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American Planning Association Policy News

• Government Report Calls for Better Federal Climate Data for Local Planning May 16, 2013
• Senate Passes Online Sales Tax Bill; House Not So Sure May 9, 2013
• Participate in U.S. DOT’s Climate Change Scenario Project May 7, 2013
• Senate Committee to Consider Energy Efficiency Legislation May 7, 2013
• HUD Calls for New Limits on CDBG Grants, Eligibility April 26, 2013
• Senate Aims to Send More Sales Taxes to State, Local Governments April 24, 2013
• New Round of TIGER Funding Available April 23, 2013
• Budget Supports Revitalization of Manufacturing Communities April 12, 2013
• $40 Billion Rail Reauthorization Proposal Included in Budget April 12, 2013
• Proposed Budget Expands Land and Water Conservation Fund April 12, 2013

American Planning Association Sustainability News

• Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education May 16, 2013
• The Maria Auxiliadora Community: A Tale of Resilience in Informal Settlements May 8, 2013
• Lessons from Earth Day May 1, 2013
• Conservation as a Land Use April 24, 2013
• Striving for Sustainability: Climate Action Plans & Cities April 22, 2013
• 2013 National Planning Conference Sustainability Offerings April 4, 2013
• Putting Hastings Back on the Hudson: Community Engagement in Environmental Remediation March 28, 2013
• Did Sandy Change the Dialogue on Climate Change? March 25, 2013
• Student Prose and Art Focuses on Earth Day March 13, 2013
• Can Detroit Works Possibly Work? March 6, 2013

Planetizen

• Alley Rally Aims to Examine the City's Forgotten Spaces May 19, 2013
• Planning is Not Necessary May 19, 2013
• Rural-Urban Partnerships May Be the Key to Water Conservation May 19, 2013
• Living with Frank Lloyd Wright May 19, 2013
• Don't Close Shop Just Yet, Gen Y Still Likes Shopping in Stores May 19, 2013
• Accounting for Latent Travel Demand May 19, 2013
• Frightful City Ranking of the Week: Most Dog Attacks May 18, 2013
• The Emancipation of Planning Education May 18, 2013
• Tidal Wave Energy: Is it Ecologically Sustainable? May 18, 2013
• PATH to Ruin: New York Builds the World's Costliest Train Station May 18, 2013

The Atlantic

• Annals of the Security State, Gabriel Silverstein Division May 19, 2013
• <i>Doctor Who</i>'s Latest Big Mystery Wasn't Much of a Mystery at All May 19, 2013
• SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes May 19, 2013
• Two Takes on the Modern History of the 'Scandal' May 18, 2013
• Eric Schmidt: Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Korea's Internet if He Wanted May 18, 2013
• Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future? May 18, 2013
• NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes May 18, 2013
• Never-Nudes, Riot Grrls, Angelina Jolie: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing May 18, 2013
• It's Artificial Afghanistan: A Simulated Battlefield in the Mojave Desert May 18, 2013
• If You're in Redlands, Calif. on May 18 … May 18, 2013