The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Approximately 25 new nuclear plants are planned or in development in Canada, China, the EU, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa. Companies in the US and UK may order an additional 15 new reactors.

February 26 - Physics Today

A new report from the Apollo Alliance 'New Energy for States' outlines a wide range of clean energy initiatives being undertaken at the State level.

February 26 - Tom Dispatch

King County, Washington, executive Ron Sims participated in a roundtable discussion at the Brookings Institution last week to address challenges faced by counties with changing needs.

February 26 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Herman 'Skip' Mason Jr. is a one man museum, with a personal history collection that preserves both the well-known and oft forgotten details of a proud culture.

February 26 - Atlanta Creative Loafing

The Altamaha Riverkeeper could be all that stands between Georgia's endangered coastline and the steady pace of new development.

February 25 - Atlanta Creative Loafing

BLOG POST

<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20060224cssbccog.jpg" align="right" alt='Online Impact Analysis' />Thanks to a kind invitation from <a href="http://www.siembab.com/">Wally Siembab</a> to present at the well-attended<a href="http://www.southbaycities.org/"><strong>South Bay Cities Council of Governments</strong></a>' Seventh Annual General Assembly, I had the opportunity to unveil my annual list of the top technologies for planning.<br /> <br /> I briefly presented each of the top eight technology tools, and then provide one or more examples of each.

February 25 - Chris Steins

Chicago and Indiana have made billions by partnering with private financers on infrastructure assets. Attorneys David Narefsky and John Schmidt explain how California can reap similar benefits.

February 25 - The Metro Investment Report

Deforestration contributed to a landslide in the Phillipines that may have killed over 1000 people.

February 25 - The New York Times

A stream of letters reminds property owners, 'Do you know that your property is worth more than its current use?'

February 25 - The Seattle Stranger

For over four years, longtime residents of Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood have been threatened with eviction in the name of high-tech business development.

February 25 - Baltimore City Paper

Dilbert considers buying a fuel efficient car.

February 24 - Dilbert

A GIS analyst who worked for the Indiana office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is charged with selling 41 pirated copies of ESRI's mapping software on eBay.

February 24 - Jackson County Tribune

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns of the dire impact of weakening the Clean Water Act.

February 24 - Huffington Post via Yahoo News

Architectural Record interviews John Beckman, principal with Wallace Roberts & Todd, and prominent planner for the Bring Back New Orleans Commission.

February 24 - Architectural Record

Boston Globe editorial supports protection for upstream wetlands.

February 24 - The Boston Globe

Typically a strong advocate for property rights, the Wall Street Journal offers their opinion that the recent rejection of Oregon's growth boundary "offers the nation a model for reform."

February 24 - The Wall Street Journal

There's a thin line between critical revitalization and excessive gentrification.

February 24 - Philadelphia City Paper

Could forced relocation to safer ground improve the city's communities, or will its costs disproportionately impact the poor?

February 24 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Planners look to connect the nation's third largest park system through a vast array of greenways.

February 24 - The Miami Herald

Austin Energy is using new technology to monitor energy use more carefully, in the hopes of developing a 'smart energy network'.

February 24 - The Austin Chronicle