Schwarzenegger signs greenhouse gas bill

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday that attempts to ease greenhouse gas emissions by giving priority to transportation projects that limit commutes and curb urban sprawl.

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Calif. bill would tie land use to carbon emissions

For decades, California cities and counties knew one way to grow — by sprawling outward.

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The way we build now is killing species and ourselves, read the article and watch the video to get an idea of what we are doing wrong.

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layoffs and other effects of the economic crisis are contributing to higher poverty levels in once-solidly middle-class communities.

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Letter to the Editor regarding David Brooks' "insightful and timely analysis of how a once-in-a-lifetime chance to restructure the way our cities work might be accomplished through President-elect Barack Obama's infrastructure stimulus spending plan."

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Making lemonade out of the sprawl lemons...

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The credit economy is dead, and the dead credit residue of that dead economy is going where dead things go.

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Promoting Economic Growth Throughout the World

Taxes on consumption, such as the sales tax and the value added tax, are rarely a good idea. Such taxes are not related to ability to pay, and they discourage activity such as manufacturing, construction, tourism and employment.

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The second President Bush apparently is no more impressed by Portland protesters than his father was.

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To Anyone Who Lives in Hillsborough, FL!

To anyone who says anything along the lines of "I don't like politics" or "I don't vote", I implore you to reconsider! I've said similar things in my own past, but I now honestly believe that people who think in that context are simply too lazy to think on a higher level when no  …

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Gov. Charlie Crist returns from his European trade mission next week in time to celebrate his 52nd birthday at Palm Beach's historic Breakers hotel, where donors can pay $5,200 to get their names engraved on his birthday candles.

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According to a new study, at least 50 percent of the world's population currently lives in cities, and humans are building the equivalent of a city the size of Vancouver every week.

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It doesn't matter that Florida has a huge glut of abandoned homes thrown up in the hinterlands, dragging down the economy. Our political leaders want more.

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Sound opinions; work now to solve environmental and health hazards, eliminate pollution, sprawl, and institute economy-wide stimulus in the sound ("green") redevelopment of our infrastructure.

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With a little more than six weeks until deadline, Hometown Democracy amendment supporters say they have a little less than three quarters of the needed signed petitions to get their initiative on the November ballot.

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Atlanta - A Natural Disaster of Another Sort

It was a hot, dry summer here in Atlanta. August was the hottest month on record, breaking previous records of most 100+ degree days in a month and most consecutive 90+ degree days. With all that heat, little rain fell.

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An expected 59% increase in the number of miles Americans drive between 2005 and 2030 will outpace any reduction in greenhouse gases from better fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, said a report issued Thursday.

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Sarah Shapiro discusses the news the some big box chains will only be building green from now on -- green sprawl is still sprawl.

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A bit of local activism can sometimes pay. You can disagree with the State Department of Transportation and get your way.

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Aren't cars great? In the last sixty years, we've built such a great network of roads and service stations and restaurants that whenever you feel like it, you can get into your car and drive and drive and drive and ...

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A satirical film short about dwindling pedestrian habitat. Nicely done.

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The United States' population will hit 300 million on Tuesday morning, just 39 years after it reached 200 million in 1967, the US Census Bureau estimates.

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WASHINGTON -- America's population is on track to hit 300 million on Tuesday morning, and it's causing a stir among environmentalists.

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Now the fists are shaking at planning from the federal watchtower.

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Robert Bruegmann makes the point that objections to urban sprawl are mostly aesthetic and based on class preferences. It is the rich who can afford to be snobs about the suburbs.

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The Woods of 9

I followed my wife into several retail stores yesterday, as she sought

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