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February 20 - Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP

Frustrated with government services and a lack of culture, Orlando residents in East Orange county are in the beginning stages of planning a new city. If successful, the new city would dwarf the current size of Orlando.

February 20 - The Orlando Sentinel

L.A.'s architecture critic tears into the "conflicted" design of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles.

February 19 - The Los Angeles Times

New South Wales Sustainability Commissioner Peter Newman is fired as the state's sustainability commissioner.

February 19 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Over 205,000 Baltimore residents don't own cars -- 32 percent of the city's population -- leaving many 'lost' and vulnerable to any Katrina-like disaster.

February 19 - Baltimore City Paper

Kenneth S. Deffeyes, author of 'Beyond Oil', calculates that world oil production reached 'Hubbert's Peak' on December 16th, 2005.

February 19 - Beyond Oil

Recent data shows that the Greenland icecap is melting nearly twice as fast as previously thought, making the previous melt estimate of 1,000 years seem far too generous -- an ominous sign for those planning oceanside development.

February 19 - BBC News

Austin Williams presents a critique of New Urbanism and its influence on rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.

February 18 - Spiked

The world is facing multiple energy crises, writes Michael Klare: Accelerating worldwide demand for oil and dwindling supplies and the growing ecological consequences of our oil dependence.

February 18 - Tom Dispatch

Brooklyn's Fulton Street Mall is a shadow of its former self. How will it attract a 'new clientele' without focusing solely on whites, and the possibility of gentrification?

February 18 - The New York Observer

An op-ed in Georgia's Gainesville Times calls Governor Sonny Perdue's roads-only approach to easing traffic congestion a "temporary solution".

February 18 - Gainesville Times

The Union of Concerned Scientists issues a report outlining potential problems for the entire region.

February 18 - Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune

The unattractive finding comes as part of a study linked with a major exhibition on traffic solutions in New York.

February 17 - The Village Voice

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's infrastructure program bumps into California's 21st century reality.

February 17 - California Planning & Development Report

Even with a downtown revival, Los Angeles cannot attract amenities such as movie theatres.

February 17 - The Los Angeles Times

In Philadelphia, an exhibition of historic photos of the Big Easy is being viewed in a new light.

February 17 - The Christian Science Monitor

Study finds that Greenland's ice cap is melting at an accelerated rate and more than doubling the amount of ice melted in the last decade.

February 17 - The Globe and Mail

As warehouse and distribution ramp up with global trade, The Slatin Report offers a look at an intriguing new approach to industrial development.

February 17 - The Slatin Report

Downtown Los Angeles's urban development gets a boost with a new theatre, as movies, live performances, cultural events, and even Karaoke are planned for the center, developed in partnership with ImaginAsian Entertainment.

February 17 - The Los Angeles Times

Market forces alone haven't been able to generate needed investments in areas devastated by Katrina, and people have nothing to return to without those investments. A new idea has promise.

February 17 - Common Dreams