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State's largest utilities will be required to generate 3 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2007.

November 4 - Renewable Energy Access

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I've been talking about Democratic margins in cities, but check out this exit poll analysis from <a href="http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/001084.asp">CJR Campaign Desk</a>:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>[T]he category in which Bush showed the most significant gains over the year 2000 was urban voters (who made up 30 percent of all voters), among whom Bush polled 9 percentage points better than in 2000. Bush did even better among voters in the largest cities, picking up 12 points on his 2000 performance.</blockquote><br /> <br /> On the other hand, the New York Times has a bunch of maps on the back page of its special Election section today (which I can't find a link to; sorry) says that Kerry's margins in cities were actually much larger than Bush's margins in rural areas.

November 4 - Anonymous

Well-meaning tourists are putting increasing pressure on animals worldwide, new studies show.

November 4 - The Christian Science Monitor

Denver metro area voters increased their taxes to support FasTracks.

November 4 - The Rocky Mountain News

California voters decided on dozens of ballot measures that impact land use in their cities and counties.

November 4 - California Planning and Development Report

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Here's the county-by-county map for this year, thanks to <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm">USA Today</a>.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//2004countymap3.gif" alt="" /><br /> <br /> Blue is mostly cities; red is suburban and rural, as I've pointed out <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2004/10/08/149/">before</a>. What's interesting is, as I understand it, Kerry victories in the blue towns were by a much narrower margin than Bush victories in the red regions.

November 4 - Anonymous

A ballot measure requiring governments to pay landowners for value lost due to development restrictions passes in Oregon.

November 4 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Should town planners limit their role to physical planning?

November 4 - Africa News Service

A summary of results of over 60 transit-related ballot measures in several states.

November 4 - Center For Transportation Excellence

A global positioning system called NextBus enables riders to check the moment-by-moment progress of busses.

November 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Voters approved a scaled-back version of commuter rail proposal that was rejected in 2000.

November 4 - Austin American-Statesmen

Powerful urban universities are reshaping metropolitan culture and character.

November 4 - Urban Land Magazine

Andres Duany talks about how cities rise and fall.

November 3 - Syracuse Post Standard

The Planning Report lays out the challenges and opportunities for the Los Angeles Times' new architecture critic.

November 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Design and architecture schools can be at the forefront of practicing environmental sustainability and social equity, says Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy.

November 3 - MetropolisMag.com

What do you do when your county administrator, transportation director, police chief, community development director, and human resources manager positions are all vacant?

November 3 - Los Alamos Monitor

In the metropolitan New York area mass transit needs public subsidies to survive.

November 3 - The New York Times

Large retailers -- and notably Wal-Mart -- are increasingly adapting to the design sensibilities in local communities.

November 3 - Florida Trend

Bush appointee charges that EPA tried to thwart lawsuits against polluting power plants.

November 3 - Grist Magazine

How Kannapolis, N.C., is adjusting to the loss of thousands of textile jobs abroad.

November 3 - The Christian Science Monitor