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A record fire season has sparked a debate on forest management tactics.

Nevada has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Federal government from opening Yucca Mountain to nuclear waste.

The Acela Express, Amtrak's high-speed train service in the Northeast sees a 35% increase in ridership.

when New York's World Trade Center towers collapsed, a siesmic station recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.1 and 2.3. This analysis examines how gravity contributed to the collapse of the towers.

The U.S. Senate is considering a multibillion-dollar package for passenger-rail service.

Will this approach to home ownership be the special sauce that gets more folks in to affordable housing?

Kunstler, author of Geography of Nowhere, is crusading to end sprawl and promote new urbanism.

Mayor-elect Jim Hahn opposes the proposed airport expansion supported by pilots and air-traffic controllers, citing environmental concerns over increased emissions.

The Bush administration takes heat for scrapping new arsenic standards.

From its roads to its dams and schools, America's public works are crumbling and putting lives at risk.

Designer Simone Swan worked for Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy. She talks about applying traditional African adobe building techniques for constructing low-cost housing along the US-Mexico border.

An upcoming book by Witold Rybczynski, a professor of urbanism, discusses architectural fashions and recent trends in planning.

The enterprising folks at the technology discussion site Slashdot have figured out what "Ginger" is likely to be.

Fighting sprawl with arson -- eco-terrorism takes on sprawl.