Environment
Environmentalist Wins U.N. Prize
U.S. Environmentalist Huey Johnson has been awarded the most prestigious environmental award in the world.
Brownfields State Of The State Report
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is releasing an updated review of brownfield initiatives and program impacts in the 50 states.
Bay Area Efforts To Reduce Smog Get Poor Grade
A Sierra Club reportgave the Bay Area a C-minus grade for its efforts to reducesmog through public transit spending. The report found thatresidents of the nine-county Bay Area created as muchpollution per person as did residents of perennially smo
State Panel Approves Bolsa Chica Restoration Plan
The California Coastal Commission approved a $100 million restoration plan for the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Southern California.
San Jose Achieves Ambitious Recycling Goal
San Jose has become California's only large city to achieve a tough 10-year recycling goal of diverting half its trash from landfills.
WTC Towers: Longest Burning Commercial Building Fire
Still burning deep below the surface at the site of the World Trade Center is the longest burning commercial fire in U.S. history. [Link corrected]
Exxon Valdez: Off The Hook?
An appeals court rules that the $5 billion punitive fine from the 1989 Valdez oil spill disaster is too much.
Georgia Needs Better Water Resource Planning
Increased growth between Atlanta and Athens is putting dramatic pressure on the river basins that supply water to middle Georgia.
Bush Dismantling Clinton's Environmental Legacy
In a scathing editorial, the "New York Times" accuses the Bush administration of trying, both overtly and covertly, to dismantle major elements of Bill Clinton's environmental legacy.
California Bay Area Smog Reduction Plan
The Bay Area's smog reduction plan is approved by the California Air Resourced Board, but with provisions.
Metro Atlanta County Buys Land For Green Space
Dekalb County, GA moves closer to creating a new nature preserve linking Georgia's Arabia and Panola mountains.
Ecological Corridors
Trees provide an important part of the urban infrastructure. This case study examines Seattle's use of urban forests.
West Eugene Parkway Threatens Wetlands
Analysis of the Environmental Impact Statement of the West Eugene Parkway project in Oregon warns of the environmental impacts of the project.
Environmentalists Receive McArthur 'Genius' Awards
Environmental activists Sandra Lenham and Cynthia Moss received McArthur 'Genius' Awards.
Florida Frees A Historic River
Trapped inside a 56-mile-long canal for decades, the Kissimmee River is finally breaking free.
Biologists Urge Protection Of Orange County Land
A report by conservation biologists says a 23,000-acre area in southern Orange County, CA, should be protected at all costs due to its importance as wildlife habitat.
Electric Car Lottery
The New York Power Authority is offering $199 monthly leases on electric cars to 100 New York commuters.
Mexico City's New Airport Site Criticized
Environmentalists criticize the proposed location for a new $2.5 billion airport for Mexico City, Mexico.
Market Forces Can Help The Environment
The impossibly-lofy "command and control" approach to environmentalism will never work. But the market can help.
Alaska Oil Drilling: Norton May Have Misrepresented Data
Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton may have misrepresented scientific data in response to a Senate committee's questions about the environmental impact of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
