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Energy Companies Get No "Parting Gift" from BLM
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The Bureau of Land Management hasn’t gone through with its plans to auction off leases on land, apparently intended to be explored for oil and gas.
Cities: Use What You’ve Got
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
According to Philip Myrick, communities that will fare the best economically are the ones that think locally and employ placemaking strategies.
RAND Corp. Offers SoCal Short Term Congestion Fixes
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Author Paul Sorensen details the findings of a recent RAND study recommending short term (i.e., within five years) fixes for rampant congestion in Southern California.
NOLA Medical Campus to Replace Historic Buildings
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A proposed New Orleans hospital will have to be built on top of an historic neighborhood that some residents feel that they have just regained. Those in favor of the project insist that the selection of that site was necessary.
In Light of Violence, Student Subway Passes Reconsidered
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Subway violence and crime in Philadelphia have been unofficially traced to truant students, who are enabled by unlimited rides on the SEPTA throughout the week. Whether or not the student TransPass system should be eliminated is being debated.
OPEC prepares for further production cuts
ASPO International | The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas -
Opec is ready to cut production by a significant amount when it meets later this month in Algeria, prompted by high oil inventories, the group’s secretary-general Abdullah al-Badri said today.
"We are all geared towards a cut in Algeria," Reuters quoted Badri telling a news conference in Tehran, two days after the Opec decided at a meeting in Cairo to delay a decision on a new supply reduction.
Badri said he believed an oil price of $75 per barrel would be "reasonable", echoing comments by Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday cited $75 a barrel as a "fair price" for oil in order to keep the more expensive new projects at the margins of world supply on track.
Read more: Upstream Online
Preserving Buildings Helps Preserve the Planet
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Communities across the country are grappling with questions about what to do with their older buildings. While we generally think that preserving historic buildings is a way to honor our past, it’s time to understand that it is also a way to protect our future, says Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Transportation Secretary Will Have to Hit Ground Running
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Outdated funding mechanisms and systemwide maintenance issues ensure that the next transportation secretary will have a full plate during the Obama administration.
From Garbage Hole to Park
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Turning a New York landfill into a park may just reorganize the way people think about public parks in America.
Inland Empire Prepares for 350,000 Foreclosures
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Local and regional governments in Riverside County, California, have assembled a “Red Team” task force to mitigate the impacts of the foreclosure crisis in the fastest growing region in the state.
