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<p>This article from the <em>Guardian</em> looks at the feasibility of putting in place a recently-announced proposal to make Britain carbon-neutral by 2050.</p>

August 31 - The Guardian

<p>Sprawling housing developments and shopping center parking lots threaten many historic battlefields, such as the site of Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address.</p>

August 31 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Transportation planners in metropolitan Atlanta have drawn up a preliminary map that outlines what an ambitious 12-county transit system could look like.</p>

August 31 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>A proposed rail line connecting the Washington D.C. region to its international airport remains mired in delays. Many are blaming confusion and mixed coordination amongst the project's many stakeholders and backers.</p>

August 31 - The Washington Post

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Last month, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design hosted a regional session in partnership with the </font><a href="http://www.caup.washington.edu/"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#800080">University of Washington</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, and we were fortunate that the session’s organizers</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> were able to secure meeting space in the entry pavilion to the Seattle Art Museum’s </font><a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/OSP/default.asp"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#800080">Olympic Sculpture Park</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">.

August 30 - Jess Zimbabwe

<p>With limited funding for historic preservation programs, many states are looking to resident curator programs that allow people to live rent free in historic homes in exchange for preserving them.</p>

August 30 - The New York Times

<p>Engineering and environmental problems abound near China's Three Gorges Dam.</p>

August 30 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Facing one of the driest years in recent history, the city of Los Angeles is feeling the pinch of the drought. Officials have suggested reconsidering a once-proposed and once-disapproved plan to recycle wastewater back into the groundwater.</p>

August 30 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Brazil is considering a bold plan to get water to its arid northeast by diverting one of the country's largest and most famous rivers. But many are protesting the plan, saying the water will mainly benefit business, not the rural poor who need it.</p>

August 30 - NPR

<p>Complaints over parking have led the city of Martinez, California, to realize an affordable housing complex built for seniors has been renting at market rates for years.</p>

August 30 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>When it comes to reducing carbon footprints and living sustainably, urban residents perform the best.</p>

August 30 - MSN

<p>Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, has been widely celebrated in recent years as one of the most historic and, at the same time, most thoroughly high-tech cities in Eastern Europe.</p>

August 30 - Der Spiegel

<p>Despite scientific findings that trees along levees help improve their effectiveness, federal regulations may require that trees lining levees in Central California be removed.</p>

August 30 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>From floating homes to green building to a public housing country club, the city of New Orleans has been pushed to take creative measures towards rebuilding and recovering after Hurricane Katrina.</p>

August 30 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Public transit ridership saw little or no change in the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this week when transit agencies offered free rides as part of a "Spare the Air" campaign.</p>

August 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>In looking at both developed and developing countries, this article argues that mobility and transportation infrastructure are essential to successful economic development.</p>

August 29 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development via Environmental News Network

<p>A severe housing shortage is facing England, but some fear sprawl will result from a government plan to build 3 million homes by 2020.</p>

August 29 - BBC

<p>Facing the possibility of not being able to afford service by county sheriffs, the city of West Park, Florida, is hoping to forfeit its cityhood and join up with neighboring Pembroke Park. But Pembroke Park is less than enthusiastic about a merger.</p>

August 29 - The Miami Herald

<p>With large investments made in refurbishing and emphasizing its waterfront in recent years, Barcelona has set off on a path towards rejuvenation -- bringing in many foreigners and a surge of young, creative professionals.</p>

August 29 - Der Spiegel

<p>Advocates for the homeless offer their advice on dealing with homeless people sleeping in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. They say that, with some caveats, the homeless should be allowed to sleep in the park. Residents feel differently.</p>

August 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle