Environment&Ecology: Supreme Court Water Ruling Favors Oklahoma Over Texas, CEQA Streamlining Primer on California's SB375
June 14, 2013
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Oklahoma Over Texas
Governing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a unanimous ruling for Oklahoma over a North Texas water district in a case over delivery of water from the Red River.
Environment&Ecology: Dust Emissions, Dirty Indoor Air, Mainstream Green Infrastructure, Texas Water Desalination Study
June 13, 2013
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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.
Environment&Ecology: Bioswales Along the Indy Cultural Trail, Restoring Rivers To Revitalize Cities, NY Climate Change Protections
June 12, 2013
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Video: Amazing Bioswales Along the Indy Cultural Trail
Streetfilms
Many American cities are growing to the idea that they need to do a much better job handling their stormwater runoff at ground level.
Enviroment & Ecology: Energy Generation Walking, Indoor Microbial Census, Breathing On The Subway, UK Wildlife In Trouble
May 28, 2013
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Walking Could Produce Energy via Shoes
Giant Freakin Robot
There's no better power than people power! A team of engineering students at Rice University in Houston, Texas have invented a shoe that can harness the energy of everyday walking to, theoretically, power small devices such as cell phones or mp3 players.
Environment & Ecology: LA Mayor & Clean Energy, UK Collapsing Biodiversity, Preserving Nigeria's Evil Forests
May 23, 2013
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Could New LA Mayor Spur Clean Energy Boom
Next City
Eric Garcetti became the first elected Jewish mayor of Los Angeles today.
Environment & Ecology: Grappling With Urban Air Pollution, TCU Prairie Prophet, BRT Lines Produce Less Smog
May 21, 2013
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How Clean is the Air We Breath in Cities?
The City Fix
More and more cities worldwide are grappling with the ever-increasing menace of air pollution - especially in India, which contains some of the most polluted cities in the world.
LA Metro Wins Award for Sustainable Communities Planning Policy
May 21, 2013
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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy was adopted by the Metro Board in Fall 2012, and is based on work by Metro staff and a consultant team led by ARUP, and including Center for Transit-Oriented Development partners Reconnecting America and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, as well as Fehr and Peers and Barrio Planners. We at Reconnecting America want to congratulate Metro on getting recognition for this huge step forward in sustainability planning. Separate Metro policies address sustainability in operations and construction.
Environment & Ecology: Biomass Energy & Deforestation, Giant Sewer Balloon Plugs, China's Agriculture History
May 20, 2013
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Biomass Energy Use Leading to African Deforestation
All Africa
ACCORDING to Bariki Kaale who is Energy and Environmental Specialist based in Dar es Salaam, biomass fuels accounts for over 94 per cent of the total energy used for cooking with no affordable alternative energy sources in the foreseeable future.
Urbanism & Design: Disappearing World Heritage Sites, Making Homes Accessible, Why Cities Flood, Beltlines Beyond Atlanta, Women & Building Design
May 17, 2013
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Ten Disappearing World Heritage Sites
USA Today
Standing atop the ramparts of China's Great Wall. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. These are the giants of our collective imagination, the plumes in our travel cap.
Environment & Ecology: SF Trash Incentives, Tracking City Carbon Footprints, Climate Imperative Of Santa Monica TOD, Love & Hate For Marin County
May 14, 2013
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Throw Out Less Trash, Get a Smaller Bill
San Francisco Examiner
Waste bin, recycling bin or compost bin? Elliot Easom never paid close attention to which piece of trash belonged in which bin - black, blue or green - until he became aware of an incentive being offered to his neighborhood.
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