Energy
As Gas Prices Rise, Bush Promotes Hydrogen Technology
Expressing concern over rising gas prices, President Bush warned that nation would face a "tough summer" but offered no short term solution.
Paying Your Way Out Of Pollution
Marketing emotions about emissions, companies offer individual polluters the ability to pay for their exhaust.
Don Quixote's Impossible Energy Dream?
An op-ed column discusses benefits and costs of wind energy -- the newly developing industry behind it, the tax breaks it receives, and the logic or NIMBYism of opponents.
Indiana's Ambitious Biofuel Vision
The state's Republican governor has big plans for alternative energy -- so why aren't people listening?
Canada's Tar Sands Endanger National Security
A new report from three Canadian think tanks points out that Canada is not only without a national energy policy, it is risking its own social, environmental, and energy security to mine and sell tar sands oil to the United States at rock-bottom prices.
Time To Tax Oil
The only way to have a meaningful impact on our "addiction to oil" is to tax it, according to this op-ed by a Kennedy School of Government program director.
Electrical Utilities A Major Source Of Greenhouse Gasses
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council reveals that electrical utilities are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and that the majority of this pollution is concentrated among a small group of producers.
Will Rising Gas Prices Change Our Behavior?
Anecdotally, the stories are endless -- gas prices are approaching $3 in most of the country (or beyond, in California). Drivers indicate they are trip-linking, carpooling, even taking public transit on occasion, yet demand doesn't subside.
Cities Vulnerable To Oil Shocks
SustainLane's recently released rankings of the largest 50 U.S. cities by preparedness for rises in oil prices leaves some cities, from Colorado Springs to Kansas City, room for improvement.
How Congress Is Subsidizing Big Oil
Lobbyists helped the oil industry secure billions in subsidies from the U.S. Congress for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Cars Become More Powerful and Less Efficient
Automakers have used improved technology to make cars peppier and bigger, instead of improving fuel economy.
UK Microgeneration Plan Not Up To Par
The energy strategy that relies on large numbers of people enacting small energy-saving measures needs better planning and more funding, according to experts.
Peak Oilers Ponder Ways To 'Re-Engineer Society To Go Backwards'
Community groups and individuals across North America are "powering down" and preparing for life after cheap oil.
China Attempts To Reduce Population, Consumption
First there was the "one-child" rule. Now China attempts to do to consumption what it did to population growth -- stem it, in this case by raising the "consumption tax".
If Ethanol Is Dependent Upon Coal, Is It Green?
To "end our addiction to oil", ethanol, a bio-fuel, seems a likely transportation fuel to boost. However, from an air quality and global warming perspective, if the ethanol is going to be produced from coal-fired plants, is it worth it?
Europe's Eco-Experimentation House
In Brussels, one house brimming over with green technology may hold the answers to many of Europe's energy concerns.
A Different 'Bush' For Alternative Energy
A common plant has the potential to become generate enough fuel to supply electricity to a third of India's villages.
Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2005
From eminent domain to "condofication", Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2005.
Twin Energy, Real Estate Booms In West Cause Conflict
In the Rockies, developers and oil and natural gas companies are vying for access to the same land -- but what could be the consequences for local communities?
An Energy Boom in Silt, Colorado: For Better And Worse
Opposition to an energy boom in Silt Colorado is building among environmentalists, property-rights advocates, ranchers, county commissioners, and mayors.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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