United States

The Bush Administration is asking the National Park Service to undertake "Core Operations Analysis" in order to trim 20 to 30 percent from the NPS budget.

April 18, 2006 - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Toll Brothers, a publicly-listed housing construction firm, is one of the largest in the United States, and it specializes in using its financial and political clout to profitably and legally address zoning problems.

April 17, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Group of evangelical Christian leaders sign a statement saying global warming is real.

April 16, 2006 - Orlando Weekly

After a remarkable run of success, developers of the "Mills" malls now find themselves on financially shaky ground as the public's taste for suburban shopping shifts to "lifestyle" centers patterned after traditional Main Streets.

April 16, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Architects can no longer ignore housing issues.

April 15, 2006 - Business Week

In a trend that would make Richard Florida proud, well-educated college graduates are flocking to big cities in increasing numbers, drawn by good jobs, cultural amenities and an "urban" lifestyle.

April 15, 2006 - Associated Press via CNN.com

Investors are turning away from Southern California and looking to other "hot" areas for the next boom.

April 14, 2006 - Los Angeles Times via Chicago Tribune

Terrain.org interviews the former Secretary of the Interior and "Cities in the Wilderness" author.

April 14, 2006 - Terrain.org

A new Brookings Institution report examines the growth of NORCs in inner-ring suburbs, and how to maintain them in the face of rising property taxes and energy costs.

April 14, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

The internet giants have begun offering a range of listing services that could endanger realtor's domination of the market.

April 14, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Although published several years ago, Bruce Stiftel's research into faculty quality at U.S. graduate planning schools remains the most comprehensive review of graduate planning schools, and is the basis for a new proposal for a national system of measure.

April 13, 2006 - Journal Of Planning Education And Research

The only way to have a meaningful impact on our "addiction to oil" is to tax it, according to this op-ed by a Kennedy School of Government program director.

April 13, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

The planning profession squeaks past attorneys (despite paying less than half of lawyers' salaries on average), yet doesn't crack the top 25.

April 13, 2006 - CNNMoney.com

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council reveals that electrical utilities are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and that the majority of this pollution is concentrated among a small group of producers.

April 12, 2006 - Natural Resources Defense Council

Community gardens add value to neighboring properties in New York City, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods, according to this NYU Law School publication.

April 12, 2006 - New York University School of Law , NYU Center for Law and Economics

April 12, 2006 - Lainie Herrera

April 12, 2006 - Erik Kancler

Randal O'Toole critically evaluates a recent press release from the American Public Transportation Association suggesting that recent transit data indicate public transportation use increased 25.1 percent in the last decade.

April 11, 2006 - The Thoreau Institute

Anecdotally, the stories are endless -- gas prices are approaching $3 in most of the country (or beyond, in California). Drivers indicate they are trip-linking, carpooling, even taking public transit on occasion, yet demand doesn't subside.

April 11, 2006 - The New York Times

With litigation costs escalating due to increasingly stringent zoning regulations, many family-owned development firms are forced out of the market by bigger firms that can afford to pay attorney's fees.

April 10, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer