"Climate Change Equals More Mexican Migration: Study"
"Continued climate change will drive Mexican farm workers to migrate to the United States in greater numbers, environmental experts predicted on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/27/2010
Planning & Growth
New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info
NOAA's "State of the Coast" contains both quick facts and detailed information regarding this 95,000-mile-long zone and all the players involved. It generally addresses longer-term issues, such as environmental degradation, climate, hazards, economics, and demographics.
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Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities
A study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the most sprawling US cities have 2.6 times the risk of deadly extreme heat events than those with the least sprawl — regardless of the population, location, or rate of growth of an urban area.
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Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners
The USFS Forest Legacy Program has awarded a total of $72 million to 36 property owners in 33 states and territories to apply conservation easements to their land, with the goal of preventing development or other uses of the land that would reduce its forest value.
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Group Is Releasing Improved Conservation Lands Information
The Trust for Public Land's updated online database includes mapping and a finer level of detail, such as information at the county and parcel levels, for some but not all states as yet.
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"Portland Promotes Urban Cycling, But Costs Will Be High"
"The eco-conscious city plans to build more than 680 miles of new bikeways in the coming two decades at a cost of $613 million."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 02/05/2010
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