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Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [1]

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 [4]
Region: 
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
California [10]
Mexico [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [13]

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 [4]
Forests [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Transportation [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [21]

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 [22]
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [16]
People & Population [23]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Is That a Park or a Storm Sewer? Trick Question [24]

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 [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Green Housing Standard: LEED for Homes [25]

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.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [26]

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 [16]
People & Population [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [27]

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [28]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [29]
People & Population [23]
Environmental Politics [30]
Region: 
International [5]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples [31]

Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [28]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [29]
People & Population [23]
Region: 
International [5]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Environmental Refugees May Be Everyone's Problem: Security Issues [32]

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

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [3]
People & Population [23]
Environmental Politics [30]
Climate Change [28]
Region: 
International [5]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers [33]

E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [28]
Planning & Growth [3]
Disasters [29]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [23]
Environmental Politics [30]
Region: 
International [5]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

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