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Fueling The Hydrogen Age

A California startup is betting on genetically reengineered algae as the next alternative energy source.

April 20 - Wired

A Victim Of Globalization?

What is the impact of globalization on the nation's small towns?

April 19 - The Los Angeles Times

Low-tech, Low-cost Device Transforms A Nation's Economy

It is small enough to be carried on a bicycle and simple enough to be repaired without any tools. It is changing the economy of a nation.

April 19 - Wired

FL School Board May Be Unable To Build On $1.2 Million Tract

Citrus County School Board members this week are hastily trying to wade through the complexities of Florida's Development of Regional Impact rules to understand what can be done with a $1.2 million plot they've purchased.

April 19 - The St. Petersburg Times

Detroit Developing Crash-warning Systems For Cars

Cutting-edge research aims to improve car safety.

April 19 - Wired


The Riverkeeper: Patrol To Protect River From Pollution

Corporate farming and urban sprawl threaten the Kansas River.

April 19 - The Kansas City Star

Sister Cities Program Needs A Boost

Neal Peirce says there is a global need to boost the Sister Cities program.

April 19 - The Washington Post Writers Group


Bush's Arctic Drilling Legislation Defeated

The core item of the Bush administration's energy policy, drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was blocked in the Senate.

April 19 - The Washington Post

U.S. Mass Transit Ridership Growing

According to American Public Transportation Association transit ridership grew faster than highway use in last year.

April 19 - The Washington Post

New Plan To Improve Regional Transit

Mid-America Regional Council will develop a 10-year plan to improve mass transit in the region.

April 19 - The Kansas City Star

'Nobel Prize' Of Architecture Surprises Many

The architecture and design world is a-buzz... the Pritzker Prize has been awarded, for the first time, to an Australian.

April 19 - ArchNewsNow.com

Affordable Housing Gets Key Backing

Council members back incusionary housing and declare housing emergency.

April 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

New EPA Web Site To Promote RCRA Brownfields Reuse

The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a web site for the RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative.

April 18 - Brownfields.com

'Decaffeinating' Hazardous Waste

A technique used to create decaffeinated coffee could help clean hazardous waste.

April 18 - Brownfields.com

CA Smart Growth Bill Worries Builders, Municipalities

In its first major land-use initiative in years, Gov. Gray Davis'Office of Planning and Research is pushing a bill that will give the statebroad new powers over how and where cities expand.

April 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

How To Get Rid Of A Polluted Town

American Electric Power (AEP) decides to buy the tiny Ohio river town of Cheshire after it is polluted by an AEP factory.

April 18 - Charleston Gazette

Los Angeles' Largest Infrastructure Project

Los Angeles' largest infrastructure project is open for business. It's the biggest project most people have never heard of.

April 18 - California Planning and Development Report

Muschamp Criticizes WTC 'Parade Of Platitudes'

NY Times Architectural Critic, Herbert Muschamp criticizes the "Principles and Preliminary Blueprint for the Future of Lower Manhattan."

April 18 - The New York Times

Suburbia, Oil, And National Security

James Howard Kunstler ponders our built enironment and our insatiable thirst for cheap foreign oil.

April 18 - Orion Online

2002 APA Conference: Final Day 4

Daily updates and photos all week from the national planning conference in Chicago.

April 18 - Planetizen

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