Environment
Experiment With Electric Bikes
As part of a new, and perhaps most comprehensive plan in the nation, Santa Cruz County residents will receive economic incentives on electric bikes.
New Urgency For Urban Trees
Trees have become civic obsession in many areas as we realize that trees have health and psychological benefits.
EPA Urged To Reject Refinery Regulations
A nationwide coalition of environmental groups is urging the EPA to reject regulations that would increase emissions from refineries making new low-sulfur fuels.
Bush or Gore: Who Is More Green?
If there is any issue on which this year's presidential contenders seem stereotyped, it is the environment.
Should EPA Consider Costs Of Clean Air?
More than 40 prominent economists urge the Supreme Court to let EPA consider costs and consequences of Clean Air Regulations.
Where Is The Future For EVs?
Ten years after California mandated zero-emission vehicles, major automobile manufacturers have pulled the plug on electric-powered models.
Study Finds Less Earthquake Risk
A study suggests that the chance of a major earthquake along the northern Hayward Fault in Northern California is less than previously thought.
Flood-Protection Plan Gaining Favor
$27 Million plan to provide flood protection and save lizard habitat in Thousand Palms, California.
Ecologists Yielding To Nature
As wildfires rage, some activists say portions ofwoodlands should be thinned.
Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests
Experts warn that decades of fire suppression have let so much fuel accumulate, the West faces catastrophe.
U.S. Acts to Tighten Protection of Wetlands
Officials claim EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued new rules with tighterrestrictions in efforts to close a loophole that allowed the destructionof 20,000 acres of wetlands and an additional 150 miles of streams.
Report Is Tough On Dioxin Data
A report released by Communities for a Better Environmentasserts that water quality regulators have drastically underestimatedthe amount of dioxin pollution produced by oil refineries in the BayArea.
NPS Sued Over Yosemite Management Plan
Environmental groups sue National Park Service over Merced River management plan.
Humboldt's Environmental Deal
A forest deal is cutting heavily into Pacific Lumber's Business in Humboldt County.
Water War Counterattack
The public counterattack in the San Joaquin Valley's newest water war surfaces as Kern County confront Westlands Water District.
Disease Devastating California Oaks
Thousands of tanoak trees up and down the California coast, are falling victim to a new disease.
Seeing Clearly at Lake Tahoe
Urbanization is causing Lake Tahoe waters to lose famed clarity.
Water Re-Use
Press Democrat editorial applauds the Coalition forSustainable Agriculture for applying for Santa Rosa wastewater to use onnorth county farms.
Pollution Rules Tighten Squeeze on Power Supply
Power officials stated that the state's energy crisis may worsen if regulators don't ease air pollution restrictions.
'Green Power' Companies Could Benefit
Green energy providers may be able to offer Californians analternative power source that is not subject to the power spikesoccurring in the deregulated energy market by establishing a fixed ratefor their customers.
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.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
