither

14 March 2008 - 8:00am
California Planning & Development Repot

The coal industry, electric utilities and manufacturers are in line to get trillions of dollars in federal funding to reduce carbon emissions, leaving virtually no money for smart growth and transit solutions to climate change.

The Implications of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure

13 March 2008 - 8:00am
Associated Press

Recent reports are highlighting the dire effects climate change will have on transportation infrastructure.

Planners Making 'Inadequate' Use of Climate Change Info

12 March 2008 - 1:00pm
The New York Times

New scientific reports laying out the potential impacts of global warming on cities are being directed to planners, whom some say are not reacting to the changing climate adequately.

Engineers Call on UK to Shift to Rail

5 March 2008 - 11:00am
BBC

A group of mechanical engineers is calling on planners and transportation officials to more aggressively pursue a modal shift from cars to rail to reduce carbon emissions in the UK.

Changing Climate May Complicate Panama Canal Operations

3 March 2008 - 2:00pm
NPR

This report from NPR looks at how climate change may affect the future of the Panama Canal.

Climate Change May Prompt Revolution In Transportation Planning

3 March 2008 - 9:00am
InTransition Magazine

Transportation planners and public officials have begun to consider ways to reconfigure cities and alter driving patterns in order to reduce vehicle miles traveled and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Smart Growth and Sustainability Should Focus on Climate Change More Than Immigration

17 January 2008 - 5:29pm

This evening my wife, Beth Conover, will appear on a televised panel discussion on "Immigration and Sustainability" aired on Rocky Mountain PBS's Colorado State of Mind, hosted by Greg Dobbs. The panel includes former Gov. Dick Lamm, former Post columnist Diane Carman, and State Rep. Michael Garcia (D-Aurora). An mp3 of the program is already available at the following link.

Beyond CO2

3 June 2007 - 2:03pm

It’s great that global warming is finally getting its day in the media spotlight. But with all the buzz about carbon footprints and carbon offsets, I wonder whether the average American now believes that carbon dioxide is the only pollutant that we need to worry about?