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Streamlining Permitting Of Power Plants

Environmentalists and regulators support a bill that would streamline the permitting and construction of power plants in California.

August 20 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

UC Riverside's Growing Pains

The fastest-growing UC campus is giving up acres of agriculture to accommodate growth. The proposal has aroused mixed emotions.

August 19 - Press-Enterprise

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.

August 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Fire Protection or Subsidized Sprawl?

Proposed legislation is irresponsible and would encourage urban sprawl into fire prone wildlife areas in El Doradao County.

August 19 - The Sacramento Bee

U.S. Firms Find Work Beyond Borders

Survey of architecture firms finds U.S. firms dominate the world market for international projects.

August 19 - E-Architect


Guide To The Site-Built Market

HUD publishes a new guidebook to encourage partnerships between manufactured housing producer's and site builder/developers.

August 19 - HUD News

Colorado's Racing Mecca

A massive and contentious $500 million, 5,500-acre superspeedway is proposed in Araphahoe County, Colorado.

August 19 - The Denver Post


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.

August 18 - The Atlantic Monthly

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.

August 18 - The Brookings Institution

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.

August 18 - The Sacramento Bee

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.

August 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Flood-Protection Plan Gaining Favor

$27 Million plan to provide flood protection and save lizard habitat in Thousand Palms, California.

August 18 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

BART Fight Is On

Silicon Valley opposes a mandated fee while Assemblyman looks to annexation in BART extension to San Jose.

August 18 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Ecologists Yielding To Nature

As wildfires rage, some activists say portions ofwoodlands should be thinned.

August 18 - Orange County Register

Wanted: Fast Growing Technology Company

The booming success of e-commerce and the accompanying revenue it generates for the cities where it locates has made dot.coms the businesses to have in your community.

August 18 - Planetizen

California's Housing Policies Create Slums

As California's population continues to grow, the state's housing policies result in acute housing shortages that create the nation's largest slums in California.

August 18 - Planetizen

Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests

Experts warn that decades of fire suppression have let so much fuel accumulate, the West faces catastrophe.

August 17 - The Los Angeles Times

Backwater Considers Cityhood Again

The first California community to give up cityhood 32 years may consider reincorporation.

August 17 - San Jose Mercury News

Farmers Oppose Rural Land Initiative

Sonoma County's farming community has announced its opposition to a rural land initiative that aims to prevent large-scale development on agricultural land.

August 17 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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.

August 17 - The New York Times

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