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Activists Criticize Everglades Restoration Plan

The co-chair of the Sierra Club's Everglades calls the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan a "bogus water-supply project."

June 26 - The Washington Post

Tacoma's Transformation

Since 1990, over $1 billion in investment has transformed Tacoma's downtown into a lively hub of education, arts, and urban living.

June 26 - Tacoma News Tribune

Ambitious River Project A Model For Everglades Restoration

A $518 million project to revive the Kissimmee River, the "most ambitious river restoration ever attempted," could provide important lessons for restoring the Florida Everglades.

June 26 - The Washington Post

Moratoriums Prove Useful In Limited Quantities

No word that strikes terror into the hearts of developers more than the word "moratorium."

June 26 - California Planning and Development Report

Mining A 'Key Element' Of Everglades Restoration Plan

Rock-mining will have an "irreversible significant impact" on the Florida Everglades. Then why is it considered to be a "key element" in a plan to restore the fragile ecosystem?

June 26 - The Washington Post


Largest Environmental Project In U.S. History

Can the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan work?

June 26 - The Washington Post

Sunshine State Shake Up

REIS, Inc. reports on the Los Angeles retail market in light of secession.

June 26 - REIS


MIT Developing Building Of The Future

Researchers at MIT's Media Lab are developing a "programmable building" that can be controlled using a Web interface and will be more efficient and flexible.

June 25 - Technology Review

Report: Traffic Just Keeps Getting Worse

According to the "2002 Urban Mobility Report," traffic problems are getting worse; urban congestion is "growing in three increasingly visible ways."

June 25 - Texas Transportation Institute

Hollywood's Vision For Transit

Harald Belker is Hollywood's star futuristic vehicle designer for movies. He's got his eye on Mag-Lev systems.

June 25 - The Los Angeles Times

Amtrak Shutdown Not An 'Idle Threat'

Congress cannot expect Amtrak to provide a public service and be profitable.

June 25 - The Washington Post

Don't Believe The Amtrak Threat

Howard Kurtz explains why we shouldn't believe that Amtrak is in danger of shutting down.

June 25 - The Washington Post

Deconstructing The World Trade Center

An Atlantic Monthly writer was the only journalist to have unrestricted access to the clean-up effort, and details the story.

June 25 - The Atlantic Monthly

Minority Report: Washington In 2054

"Minority Report," Steven Spielberg's new thriller, offers a vision of what Washington would look like in the year 2054.

June 25 - The Washington Post

'Runaway Development' Threatens Florida Everglades

Sprawl is threatening the Florida Everglades and critics say the restoration plan is "unbelievably hypocritical."

June 25 - The Washington Post

What Is The Cost Of Taming The Missouri River?

The taming of the Missouri River has had enormous environmental consequences. Is it time to set it free?

June 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Corporate Relocation Game

The parameters have changed; no longer is saving money the sole motive for corporate America to move.

June 25 - Urban Land Magazine

New Jersey To Save Remaining Airports

New Jersey is committing money to save general aviation airports around the state. The small airports are threatened by development and other pressures.

June 24 - The Star-Ledger

Restoring Versailles

The plan to restore Versailles' great Baroque gardens to their 17th-century design evokes a controversy.

June 24 - The New York Times

Modernizing L.A.'s Airport

Eight years and 33 alternatives later, Los Angeles is still without a solid proposal for modernizing it's airport.

June 24 - The Los Angeles Times

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