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Environment&Ecology: Dust Emissions, Dirty Indoor Air, Mainstream Green Infrastructure, Texas Water Desalination Study

June 13, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY American West Increasingly Dusty  National Geographic   The American West is becoming an increasingly dusty place: So-called "dust emissions"-including giant dust storms reminiscent of the Dust Bowl era-have increased in the past 17 years, according to a new study.  
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Urban Issues: Seattle District Voting, Bikes & Local Economy, Grocery Stores & Condos, The Changing Geography Of U.S. cities

June 11, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Push to Create Council Districts Moves Forward  Seattle Times   A group that wants Seattle City Council members elected by district is expected to turn in enough signatures Tuesday to qualify the charter amendment for the November general-election ballot.
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Urban Issues: Las Vegas Tech Bet, Need For Disaster-Resistant Housing, AirBnB Illegal In NYC, Dev Cost & Housing Affordability

May 22, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES A $50 Million Dollar Bet on Las Vegas  Entrepreneur.com   How the Vegas Tech Fund plans to help transform the tech scene in Sin City, in part two of our series on Tony Hsieh's $350 million Downtown Project.
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Urban Issues: Vision For Richmond's Future, Vancouver Embracing Accessory Units, Traffic Cones, New Google Maps

May 16, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A Grand Vision for Richmond's Future  Bacon's Rebellion   By 2035 the Richmond region will grow by roughly 200,000 households (435,000 people) and 200,000 new jobs. That's a mind-numbing number for a metropolitan region with barely more than 1 million inhabitants today.
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Urban Issues: Vancouver Affordability, Geography Of US Suicides, Atlanta In-Town Job Migration, NYC Apartments Sue Bikeshare

May 9, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Pushing Back on Wendell Cox's Vancouver Claims  Price Tags   If (you've) heard once, (you've) heard a hundred times that it takes about 10 years of average household income to buy an average home, and that this renders us the second least affordable city in the entire world, or at least the English-speaking world.
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Urban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes & Local Stores, Chicago Housing Growth

May 8, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases  Planetizen, Brent Todarian   With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.
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Environment & Ecology: Courtroom Curbing Cars, Parkour and Historic Preservation

May 2, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Court Rules Cities Fail on Air Pollution, Need to Ban Cars Guardian UK, via: @urbandata   The UK faces European fines and British cities may have to ban cars to dramatically reduce harmful effects of air pollution
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Transport: Maryland Seeks Fed Funds For LRT, Regulating Ride Sharing, House Panel Vs. LaHood, Reducing Driving Saves Colleges Money

April 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Maryland Presses for Federal Support in Building LRT Systems  Baltimore Sun   Backed by an affirming legislative session and soon to be flush with transportation money, state officials went to Washington on Monday to assure the administration that Maryland has both the means and the will to build two light rail systems.
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Urbanism & Design: Vancouver Density Lessons For Seattle, Skateboarding Vs. Architecture, Urban Cores & Socializing

April 16, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Craft Brewer Surly buys Minneapolis site for $20 million Brewery  Minneapolis Star Tribune   The company bought land for a "destination brewery" in Minneapolis' Prospect Park neighborhood that could open by 2014.
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Urban Issues: Visualizing Spatial & Social Media, Nashville MPO Example, Hidden Subsidies In Cities, Home Ownership & American Dream

April 8, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Five Things Portland Can Steal from Other Cities  Portland Oregonian   From city mayors to business leaders, people from around the globe used to arrive in droves to see how Portland came to be such a livable city. They then took those ideas back to their own communities.
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