August/September 2010
Planning
Special Issue: Keeping a Watch on Waste
Locals — and others — scramble to deal with the Gulf of Mexico deep water disaster. Craig Guillot reports from Louisiana, Craig Pittman from Florida.
Sidebar: Fallout in Florida
Local climate action plans are reaching a new level of sophistication. A Sustainable Places story by Adam Millard-Ball, with sidebars by Richard Willson and Jerry Weitz.
Sidebar: Grasping the Science
Sidebar: Carbon Capture with Artificial Trees
Stuck with loads of leftover food, plastic bottles, and bags? Craig Pittman sorts through the mess.
Some Pennsylvania communities are saying no to sewage sludge on farmland. Mari Margil reports on the resulting court battles in Planning Practice.
Greg Flisram explains waste-to-energy tools.
Gabriela Worrell and Laurie Kaye Nijaki take a look at "environmentally preferable purchasing" efforts.
Tony Arnold and Carol Norton provide an update on environmental justice efforts.
A bi-monthly column by CEO Paul Farmer.
Landfill bonanza, Supreme Court decision.
"Final" judgment, oversized signs.
Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: recycling.
Timothy Beatley finds a model in Bangladesh.
Energy for plug-ins, church-in-the-mall.
Double your reading pleasure with this issue's expanded review section.
News reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Learning from progressives.
Cover: Birds at the Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Photo by Craig Guillot.
