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Environment & Ecology: Grappling With Urban Air Pollution, TCU Prairie Prophet, BRT Lines Produce Less Smog

May 21, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 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.
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Environment & Ecology: Biomass Energy & Deforestation, Giant Sewer Balloon Plugs, China's Agriculture History

May 20, 2013
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Africa, China, Climate Change, Health & Environment, State Policy, Texas
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 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.
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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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URBANISM & DESIGN 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.  
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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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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 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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Environment & Ecology: Green Building Lobby Wars, A Carbon Neutral Seattle, Looming Food Disaster

May 7, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY USGBC Fights Back Against Lobbying Industries  Treehugger   Green building has been under attack on all fronts recently by the wood, plastic and fossil fuel industries, all of which have big bucks to spend in Washington.
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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Environment & Ecology: Fixing CEQA, Urban Lawns & Greenhouse Gases, Grass & Flood Prevention, Texas-OK Water War

April 26, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY California Mayors Want CEQA Fixed  Los Angeles Daily News   As mayors of two of California's largest cities, we've joined with other large city mayors including San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, to call for a modernization of one of California's oldest and most important environmental laws, the California Environmental Quality Act, or…
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Transport: Oregon Wants Light Rail Or No Bridge, VMT Of Rural Vs Urban Drivers, NOLA Streetcar Expansion Plans, First BRT Corridor In Rio

April 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Oregon Will Kill CRC If It Doesn't Include Light Rail  Seattle Times   Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to remove light rail from the project.
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Urban Issues: Renting More Popular, NYC Affordability, Zoning & Crime, Economy Will Be Urban & High Tech, Paying Cash For Homes

April 24, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Energy Companies Choose Katy for Relocation  Houston Chronicle   It is no secret the energy industry is booming and creating jobs across the board in most every company even closely associated with oil and gas.
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Environment & Ecology: Rural Water & Texas Cities, Copenhagen's Carbon Neutral Plan, California Solar Jobs, National Ecology Study

April 22, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Don't Pump Rural Texas Dry for Cities  San Antonio Express News   In Uvalde, we have experienced the drought as much as anybody; as mayor of that community and owner of a family farming operation, I have learned more about water politics and the cost of water than I bargained for.
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