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Carbon Tax Comes To The U.S.
<p>The City of Boulder, Colorado makes history by approving the nation's first carbon tax.</p>
When City Planners Oppose Elected Officials
<p>What happens when the professional planning staff advising an elected board disagrees with the conclusions of the elected board, and is required to submit a proposal that the planners opposed to a state regulatory agency for approval?</p>
Should Red-Light Districts Be Saved?
<p>In Baltimore, gentrification seems to be taking its toll on the red-light district known as "the Block."</p>
Study Casts Doubt On 'Healthy Forests' Initiative
<p>New studies by the Forest Service suggest that thinning forests as done under President Bush’s Healthy Forests Initiative may worsen forest damage, not reduce it.</p>
Getting Humans Back Into Nature: A Dissertation
<p>A practicing planner and academic proposes as his Ph.D. dissertation an ecosystem approach to planning, and asks how we begin to place our cities back into their ecological context.</p>
Development Could Transform Palm Springs Landmark
<p>Critics oppose a major development including a resort, golf course, and housing, on the lower slopes of Palm Spring's Mt. San Jacinto.</p>
Florida Approves Constitutional Amendment Limiting Eminent Domain
<p>Sixty-nine percent of Florida's voters approved an amendment to the State's Constitution to limit government ability to take property for private development. How will this homeowner victory impact the revitalization efforts of cities?</p>
An Urban Village Copes With Too Much Success
<p>The appeal of Clarendon, Virginia, a homey neighborhood outside Washington, D.C., is threatening to wipe out its quirky character with a wave of upscale chain retailers, high-end restaurants, and luxury condominiums.</p>
Las Vegas Running Out Of Land
<p>With development encroaching on mountains, Indian lands, and protected species' habitats, projections are that the city will run out of room to grow.</p>
The Prevailing Wage Question
<p>Should the people who build low-income housing get a prevailing wage? Community developers say they can't afford to pay it, but can they really fight poverty if they don't?</p>
Infrastructure Can't Keep Pace Alberta's Oil Sands Development
<p>In an unprecedented move, the Province of Alberta's energy regulator has issued a warning that time is running out to put in place the infrastructure -- including roads, schools and health care -- needed to keep pace with oil sands development.</p>
Wal-Mart Reports On Its Experiment With A 'Green Store'
<p>Wal-Mart issues a one-year progress report on its experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colorado.</p>
Paris Wants To Woo The 'Creative Class'
<p>Once a magnet for writers, painters and other artistic types, Paris' Mayor wants the city to attract the laptop toting young bohemians that represent the new 'creative class'.</p>
Why Don't Elected Officials Take The Bus?
<p>Los Angeles' mayor has been a tireless advocate for mass transit, but some wonder why the mayor doesn't make use of the system himself.</p>
Voters Approve $5.7 Billion in Conservation Funds
<p>Voters across the political spectrum approved 77% of the 128 tax and bond initiatives on ballots in 23 states last Tuesday.</p>
The Ballpark Stadium of the Future
<p>The Oakland A's sign a deal with the technology company Cisco to replace the Oakland Coleseum for a high-tech new ballpark which will set the standard for future stadiums.</p>
Homeowners Invest In 'Granny' Additions
<p>As more and more Boomers begin to retire, builders are noticing increasing demand for home renovations and additions that will allow seniors to "age in place".</p>
From Steel Plant To Slot Parlor
<p>Bethlehem, PA pins its hopes on Pennsylvania's new slots laws. Jeff Pooley explores whether this is really the best hope for revitalization of the dying steel town.</p>
Call For 'Rails, Not Roads' In Atlanta
<p>With elections over, Atlanta's major newspaper calls for state and local politicians to take the steps necessary to develop multi-modal transportation options in the region.</p>
The 'Green' Skyscraper
<p>William McDonough illustrates a model for the sustainable building of the future in Fortune Magazine.</p>
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