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Report: Hints of Substantial Urban Residential Infill [1]

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.
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Planning & Growth [3]
Consumer [4]
People & Population [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [8]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
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Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [9]
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International [10]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
California [14]
Mexico [15]
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Public [7]

Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [16]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
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Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Forests [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Biodiversity [21]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
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Public [7]

Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [24]

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.
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Economy & Business [25]
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [19]
People & Population [5]
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Public [7]

Is That a Park or a Storm Sewer? Trick Question [26]

Lately the term "green infastructure" has gotten more specific as many cities seek more robust and cost-effective stormwater management.
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Planning & Growth [3]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Green Housing Standard: LEED for Homes [27]

This fall the US Green Building Council expects to launch its rating system for residential construction.
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Planning & Growth [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [28]

If you cover transportation or urban sprawl, keep an eye out for this year's Texas Transportation Institute mobility study.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [19]
People & Population [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [29]

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [30]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [31]
People & Population [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
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International [10]
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Public [7]

Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples [33]

Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [30]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [31]
People & Population [5]
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International [10]
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Public [7]

Environmental Refugees May Be Everyone's Problem: Security Issues [34]

Displaced people from disasters, climate change pose international social, economic and security threats

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TipSheet [2]
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Planning & Growth [3]
People & Population [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Climate Change [30]
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