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Community Building With Al Gore At UCLA

Al Gore will be working with staff at UCLA to develop a family-centered community building curriculum.

January 31 - The Los Angeles Times

The Most Dense City You've Never Heard Of

The City of Maywood in Los Angeles is the most densely populated city in California. Chances are you've never heard of it.

January 31 - The Los Angeles Times

Oregon's Land-use Laws Threatened

Oregon voters approved Measure 7 which threatens the state's green regulations and local zoning.

January 31 - Environmental News Network

Transit-oriented Housing In San Francisco

San Francisco needs housing but the question is where to put it. How about along a transit route?

January 31 - The San Francisco Chronicle

What Price Airport Gridlock?

What effect can a clogged-up airport have on the region around it? A billiondollar impact, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

January 31 - California 2000 Project


Superfund Refinancing: How Clean is Clean?

Next month almost 800 sites across New York awaiting cleanup will be left without funding.

January 31 - Albany Capital District Business Review

Overwhelming Evidence Of Global Warming

Will the "strongest scientificevidence ever linking climate change to man's activities" convince President Bush to address global warming?

January 31 - Salon


Arizona's Cancer: Suburban Sprawl

Arizona is suffering from "wildcat" subdivisions that leave large swaths of suburban land exempt from zoning.

January 30 - Wall St. Journal

New Stop For Mr. Fix-it

Robert R. Kiley, Boston and NYC subway savior, takes on the oldest subway system in the world.

January 30 - The Boston Globe

Congestion Diminishing Quality Of Life

It's not just a traffic issue anymore; congestion in Peninsula is a business issue.

January 30 - San Francisco Business Times

Water Resources Threatened by Urban Sprawl

As urban sprawl threatens water resources in Pennsylvania, two state lawmakers propose legislation to protect water from sprawl.

January 30 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Housing and Hostilities

Massachusetts needs more affordable housing. So why is a developer with plans to build low-income apartments being called an "extortionist, blackmailer, and worse" by the residents?

January 30 - The Boston Globe

Boston's Big-Dig Open Space Plan Lags

Boston's Big Dig officials say that they may not be able to develop an innovative comprehensive design by the scheduled date.

January 30 - The Boston Globe

LA's Mega-Billboard Plan: Visual Blight?

What started out as a welcome effort to thin out the city's 7,000 billboards may become visual blight in Los Angeles.

January 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Builders Reassess Attached Housing

Builders are scared of constructing condominiums because of the threat of lawsuits but looking at ways to live with the risk as demand for less-expensive homes increases.

January 30 - Orange County Register

Sonoma County Simplifies Recycling

The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency plans to adopt a "single-stream" recycling program.

January 30 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Is San Francisco's BART Broken?

A three-part expose looks at rising public dissatisfaction with San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

January 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Who's Responsibility Is Clean Air?

A new report by the State of California evaluates the responsibility for clean air among the state and local air districts.

January 30 - California Legislative Analyst's Office

Chesapeake Bay Conservation Projects Wanted

American Forests and the U.S. Forest Service are seeking proposals for conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay region.

January 29 - American Forests

Regulating Where You Sleep

Virginia passes legislation that limits sleeping to bedrooms. Opponents say the law would unfairly target immigrants.

January 29 - The Washington Post

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