Publication Items

Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [1]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Military [6]
People & Population [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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New Trails Are in 13 States [11]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Report: Hints of Substantial Urban Residential Infill [19]

Researchers with EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation has found that residential development in some metro areas has moved from suburbs and exurbs to infill development within urban areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Consumer [20]
People & Population [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Report: Hints of Substantial Urban Residential Infill [19]
Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [21]

The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Region:
International [23]
National (U.S.) [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [17]
Mexico [26]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [21]
Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [27]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [5]
Biodiversity [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [31]

Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [32]
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [29]
People & Population [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Is That a Park or a Storm Sewer? Trick Question [33]

Lately the term "green infastructure" has gotten more specific as many cities seek more robust and cost-effective stormwater management.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Is That a Park or a Storm Sewer? Trick Question [33]
Green Housing Standard: LEED for Homes [34]

This fall the US Green Building Council expects to launch its rating system for residential construction.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Green Housing Standard: LEED for Homes [34]
Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [35]

If you cover transportation or urban sprawl, keep an eye out for this year's Texas Transportation Institute mobility study.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [29]
People & Population [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [35]
Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [36]

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [37]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [38]
People & Population [7]
Environmental Politics [39]
Region:
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [36]

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