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Self-Cleaning Concrete To Fight Pollution
Scientists have developed “smart" building materials designed to wash pollutants off the surface and clean the air.
Calculating The True Cost Of Agribusiness
"Raising Less Corn More Hell" asserts that modern farming methods actually are counter-productive to countering world hunger.
Hilton Aims To Become First Certified Energy-Efficient Hotel
Boasting a raft of sustainable design elements, including a heat-reflecting roof, the Hilton Vancouver (WA) is hoping to become the first hotel to receive a LEED certification
The Growing Political Clout Of Suburbs
Between congressional redistricting and housing migrations, suburban voters are enjoying more governmental power than ever.
World's Largest Outdoor Climate-Change Experiment
Despite opposition from local residents, an eight-year long experiment deliberately pollutes thousands of trees to study the impact of future global warming.
APA Supports Kelo Decision
A article in APA's Planning & Environmental Law describes the arguments in APA's Amicus Curiae and the decision written by Justice Stevens.
Study Says Wind Power Is The Way Of The Future
According to a Stanford University study, wind is the fastest growing source of energy in the world.
New Water Technologies Bring New Troubles
Olympia, Washington is facing the challenges of applying the latest wastewater technologies.
Who Controls Local Resources?
Coca-cola is accused of taking scarce groundwater away from landless laborers, polluting it, and selling poisonous factory waste as fertilizer to poor farmers.
Acting New Jersey Governor Suspends Fast-Track Permits
Conservationists applauded the measure, but some business groups are worried that it may stop growth.
Should A Developer Sit On The Planning Commission?
A developer who sits on the City Planning Commission is at the center of a dispute that pits a university's desire for more student housing against a community's desire for open space.
The Revolution Will Be Localized
Local politicians are taking the fight against global warming past Washington politics and directly to the people.
Eminent Domain Forces Out Construction Firm
The Clearkin Construction Company was given seven days to vacate the property they'd maintained in Philadelphia for over 50 years to make room for housing.
City Approves Municipal Fiber Network
Facing stiff opposition from cable and phone companies, voters in Lafayette, Louisiana approve a municipal fiber to the home network.
New Housing Market Slowing Down?
For the second month in a row, developers have slowed down the pace of building new homes.
Urbana Renewal
Renewable energy sources like wind and sun could supply 8 percent of Illinois' electric supply by 2013.
Chinese Riot Over Industrial Pollution
Frustration with ongoing industrial contamination of water supplies and the failure of corrupt officials to deal with the problem is leading to protests across China.
Traffic Calming Backfires
Large-scale, aggressive traffic calming efforts to ease traffic in an upscale Westside Los Angeles community backfires.
Driven To Do-It-Yourself Bio-Diesel
Computer programmer converts his car to run on discarded cooking oil from the company cafeteria.
Where's The Real Surf City, USA?
A dispute over the slogan has California's Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz up in arms.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
