Environment
'Canada's Al Gore'
David Suzuki has attained rock-star status as a passionate icon of Canada's green movement.
Los Angeles Says Yes To River Restoration Plan
A $2 billion plan to transform the Los Angeles River from a concrete-lined flood control channel into park-lined urban waterway received final approval from the city's leaders.
Farmland Converted To Forest To Sell Carbon Credits
With hopes of generating income by selling carbon credits to polluters, Native Americans in Idaho are converting their farmland back to forests. But carbon sequestration is not required in the U.S., lowering the amount of revenue they can generate.
Tackling Air Pollution In London By Enacting A Low Emission Zone
Having successfully reduced congestion through enacting congestion pricing in central London, Mayor Livingstone now plans to take the same approach to air pollution by designating greater London to be a Low Emission Zone.
Best Practices of Development in Northern Rockies
A new vision of development in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming is taking shape.
Why 'Green' Business Will Last
While it seems environmental friendliness is the latest bandwagon trend, this column offers the top ten reasons why green business is sticking around.
Nations Unite To Ban Destructive Fishing Technique
An agreement between 21 nations has banned the highly destructive commercial fishing practice known as bottom trawling in the South Pacific seas, which accounts for more than one-quarter of the world's oceans.
Halting Global Warming On The Cheap?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report focuses on relatively low cost strategies to reduce the emissions of global warming gases -- at least when compared to cost of inaction.
Land Use Shows Itself To Be Controversial Element In Cool Cities Program
The land use policy in the US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement calling for smart growth caused a Bay Area mayor to refrain from signing the agreement, believing that limiting density would be better for the environment.
Youngstown, Ohio, Tries To 'Shrink' Smartly
Rather than advocate for population growth, the gritty industrial city of Youngstown, Ohio, has launched a bold plan to -- among other strategies -- let declining neighborhoods empty out and be converted to greenspace.
Perth: The World's First Ghost City?
A desert metropolis of suburbs nearing the two million residents mark, Perth is quickly draining its underground aquifers to keep its gardens green.
Charleston Area Development Of Timber Tract Emphasizes Conservation
A 70,000-acre timber tract that spans the Low Country counties of Charleston and Dorchester in South Carolina will be developed by its corporate owner, MeadWestvaco, into an environmentally-sensitive community that emphasizes conservation.
Trains Allowed To Idle Despite Pollution
Citing rules made more than 100 years ago, railroad operators have dodged regulations being pressed by a California air quality board to prohibit locomotives from idling -- a highly polluting activity.
China's Dongtan To Take An Ecosystem Approach to Urban Planning
Dongtan, a master-planned Chinese city, is set to chart a "smarter path" for growth and remedying China's environmental crisis.
L.A. Is The 'Most Polluted' U.S. City
Los Angeles has topped the American Lung Association's list of the most polluted American cities.
Mississippi River Diversion Plan Could Reclaim Land
Engineers have unveiled a massive plan to let the Mississippi River flow out of several of its levees to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into the ocean. Proponents say the $50 billion plan would reclaim much of the land-building sediment.
Single Person, Double Impact?
The growing population of single-person households may be an ecological time bomb, suggests Heidi Sopinka.
Tribe Appeals For Removal Of Dams
Dams have been decimating the population of salmon in Northern California's Klamath River for years, and now Native Americans who depend on the salmon are traveling to visit the owner of the dams to appeal for their removal.
Focusing On Fuels As Opposed To Auto Dependency
Two Bay Area 'voices' illustrate that lowering carbon content of fuel and increasing its efficiency hardly gets at the root of the transportation-global warming problem -- auto dependency, and offer three strategies to solve it.
Induced Rain May Wash Beijing's Pollution Away
China has announced plans to induce rain in Beijing in the days before the 2008 Olympics in an effort to clean the air. Scientists are wary about the effects of the process.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
