Urban design – Nov 11
Telegraph: Property values up in sustainable Totnes
Portland unveils carbon tax plan
The real ‘PPP’: Populism, probity and peak-oil in the River City’s tunnel deal
Urban Design
South African cities need to change lanes as oil runs dry
Most of South Africa’s cities experienced their growth during the course of the 20th century. In large part, our cities were structured through the lens of segregation and apartheid. The evolution of our cities is also intimately bound up with the prevalence of abundant cheap oil.
It’s a car’s world – Nov 9
Blaming the cyclist in Portland
Athens – asserting the right to walk in an auto-cracy
Auto workers, dealers break from industry over CAFE
Transport – Nov 8
Portland: Cultivating a culture of two wheels
All about: Planes (and climate)
Zip along with shared cars, bikes
Cities – Nov 5
Mayors, looking to cities’ future, are told it must be colored green
U.S. mayors find it’s not easy to be green
Bloomberg and Clinton at mayors conference
Ken Livingstone on climate change
Review: Renewable City
Oil prices – Nov 3
Citing oil prices, Asia starts reducing fuel subsidies
IEA’s Birol sees hazard in costly oil
Oil prices spur homes to mull gas switch
Housing & urban development – Nov 2
Isle of Wight: eco trailblazer
Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes
U.S. mayors meet in Seattle to push for a green revolution
Washington’s largest prison gets green certification
Bicycles – Nov 2
Compact bike folds in 5-25 seconds
Portland is not so bike-friendly, but it could be – here’s how
Recycling with ‘Bill the Bike Man’
Transport – Oct 31
More planes, trains and roads can still bring cut in CO2, argues UK transport minister
Changing climate haunting tourism
Future of air travel: supersonic, manta rays or slower planes?
Hello, I’m your personal travel adviser. Can I persuade you to get on your bike?
Greening the city – Oct 30
Remaking the built environment by 2030
Cities see benefits of going green
Inventing a sustainable Iowa City
Report takes aim at smog-causing speed bumps
Philly CarShare a success after 5 years
Building post carbon cities
A new book on meeting challenges of peak oil and global warming shows city leaders how to create their own plans to reduce local vulnerability to rising prices and volatile energy markets.
Waste – Oct 30
No place like home – for waste heat
Some ‘vampires’ prefer energy over blood
Britain’s ‘pay as you throw’ rubbish tax
New York City may join crackdown on plastic bags
