Climate Change
Climate Change Actually Is A Matter of Individual Choice
6 October 2008 - 8:00am
The Wall St. Journal
A new study finds that 65% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. are under the direct or indirect control of individuals. However, many of those habits are difficult to change given land uses.
Dangerous Pockets of Methane Gas Discovered
25 September 2008 - 1:00pm
The Independent
Scientists along Russia's northern coast are reporting that methane, a greenhouse gas twenty times more potent than carbon dioxide, is being released into the atmosphere at an alarming new rate.
Please Tax My Carbon
11 July 2008 - 10:22am
North American (United States and Canada) policy generally favors low energy prices, with low taxes, production subsidies and other types of energy industry support. As a result, North Americans are energy rich: an average worker can purchase more fuel per hour of labor than almost any other time or place. In response North Americans have developed energy intensive lifestyles and industrial practices, have failed to implement many energy conservation practices common in other parts of the world, and consume more energy per capita than most other times and places.
Climate Plan Shows California Can Be A Leader
7 July 2008 - 5:00am
California Planning & Development Report
It has been a long time since the State of California was a public policy innovator. But a draft plan for implementing a greenhouse gas reduction law places California right on the cutting edge.
Climate Change Changing Assumptions on Land Use, Energy
2 July 2008 - 9:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle
Critic John King reflects on how common assumptions of Bay Area residents about urban growth boundaries and protesting nuclear power are challenged by the growing problem of climate change and energy access.
Mike Davis Reflects on the Meaning of Dubai
27 June 2008 - 1:00pm
TomDispatch
Mike Davis wonders if the excesses of Dubai portend a rapidly-warming and deteriorating world of diverging urban fortunes, where a minority live in eco-friendly luxury, while most endure polluted squalor.
The Quest for Energy: The Input/Output Problem
24 June 2008 - 10:00am
In August of 2006, an unknown Irish company called Steorn took out a full-page ad in The Economist to announce that they had created a magnetic technology that produced more energy than it used- essentially, a perpetual motion machine, the Holy Grail of energy.
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Bangla-Doomed?
21 June 2008 - 1:00pm
Belfast Telegraph
Rising sea levels caused by global climate change are predicted to swallow the country of Bangladesh by the end of the century.
Sweden Tops All Nations As Climate-Friendly
10 May 2008 - 5:00am
The Guardian
One country stands out in Europe in surpassing the greenhouse gas emission reductions required by the Kyoto Protocol - Sweden. While it used several environmental technologies to achieve those reductions, experts give credit to its carbon tax.
The Next Steps Toward A Sustainable Sacramento
28 April 2008 - 9:00am
California Planning & Development Report
The Sacramento region has become a national model for smart growth planning. But what, asks Bill Fulton, will it take to make the region sustainable for decades to come?
San Francisco's Bay Area Growth May Change With Climate
22 April 2008 - 6:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle
Officials forecast need to adapt development model: to retreat from some areas, build in others, and reduce reliance on cars.
Time to Adapt to a Warmer World is Now
17 April 2008 - 2:00pm
California Planning & Development Report
Public officials and scientists are starting to say that adaptation to climate change is just as important as trying to stem climate change. One way to adapt is to embrace smart growth principles that reduce energy usage, according to this article.
Planning Cities In The Age Of Global Warming
16 April 2008 - 9:00am
MIT Technology Review
A recent conference hosted by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy focused on how planners around the world are designing urban areas that respond to the impacts of climate change.
Water Supply Crisis Facing 36 States
7 April 2008 - 7:00am
Natural News
Rising temperatures, shrinking ice packs and the salinization of coastal fresh water sources are all contributing to a growing water crisis in the United States.
How Housing Choices Affect Climate Change
7 April 2008 - 6:00am
National Public Radio
NPR's Climate Connections series explores how American's lifestyles affect climate change. In this first of two articles, Elizabeth Shogren introduces an Emory University researcher who moves out of Atlanta into her 'dream house' in the suburbs.
Best Ideas of the Week
4 April 2008 - 5:00pm
Another week has passed, and some more exciting and interesting ideas have taken root in the world of urban planning.
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