Environment
Top Ten Alternative Fueled City Fleets
SustainLane surveyed the largest 50 US cities in 2006 as to the percentage of their city vehicles fleets using alternative fuels including biodiesel, hydrogen, ethanol, compressed and natural gas, as well as electric vehicles, gas-hybrid vehicles.
Going Green Makes Business Sense For Big Firms
As consumers grow more aware of global warming, corporate giants launch eco-friendly efforts to protect their bottom line.
Warming Erodes An Alaskan Village
The effects of climate change are claiming a small Alaskan island community, with rising water levels and melting permafrost eroding the land beneath the homes of the village's 600 people. Relocation seems to be the only option to save the village.
City Moves To Include Public Health Element In General Plan
The City of Richmond, California, has received a grant from the California Endowment to include a Public Health Element in its General Plan -- one of the first in the state.
London's Bold Plan For Greenhouse Gas Reductions Unveiled
Mayor Livingstone set forth a bold, detailed plan to reduce London's greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2025. However, many sectors are outside the city's scope, such as an increase aviation emissions, and a nationwide price on the carbon pollution.
A Sustainable Water Supply For Southern California
As Southern California's population grows -- and taxes its famously scarce water supply -- the Inland Empire Utilities Agency is applying the tenets of smart growth to its efforts to recycle, reuse, and conserve water.
Best Cities For CleanTech Businesses
The latest benchmark from SustainLane tracks which American cities are the best incubators for clean technology companies.
72 U.S. Cities Ranked In Urban Environment Report
A new report ranks 72 U.S. cities on their environmental quality, including such common indicators as pollution and drinking water quality, but also social aspects like public health, poverty, and quality of life. On top of the list: Fargo, ND.
Global Warming: From Reports To Reality
Rising sea levels are a reality in a country that contributes only a fraction of the world's greenhouse gases.
Is Sustainability Here To Stay?
Thinking and acting green is all the rage these days, but commentator Neal Peirce ponders if it can ultimately be more than just a passing fad?
Top Eco-friendly Office Buildings
Companies are realizing that they can save money with green office buildings.
Texans Wrangle With Wildlife In Sprawling Suburbs
Increasing conflicts between suburbanites and wild critters battling for habitat prompts urban biologists to find solutions for coyotes, racoons, and feral pigs.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone Profiled
London's mayor takes on the traffic challenge by expanding his congestion pricing experiment into West London -- an area with posh shopping areas and celebrity townhouses.
Condsidering Ecosystems When Planning Developments
This editorial looks at the importance of considering ecosystems when planning large developments.
Painting Bush Green
How the White House is portraying President Bush as a longtime supporter of the efforts to combat global warming.
Olympics Eating London Farmland
100-year-old plots of organic farmland in east London are in line to be bulldozed to make room for development of facilities for the 2012 Olympics -- a four-week-long event.
Report Examines Open Space Conservation Plans
This report from the Environmental Law Institute examines the role and relative success of 28 open space protection and conservation efforts. It offers guidelines for creating land use plans that allow for development and conservation.
States Ahead Of Federal Government In Ocean Protection
While states take the lead in planning for ocean protection, the U.S. federal government lags behind. This editorial from The Washington Post calls on the federal government to make like its states and commit to protecting the oceans.
Green Homeowners Turning To Earthen Floors
Dirt is the latest material being used in homes as environmentally conscious homeowners look to live more sustainability.
Land Conservation And Renewable Fuels Production Collide
The nation's zeal to break its oil addiction has run into conflict with a land conservation program that has been important to both farmers and hunting groups in order to boost corn production to supply ethanol as a renewable transportation fuel.
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.
Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Jefferson Parish Government
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
