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Is Swedish Town Too Good To Be True?

The city of Bo01 has served as a model for urban designers all over the world -- but is it really liveable?
1 September 2005 - 5:00am
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Bad Architecture Trial By TV

An editorial lambasts the latest BBC reality show, called "Demolition", as an architectural lynch mob.
29 August 2005 - 5:00am
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Climatologists Wager On Global Warming

Russian scientists make a $10,000 bet with a British climate expert that the planet will cool over the next decade.
23 August 2005 - 11:00am
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U. S. Unveils Climate Change Pact

United States announces a partnership with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea to address global warming with technology.
29 July 2005 - 10:00am
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The 'James Bond' Aerogenerator Wind Turbine

The Aerogenerator doesn't look like an ordinary turbine -- something that could sway anti-wind farm groups.
23 July 2005 - 7:00am
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Peter Raven: 'Hero Of The Planet'

Botanist Peter Raven, author of more than 480 books and papers and Director of Missouri Botanic Gardens talks about ecosystems and sustainable growth.
18 July 2005 - 6:00am
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The Most Ambitious US Solar-Energy Initiative Ever Proposed

California Governor Schwarzenegger's ambitious solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling.
30 June 2005 - 1:00pm
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British Prisons To Get Design Advice From Prisoners

Rideout, a British rehabilitation coalition, is sponsoring a series of workshops between architects and prisoners to design new prisons.
24 June 2005 - 12:00pm
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Britain Driving Ahead With Road Pricing

Charging drivers for the use of roads may be in the only way to slow the growth of urban traffic congestion.
17 June 2005 - 9:00am
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UK's New Proposed Road Pricing -- $2 Per Mile

The U.K.'s transport secretary considers a 'revolutionary' congestion pricing plan to prevent 'LA-style gridlock.'
8 June 2005 - 7:00am
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Sunny Size Up

The world's largest solar power plant is planned for Portugal.
8 May 2005 - 7:00am
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Parking Problems in Britain Expected To Worsen

With one parking spot for every ten cars, Britain seeks solutions to parking woes.
27 April 2005 - 11:00am
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Chicago's 'Endangered' Transit System

Chicago Transit Authority faces budget challenges.
11 April 2005 - 2:00pm
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Alaska Drilling Will Yield 6 Months' Worth Of Oil

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that drilling in Alaska's pristine Artic National Wildlife Refuge could yield 10.4 billion barrels of oil. Critics says that represents 6 months' supply for the U.S.
19 March 2005 - 9:00am
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Remaking Edinburgh's Secret Harbors

Edinburgh's old, dirty harbors are planned to be transfromed into sleek mixed use developments. But will the harbor become 'Disneyland-on-sea'?
9 March 2005 - 9:00am
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British Voters Give Congestion Charging A Big Setback

A key plank of British transport policy meets with public resistance in Edinburgh.
27 February 2005 - 7:00am
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Prince Charles and Traditional Versus Modern Architecture

Prince Charles resumes his long-standing argument with architects and planners.
26 February 2005 - 7:00am
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Can American-Type Sprawl Happen In The U.K.?

A professor from England visiting Arizona wonders if America's dangerous exurban growth will find its way to the UK.
24 February 2005 - 11:00am
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Reflecting Sunlight into Space Could Slow Global Warming

Scientists see unmanned yachts "seeding" Earth's clouds with seawater as a hedge against global warming.
15 February 2005 - 7:00am
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Color-coding Gas Guzzlers

SUVs will have to display red stickers while electric vehicles will sport labels in green.
8 February 2005 - 7:00am
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