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Outer Belt vs. Inner Belt: The First Suburbs
Northeastern Ohio cities are hoping to lure residents back to the "first suburbs."
Calpine Clears Crucial Hurdle
Despite serious concerns with theproposed Calpine Corp. power plant in San Jose's Coyote Valley, theCalifornia Energy Commission, recommended theproject's approval.
Plan to Speed Power-Plant Licensing Begins
California energy officials took the initial steps to speeding up power plant approval by ordering the commencement of work on new processrules.
Coastal Panel Seeks Stronger Role
California Coastal Commission votes to push for a role in crafting habitat conservation plans that allow development on fragile lands.
'It's progress, you can't stop it'
It may be too late for a statewide ballot measure designed to "keep farmland out of the hands of developers."
Vote 'No' on Proposition 37
This editorial comes out against Prop. 37, which reclassifies feesused to "mitigate the societal or economic effects of an activity" as atax.
Vote 'Yes' on Proposition 37
In this opinion editorial, VictorWeisser, president of the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB), endorses Prop. 37 as a "responsible measure that represents sound fiscal and environmental policy.
Refineries Raise Level of Pollutant In Gasoline
Despite an executive order by Gov. Gray Davis to ban MTBE usein gasoline by 2002, the amount of MTBE blended into gasoline byNorthern California refineries increased by 14% from April to June,according to a report by the California Energy Commission
Urbanfetch Surrenders
Delivery Dot-com to shed jobs and become courier.
Austin Suffers Growing Pains
Doubling in metro population strangles region.
FCC: Landlords Must Open Buildings for Telecom
Office Buildings Will Get More Competition for Infomration Services.
Internet Wealth For Hawk Habitat
Helped by contributions from an Internet company, the Nature Conservancy spends $11.7 million to purchase 27,000 acres of sensitive habitat.
50-year Odyssey: How City Shrank
A look at Greater Cincinnati's urban growth over the last fifty years.
New Land Program Gets Final Approval
Congress approved an $18.8 billion measure that includes an immediate down payment for purchasing fragile lands, maintaining parks and other initiatives.
Dam Demolition In Ojai
The Matilija Dam, which was built in 1948 to provide drinking water to the Ojai Valley, will be torn down. How to do it is the problem.
CA Land-Use Initiatives Fill Ballots
The November 7, 2000 election is shaping up as a potential landmark in ballot-box planning in California.
The Vanishing Farm
Ohio is losing farmland at "more than twice previous year's yearly rate" and issues such as sprawl, greenspace preservation, watershed protection, and revitalizing urban brownfields are becoming critical.
Planners Debate Boston's Big Dig
Boston's massive Big Dig project -- considered the most expensive highway project in the nation -- will bury Interstate 93 under downtown Boston and "leave a 30-acre swath of open land cutting through the heart of the city"heart of the city."
The Flip Side Of Sprawl
San Francisco, Washington, and Denver are examined to see what these places have done right.
Copper River Ranch Project is Urban Sprawl
There are significant problems with the Copper River Ranch plan in light of League of Women Voters' positions on transportation, land use and air quality.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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