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To minimize the potential damage from climate change, a new report recommends that cities and counties offer incentives to encourage property owners in high-risk areas to relocate and limit future development in places that might be affected by flooding, coastal erosion and sea

As King County Executive, Ron Sims was a bold and visionary leader nationally recognized for his work on transportation, climate, health care reform and urban development; now Sims has moved to the Number 2 position at the US Department of Housing and Urban Developmen

In January 2009, Portland City Council merged the Bureau of Planning with the Office of Sustainable Development to create the new Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. The Bureau of Planning has had an exceptional record of guiding Portland's growth and development toward the thriving, livable city that it is today.

Because of impacts of global warming on agricultural productivity, there is high probability that by the end of the century half the world's population will face serious food shortages, particularly in the equitorial regions.

This is clearly the season for states acting together in coalitions on both sides of the country to address climate change emission. Last week the Western Climate Initiative, a coalition of northwestern states in the US and Canada, announced its proposal to achieve a 15 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.