How Streets and Social Justice Intersect
Streets aren’t just thoroughfares to get people from one place to another.Publication Date: Sat, 08/09/2014
View ArticleThe Litterati Impact: Cleaning the Planet One Instagram at a Time
On a warm spring afternoon in Oakland, Jeff Kirschner was walking with his two children along one of their favorite neighborhood trails.Publication Date: Tue, 11/18/2014
View ArticleThe United Nations Studies Urban Emissions Monitoring
This Friday, scientists from the Megacities Carbon Project at JPL and the Hestia Project at ASU will present at the ongoing UN Climate Conference in Lima. Both efforts use an array of measurement...
View ArticleSix Employees Indicted in West Virginia Water Contamination Debacle
According to charging documents disclosed on Wednesday, several individuals with Freedom Industries chemical company are being held responsible for one of the largest incidents of water contamination...
View ArticleForeclosures Are Making People Sick
By Antwan Jones and Gregory D. SquiresPublication Date: Thu, 01/08/2015
View ArticleDC's New Environment Agency Head Discusses Parks and Agriculture
In early January, Tommy Wells was appointed Acting Director of the District Department of the Environment (DDOE).Publication Date: Tue, 02/03/2015
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Fracking Permits Temporarily Halted in North Carolina
Publication Date: Wed, 05/20/2015
View ArticleCalifornia's Largest Dam Removal Underway in Monterey County
San Clemente Dam, built in 1921 to provide water from the Carmel River for the Monterey Peninsula, is coming down, literally, "using a hoe ram, a kind of giant jackhammer chipping away at the concrete...
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Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project Moves Forward
Publication Date: Fri, 09/18/2015
View ArticleHow Lizards Can Teach Planners About Designing Cities
Ecologists offer scientific lessons in how to better build cities for humans and wildlife.
View ArticleGreen Cities: Breathe Deeply and Walk Freely
"As much as I love my winter city, when spring rolls around life brightens up.Publication Date: Tue, 04/26/2016
View ArticleUnpredictable, High Risk, High Cost: Planning for the Worst Is the Worst
"So here we go again. Flood waters rise in southern Louisiana, displacing tens of thousands — some temporarily, others permanently — and potentially costing billions."Publication Date: Tue, 08/23/2016
View ArticleChina Cutting Carbon
Despite what you might have heard from politicians about China's use of coal, the country's greenhouse gas emissions are actually declining.Publication Date: Thu, 09/29/2016
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Is There an Environmentalist Case for Sprawl?
Yes, sprawl is still bad for the environment.
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Research Team to Study the Physiological Responses of Pedestrians to...
Walking, unmistakably, is one of the most common things we do as humans, but as researchers will tell you, where we walk, how we walk, how often we walk and how fast we walk are all influenced by a...
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