Energy
City Conserves Energy, Cuts Costs, With Common Sense
City of New Haven seeks innovative, cost-effective ways to curtail municiapl energy expenses and could be a model for municipalities across the nation.
Kunstler Discusses The World-wide Energy Crisis
James Howard Kustler offers his vision of the looming permanent world-wide energy crisis and its shocking implications at the PetroCollapse Conference in New York.
Oil from Ancient Peat Beds Could Fuel the Future
A geologist's controversial theory that the oil in Alberta's tar sands flowed from coal fields based on ancient peat, could mean that there are vast supplies of oil waiting to be discovered, not just in Alberta but all over the world.
Market Forces Boost Alternate Energy
After Hurricane Katrina, energy conservation and renewable energy make a comeback.
Why High Gas Prices Will Not Change Driving Habits
Austan Goolsbee explains why a short-term increase in fuel prices is unlikely to change Americans' driving habits.
The New Big Thing In Energy: Microgrids
Small networks of power generators in "microgrids" have the potential to enable communities manage, trade and sell their own power.
Friday Funny: Hollywood Without Electricity -- 'Our Tsunami'
Survival accounts from the Great Blackout of Los Angeles 2005 -- No electricity for 26 minutes. 'This is our Tsunami.'
Before The Oil Runs Out: How Will This Era End?
The world is swimming in crude, but it's getting costlier to extract, and demand is rising fast. Is it the end of the line for cheap oil? CSM offers a three-part series.
Seven Steps To A Sustainable New Orleans
Timothy Lange calls for an effort to rebuild New Orleans into an eco-friendly city that could be model for the nation.
Why we Need to Pay $4 for a Gallon of Gasoline
Hurricane Katrina showed how vulnerable the United States is to oil shocks. Government needs to do more to encourage conservation.
Sunny Days For Green Power
The clean-energy sector is experiencing a post-Katrina bounce.
California To Go Solar
A partnership between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems will result in the largest solar farm in the United States.
Bush's Energy Bill Is A Missed Opportunity
President Bush's energy bill is a "feeble initiative" that will not solve the nation's enormous energy problems writes Joe Conason.
Eliminating The Need For Oil
With oil prices at an all-time high, it's time to start giving serious consideration to alternative fuel supplies.
Study Says Wind Power Is The Way Of The Future
According to a Stanford University study, wind is the fastest growing source of energy in the world.
Urbana Renewal
Renewable energy sources like wind and sun could supply 8 percent of Illinois' electric supply by 2013.
Can Nuclear Power Slow Global Warming?
Despite safety issues and questions about future profits, climate change is causing western governments to take a fresh look at nuclear power.
California Leading The Way With Green Energy Sources
Four years after the energy blackouts, Californians are actively seeking alternative energy methods that won't disrupt the environment.
The Most Ambitious US Solar-Energy Initiative Ever Proposed
California Governor Schwarzenegger's ambitious solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling.
Expert Doubts Saudi Pledges To Increase Oil Output
Saudi Arabia may have overstated its crude oil reserves and may not be able to meet global demand says energy analyst and author Matthew R. Simmons.
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.
Caltrans
Smith Gee Studio
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
