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The latest tall building completed in London is still only half full - how will other proposals coming forward fare?

The international treaty will become official on February 16, 2005.

After more than a decade of study, the first Business Improvement District is approved in the United Kingdom; safety, environment, promotion and transport are priorities.

American research team claims to have found the site of the lost city of Atlantis described by Plato over 2000 years ago.

Some of Britain's largest cities are being transformed by a increase in the student population.

Environmentalists applaud Russian parliament's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol as a "huge step forward."

Finland leads the list of the World Economic Forum's most competitive economy in the world. The U.S. is number two.

Profile of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who was recognized for her "holistic" approach to sustainable development.

Environmentalist who worked to slow deforestation, preserve biodiversity, and educate people about their environment, wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security will purchase an entire town to conduct anti-terrorism training.

The Hummer looks like a bicycle next to the International CXT. This new truck that gives seven miles a gallon may be the world's "least eco-friendly production vehicle."

Renowned Indian architect Charles Correa on why the future of eco-friendly, sustainable architecture lies in learning the lessons of traditional architecture.

Splatometers reveal a possible insect decline in the U.K.

Blowing desert dust is a growing environmental problem, made worse by dust-spewing SUVs replacing camels for desert travel.

What has democracy achieved for this mega-metropolis?

Scientists, engineers and architects develop an affordable, energy efficient, and earthquake-resistant house made from the same material used for disposable cups.

A new e-planning system will receive applications for home alteration and objections to developments online.

Residents in a UK village are giving themselves the longest place name in the UK to protest plans for a wind farm.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England claims that a majority of local councils have failed to meet minimum compliance, thus promoting unchecked growth.

A distributed computer simulation of catastrophic global warming spreads.