United States

Surprising even fellow Republicans, President Bush defends plans by a foreign company owned by the United Arab Emirates to manage operations at six large U.S. ports.

February 22, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Mining companies are blasting away the tops of Appalachian mountains causing severe ecological damage and devastating communities.

February 22, 2006 - Grist

Substantial amounts of flood plain construction could reinvent Katrina all over again around the country.

February 22, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.

February 22, 2006 - The New York Times

A website provides an estimate of the market value of almost any home in the U.S. along with other information such as recent sale price and value of neighboring homes.

February 21, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Gritty lofts of the type that you'd find in downtown Manhattan, Los Angeles or Chicago are making their way to the suburbs. It's like having 'A Manhattan loft in the middle of the woods.'

February 21, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

East Coast cities from Boston to Washington plan to sue out-of-state gun dealers in an effort to cut the influx of guns --used in 85 percent of city crimes -- that are bought legally in other states.

February 21, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

Cities can't be trusted with sweeping eminent domain powers, writes Reason columnist Jacob Sullum.

February 20, 2006 - Reason Magazine

Nature explains the technology behind Google Earth and how the sphere of the planet's surface is converted to a polygon made up of flat tiles.

February 20, 2006 - Nature

February 20, 2006 - Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP

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, 2006 - Tom Dispatch

Atlanta's Atlantic Station introduces a new community to the 'trendy suburban antidote' of New Urbanism.

February 17, 2006 - Business Week

Mixed-use developments are changing how Americans live, work, and play, according a Business Week review of New Urbanism projects.

February 16, 2006 - Business Week

Connections to "disgraced" lobbyist Jack Abramoff are getting in the way of Richard W. Pombo's primary "political obsessions" -- the Endangered Species Act.

February 16, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Home Builders name energy efficiency as the industry's biggest trend for 2006.

February 16, 2006 - Greener Buildings

The nation's older, inner-ring 'first suburbs' are often bypassed by policies that direct government assistance elsewhere, as discussed by Senator Hillary Clinton and Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution.

February 16, 2006 - CNN

Neither fully urban nor completely suburban, America's older, inner-ring, 'first' suburbs have a set of challenges very different from those of the center city and fast growing newer places, according to a new Brookings Institution report.

February 16, 2006 - The Brookings Institution

Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, comments on the Bush administration's plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land.

February 15, 2006 - Sierra Club

While Detroit is still obsessed with gas guzzlers, Japanese automakers are bringing out a new line of subcompact cars.

February 15, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Big business has learned that it's pretty easy being green.

February 15, 2006 - Reason Online