Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Government Use Of SUVs
Anti-SUV ads are having an impact. Massachusetts state government is eliminating all but the most essential sport utility vehicles in the state's fleet.
The Trend In Green Churches
Churches, mosques, and synagogues are looking for ways to make their buildings more energy efficient.
Study: Toll Road Won't Help
Atlanta's proposed 59-mile toll road would do more to harm the region's quality of life than to improve it.
The Skeptical Environmentalist Responds
Author Bjorn Lomborg, a former environmentalist who exposed the failures of the environment movement, responds to attacks on the science of his work.
Will Maryland Be A Sprawl Or Smart Growth State?
The Baltimore Sun editorializes on Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s initial actions on sprawl.