Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.
"The fact that our president is bringing up these energy ideas now is a joke, when in fact they should have be acted upon many years ago..."
"With the growth of cities and their escalating cost of living, workers live farther from their jobs. When more than one person per household works, and mass transit isn't available, more people are forced to drive."
"President Bush in his State of the Union address said the United States needed to develop alternative fuels to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. The next day, the budget for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory was cut by $27 million. This is the laboratory that does the research on alternative fuels. Does anyone else see a problem with this action?"
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Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
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Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
Los Angeles just elected an urban planner as its mayor
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Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax survives legal challenge
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Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
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