Akshay<p>Why Brazil, a country with 12% of the world’s fresh water, faces a water crisis:</p><p>“But it is Brazil's role as an agribusiness powerhouse that threatens the nature that provides it with so much water.”</p><p>Climate change too of course. But rainforests and natural savannah preserve the water. </p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/why-brazil-faces-a-water-crisis/a-72243220" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/why-brazil-faces-a-w</span><span class="invisible">ater-crisis/a-72243220</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bresil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bresil</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rainforest</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meat</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a></p>
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Panethos<p><strong>Fictional city/town planners on television and streaming shows</strong></p><p>Here’s our list of shows on broadcast television and streaming services that contain(ed) a character who is a city or town planner. The most recent addition is the character of Helen who appears in the new Netflix/CBC comedy, <em>North of North</em>. If you know of any others that were overlooked, please feel to pass them along. </p><p>Peace!</p><p>_______</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_of_North" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">North of North</a></strong></em> (2025-?) – Netflix/CBC</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707476/?ref_=ttfc_cst_7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mary Lynn Rajskub</a> plays Helen, the Town Planner in the fictional Canadian Inuk Arctic hamlet of Ice Cove.</li></ul> Source: nonatslaq.com <p>_______</p><p><strong><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Numb3rs</a></em></strong> (2005-2010) – CBS </p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Eppes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Eppes</a>, played by Judd Hirsch, is a former city planner for Los Angeles. </li></ul> Source: allocine.fr <p>_______</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Parks & Recreation</a></strong></em> (2009-2015) – NBC</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brendanawicz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Brendanawicz</a>, played by Paul Schneider, is a City Planner for Pawnee, Indiana.</li></ul> Source: pinterest.com <p>________</p><p><strong><em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Handmaid’s Tale</a></em></strong> (2017-2025) – Hulu </p><ul><li>June’s husband, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1282966/?ref_=ttfc_cst_4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luke Bankole</a> who is played by O.T. Fagbenle, worked in <a href="https://the-handmaids-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Luke_Bankole" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Suffolk County’s Office of Urban Planning</a> (in Massachusetts) before the rise of Gilead.</li></ul> Source: eonline.com <p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/cities/" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/comedy/" target="_blank">#comedy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/drama/" target="_blank">#drama</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/geography/" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/land-use/" target="_blank">#landUse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/north-of-north/" target="_blank">#NorthOfNorth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/numb3rs/" target="_blank">#Numb3rs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/parks-recreation/" target="_blank">#ParksRecreation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/planning/" target="_blank">#planning</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/streaming/" target="_blank">#streaming</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/the-handmaids-tale/" target="_blank">#TheHandmaidSTale</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/tv/" target="_blank">#TV</a></p>
Panethos<p><strong>American cities with the most trees per square mile</strong></p> Source: thoughtco.com <p>Listed below are those larger American cities for whom data on tree canopies is readily available, that have the most trees per square mile. Bear in mind that some examples are solely from inside the city limits proper, while others like Miami are for both the city and surrounding county.</p><p>Most surprising from the data gathered is the extent of the tree canopies in some Texan cities, especially Dallas and its suburbs, as well as Austin. Also, an unfortunate number of cities have not estimated the extent of their tree canopy.</p><p>One would have thought that ever city with a collegiate forestry or landscape architecture program would have long since calculated the extent of their tree canopy. Certainly, some have, as Athens, Austin, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Gainesville, and Fort Collins all can attest. But to not find comparable numbers from places like Boulder, Eugene, Raleigh, or Madison was quite unexpected.</p><p>Peace!</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Data is for all trees on both public and private property.</p><p>_______</p><ol><li>Athens, Georgia = 13.3 million or 112,640 trees per square mile</li></ol><p>2. Austin, Texas = 33.8 million or 103,522 trees per square mile</p><p>3. Orlando, Florida = 7.5 million or 67,812 trees per square mile</p><p>4. Tampa, Florida = 9.9 million or 56,474 trees per square mile</p><p>5. Seattle, Washington = 4.35 million or 51,909 trees per square mile</p><p>6. Ann Arbor, Michigan = 1.45 million or 51,408 trees per square mile</p><p>7. Houston, Texas = 33 million or 49,624 trees per square mile for Houston</p><p>8. Gainesville, Florida = 2.95 million or 46,714 trees per square mile</p><p>9. Springfield, Missouri = 3.6 million or 43,742 trees per square mile</p><p>10. Bellevue, Washington = 1.4 million or 41,841 trees per square mile</p><p>11. Lewisville, Texas = 1.652 million or 38,870 trees per square mile</p><p>12. Dallas, Texas = 14.7 million or 38,103 trees per square mile</p><p>13. Washington, DC = 2.43 million or 35,578 trees per square mile</p><p>14. Denton, Texas = 3.5 million or 35, 425 trees per square mile</p><p>15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin = 3.38 million or 35,135 trees per square mile</p><p>16. Cleveland, Ohio = 2.37 million or 30,502 trees per square mile</p><p>17. Baltimore, Maryland = 2.8 million or 30,418 trees per square mile</p><p>18. Arlington, Texas = 2.965 million or 29,589 trees per square mile</p><p>19. Arlington, Virginia = 755,000 = 29,038 trees per square mile</p><p>20. Grand Rapids, Michigan = 1.28 million or 28,444 trees per square mile</p><p>21. Tulsa, Oklahoma = 5.2 million or 26,329 trees per square mile</p><p>22. New York City, New York = 7.0 million 23,133 trees per square mile</p><p>23. Plano, Texas = 1.6 million or 22,222 trees per square mile</p><p>24. Los Angeles, California = 10.5 million or 20,887 trees per square mile</p><p>25. Cincinnati, Ohio = 1.6 million or 20,566 trees per square mile</p><p>26. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania = 2.9 million or 20,322 trees per square mile</p><p>27. Providence, Rhode Island = 415,000 or 20,165 trees per square mile</p><p>28. Miami-Dade County, Florida = 36 million 0r 18,499 per square mile</p><p>29. Chicago, Illinois = 4.1 million or 18,038 trees per square mile</p><p>30. Minneapolis, Minnesota = 979,000 or 17,026 trees per square mile</p><p>31. Denver, Colorado = 2.2 million or 14,379 trees per square mile</p><p>32. San Francisco, California = 669,000 or 14,264 trees per square mile</p><p>33. Portland, Oregon = 1.4 million or 10,491 trees per square mile</p><p>34. Sacramento, California = 1.0 million or 9,990 trees per square mile</p><p>35. St. Paul, Minnesota = 500,000 or 8,897 trees per square mile</p><p>36. San Jose, California = 1.6 million or 8,825 trees per square mile</p><p>37. Fort Collins, Colorado = 500,000 or 8,741 trees per square mile</p><p>38. Irvine, California = 550,000 or 8,384 trees per square mile</p><p>39. Birmingham, Alabama = 1.0 million or 6,803 trees per square mile</p><p>40. Virginia Beach, Virginia = 3.2 million or 6,438 trees per square mile</p><p>41. El Paso, Texas = 1.28 million or 4,954 trees per square mile</p><p>42. Oakland, California = 200,000 or 2,564 trees per square mile</p><p>43. Buffalo, New York = 130,000 or 2,476 trees per square mile</p><p><strong>SOURCES:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.texastrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Updated-State-of-the-Dallas-Urban-Forest-Report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.texastrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Updated-State-of-the-Dallas-Urban-Forest-Report.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/content/article.aspx?id=23475#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20Austin,oak%2C%20sugarberry%20and%20Texas%20persimmon." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/content/article.aspx?id=23475#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20Austin,oak%2C%20sugarberry%20and%20Texas%20persimmon.</a></li><li><a href="https://upwithtrees.org/Tulsa_UFMP_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://upwithtrees.org/Tulsa_UFMP_Final.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://wordpress.com/post/panethos.wordpress.com/69529" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wordpress.com/post/panethos.wordpress.com/69529</a></li><li><a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/environment/library/reports/urban-tree-study.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.miamidade.gov/environment/library/reports/urban-tree-study.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tampa.gov/construction-services/tree-information#:~:text=Examples%20of%20protected%20trees%20include,go%20to%20the%20Accela%20website." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tampa.gov/construction-services/tree-information#:~:text=Examples%20of%20protected%20trees%20include,go%20to%20the%20Accela%20website.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tampa.gov/city-planning/natural-resource-planning/urban-forest-management-plan#:~:text=Tampa's%20municipal%20forest%20consists%20of,species%20and%20145%20shrub%20species." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tampa.gov/city-planning/natural-resource-planning/urban-forest-management-plan#:~:text=Tampa’s%20municipal%20forest%20consists%20of,species%20and%20145%20shrub%20species.</a></li><li><a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/53315#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20urban,red%20maple%2C%20and%20Norway%20maple." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/53315#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20urban,red%20maple%2C%20and%20Norway%20maple.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/news-press/2024/april-2024/cleveland-metroparks-launches-tree-planting-intera#:~:text=Total%20tree%20population%20is%20estimated,not%20tolerant%20to%20climate%20change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/news-press/2024/april-2024/cleveland-metroparks-launches-tree-planting-intera#:~:text=Total%20tree%20population%20is%20estimated,not%20tolerant%20to%20climate%20change</a></li><li><a href="https://caseytrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/iTree-2015-Report_English.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://caseytrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/iTree-2015-Report_English.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/forestry/treebaltimore/value#:~:text=Baltimore%20has%202.8%20million%20trees,and%20increasing%20our%20property%20values." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/forestry/treebaltimore/value#:~:text=Baltimore%20has%202.8%20million%20trees,and%20increasing%20our%20property%20values.</a></li><li><a href="https://chicagorti.org/2020-chicago-tree-census/#key-findings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chicagorti.org/2020-chicago-tree-census/#key-findings</a></li><li><a href="https://www.itreetools.org/documents/327/Milwaukee%20Ecosystem%20Analysis.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.itreetools.org/documents/327/Milwaukee%20Ecosystem%20Analysis.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.a2gov.org/departments/forestry/Pages/The-Urban-Forest.aspx#:~:text=The%20analysis%20estimates%20that%20Ann,produced%20by%20358%2C000%20automobiles%20annually." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.a2gov.org/departments/forestry/Pages/The-Urban-Forest.aspx#:~:text=The%20analysis%20estimates%20that%20Ann,produced%20by%20358%2C000%20automobiles%20annually.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/natural-resources/forestry/landmark-tree-program#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Saint%20Paul,the%20City%20of%20Saint%20Paul." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/natural-resources/forestry/landmark-tree-program#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Saint%20Paul,the%20City%20of%20Saint%20Paul.</a></li><li><a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/23593#:~:text=Abstract,quality%20in%20the%20Minneapolis%20area." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/23593#:~:text=Abstract,quality%20in%20the%20Minneapolis%20area.</a></li><li><a href="https://coolgreentrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bham-Urban-Forest-Management-Plan-Upper-Village-Creek-Dec-2016.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://coolgreentrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bham-Urban-Forest-Management-Plan-Upper-Village-Creek-Dec-2016.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seattle-Urban-Forest-fact-sheet.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seattle-Urban-Forest-fact-sheet.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Portland-Urban-Forest-Fact-Sheet-FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Portland-Urban-Forest-Fact-Sheet-FINAL.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/sf-tree-cover/#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20is%20home%20to%20an%20estimated%20669%2C000%20trees%2C%20covering,the%20wealth%20of%20its%20residents." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/sf-tree-cover/#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20is%20home%20to%20an%20estimated%20669%2C000%20trees%2C%20covering,the%20wealth%20of%20its%20residents.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/tree-services-fact-sheet-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=Estimates%20show%20that%20Oakland's%20urban,future%20of%20Oakland's%20urban%20forest." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/tree-services-fact-sheet-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=Estimates%20show%20that%20Oakland’s%20urban,future%20of%20Oakland’s%20urban%20forest.</a></li><li><a href="https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-changes-rules-to-replenish-tree-canopy/#:~:text=There%20are%20roughly%201.6%20million,concerted%20effort%20to%20replace%20it." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-changes-rules-to-replenish-tree-canopy/#:~:text=There%20are%20roughly%201.6%20million,concerted%20effort%20to%20replace%20it.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/12/20/how-did-sacramento-get-so-many-trees/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/12/20/how-did-sacramento-get-so-many-trees/</a></li><li><a href="https://streetsla.lacity.org/faqs-ufd#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20estimated%20that,of%20the%20larger%20urban%20forest." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://streetsla.lacity.org/faqs-ufd#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20estimated%20that,of%20the%20larger%20urban%20forest.</a></li><li><a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e271a008988240e8acc7321a5cf5eb95" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e271a008988240e8acc7321a5cf5eb95</a></li><li><a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/57234#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20urban,pin%20oak%2C%20and%20red%20maple." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/57234#:~:text=An%20analysis%20of%20the%20urban,pin%20oak%2C%20and%20red%20maple.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.arlnow.com/2023/02/14/how-protecting-outstanding-private-trees-figures-into-arlingtons-conservation-goals/#:~:text=There%20are%20approximately%20755%2C000%20trees,directly%20managed%20by%20Arlington%20County." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.arlnow.com/2023/02/14/how-protecting-outstanding-private-trees-figures-into-arlingtons-conservation-goals/#:~:text=There%20are%20approximately%20755%2C000%20trees,directly%20managed%20by%20Arlington%20County.</a></li><li><a href="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/virginia-beach-departments-docs/parks-rec/Outdoors/CaringForParks/Urban-Forest-Management-Plan.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/virginia-beach-departments-docs/parks-rec/Outdoors/CaringForParks/Urban-Forest-Management-Plan.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/environment/2022/03/01/trees-to-be-planted-along-road-in-effort-to-increase-planos-urban-forestry/#:~:text=By%20Erick%20Pirayesh%20%7C%207:00,Community%20Impact%20Newspaper%20staff)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/environment/2022/03/01/trees-to-be-planted-along-road-in-effort-to-increase-planos-urban-forestry/#:~:text=By%20Erick%20Pirayesh%20%7C%207:00,Community%20Impact%20Newspaper%20staff)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.gemini.ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.google.gemini.ai</a></li><li><a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iTreeEcoProv2014.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iTreeEcoProv2014.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFS_Main/Urban_and_Community_Forestry/Services_for_Local_Government/Inventories_and_Reports/El%20Paso%20Community%20Forest%20Assessment_final%2011.26.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFS_Main/Urban_and_Community_Forestry/Services_for_Local_Government/Inventories_and_Reports/El%20Paso%20Community%20Forest%20Assessment_final%2011.26.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cityofdenton.com/1113/Urban-Forestry#:~:text=Denton's%20urban%20forest%20plays%20a,2.2%25%20from%202008%20to%202014." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cityofdenton.com/1113/Urban-Forestry#:~:text=Denton’s%20urban%20forest%20plays%20a,2.2%25%20from%202008%20to%202014.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.itreetools.org/documents/37/GR_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.itreetools.org/documents/37/GR_Report.pdf</a></li><li><a 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noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reed.edu/math-stats/241/2020/03/20/trees-buffalo/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.accgov.com/9914/Community-Tree-Study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.accgov.com/9914/Community-Tree-Study</a></li><li><a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/news/releases/urban-forests-count-missouri#:~:text=Springfield%20has%203.6%20million%20trees,removal%20estimated%20at%20$2%20million." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/news/releases/urban-forests-count-missouri#:~:text=Springfield%20has%203.6%20million%20trees,removal%20estimated%20at%20$2%20million.</a></li><li><a href="https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/community-development/environmental-stewardship/trees-open-space#:~:text=Bellevue's%20estimated%201.4%20million%20trees,of%20natural%20areas%20each%20year" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/community-development/environmental-stewardship/trees-open-space#:~:text=Bellevue’s%20estimated%201.4%20million%20trees,of%20natural%20areas%20each%20year</a></li></ul><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/cities/" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/climate-change/" target="_blank">#climateChange</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/environment/" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/forests/" target="_blank">#forests</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/geography/" 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Akshay<p>“Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.”</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/bioethanol-deforestation-papua-indonesia-climate-fafbc84bba685d05acd75f78db68da63" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/bioethanol-</span><span class="invisible">deforestation-papua-indonesia-climate-fafbc84bba685d05acd75f78db68da63</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rainforest</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a></p>
Helen<p>Folks in England, you can reply to the government consultation on land use. This is an important opportunity to advocate for rewilding, increasing transparency into land ownership, banning destructive practices like driven grouse shooting and burning moors, and more. </p><p>You can respond as an individual or on behalf of an organisation until April 25. </p><p>My responses, which you are free to use or adapt, are here: <a href="https://resilienceweb.org.uk/news/land-use-consultation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">resilienceweb.org.uk/news/land</span><span class="invisible">-use-consultation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/publicconsultation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicconsultation</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>Commentary about:</p><p>“Brazil’s escalating forest fire crisis, highlighting a record 237,000 fires in 2024 that devastated over 30 million hectares of vegetation—most of it in the Amazon—and triggered a national environmental emergency…</p><p>Brazil is pursuing a range of responses”</p><p><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/brazil-is-speeding-up-forest-fire-prevention-to-avoid-dangerous-tipping-points-in-the-amazon-commentary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/04/braz</span><span class="invisible">il-is-speeding-up-forest-fire-prevention-to-avoid-dangerous-tipping-points-in-the-amazon-commentary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rainforest</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bresil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bresil</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Systemic Drivers of Electric-Grid-Caused Catastrophic Wildfires - Implications for Resilience in the United States<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/challe16010013" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.3390/challe16010013</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electricgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricgrid</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ignitioncauses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignitioncauses</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildfireprevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfireprevention</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropocene</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/massmovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmovement</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debrisflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debrisflow</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineeringgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineeringgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/denudation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denudation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/residential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>residential</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterquality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electricty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricty</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LahainaFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LahainaFire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CampFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampFire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MarshallFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshallFire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SmokehouseCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokehouseCreek</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bushfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/utilitycompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilitycompanies</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilities</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/resiliency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resiliency</span></a></p>
Mayor David Newman<p>Thousand Oaks Development Activity Report for February 2025</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/thousandoaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thousandoaks</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/tocc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tocc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toaks.gov/corecode/storage/uber_resource/uploaded_pdfs/2025-02%20DAR_1741636989.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toaks.gov/corecode/storage/ube</span><span class="invisible">r_resource/uploaded_pdfs/2025-02%20DAR_1741636989.pdf</span></a></p>
eftec<p>Our March News!</p><p>🌳 BSI launch <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> market principles TA'd by eftec Director, Ian Dickie: webinar tomorrow</p><p>🌊Water Commission launch consultation + our work evaluating improvements to Cornish Rivers</p><p>⏯️Watch Kerry ten Kate's <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/envecon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>envecon</span></a> keynote on <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> in the UK </p><p>👇<br>www.eftec.co.uk/post/nature-...<br><a href="https://www.eftec.co.uk/post/nature-markets-principles-water-for-growth-land-use-transition-speech-from-kerry-ten-kate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eftec.co.uk/post/nature-market</span><span class="invisible">s-principles-water-for-growth-land-use-transition-speech-from-kerry-ten-kate</span></a></p>
JoeSilver<p>My thoughts on 'Neoliberal peri‐urban economies and the predicament of dairy farmers: a case study of the Illawarra region, New South Wales' (Ren Hu & Nicholas J. Gill, 2022).</p><p>This paper includes a very thorough literary review and insights into the perceptions and experiences of Illawara dairy farmers as the region is urbanised.</p><p>The paper is perhaps worth a read if you are concerned with land-use issues in rural communities.</p><p><a href="https://joesilver.micro.blog/2025/03/25/my-commentary-on-the-paper.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joesilver.micro.blog/2025/03/2</span><span class="invisible">5/my-commentary-on-the-paper.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Neolibralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolibralism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LandUseConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUseConflict</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Illawara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illawara</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AcademicCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicCommunity</span></a></p>
The Big Data Cluster<p>"Degrading water quality is one of the most urgent issues for human society in the 21st century."</p><p>Brigham Young-based Cluster member Ben Abbot is one of the co-authors on this article exploring how researchers make the most out of each sample they collect.</p><p>Read "Spatial Persistence of Water Chemistry Patterns Across Flow Conditions in a Mesoscale Agricultural Catchment" via the link below.</p><p>📖🔗: <a href="https://bit.ly/4cCjynw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/4cCjynw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CriticalZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalZone</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>
ts 🚉<p>Fascinating short article for your Monday. It looks like Paris residents DID vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/paris</span><span class="invisible">-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/</span></a></p><p>A solid majority said yes to the plan.</p><p><a href="https://thepit.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/landUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landUse</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a></p>
Panethos<p><strong>Leasing water towers as billboards is a bad idea!</strong></p><p>Recently, several news articles were discovered that described how a community in Oklahoma had sold the advertising rights on two of their water towers to private companies. Apparently, the City of Yukon was surprised by the increased costs associated with repainting their towers. As a solution, they leased advertising space on their water towers to companies to help defray part of the cost of the work. <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/07/09/banks-ad-to-help-pay-for-painting-yukon-tower/61935396007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The initial leases were in the amounts of</a>:</p><ul><li>$25,000 from Yukon National Bank in 2005, plus unspecified costs for materials and labor; and</li><li>$100,000 from Integris Health in 1999 to put its name on a water tower along Interstate 40. This agreement has been <a href="https://yukonprogressnews.com/2019/12/31/yukon-a-look-back-at-2019/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">renewed as recently as 2019</a> (see below).</li></ul><blockquote><p>“The Yukon City Council approved a 10-year agreement with Integris Health so the Integris name and logo would be painted on the side of the 10th Street and Frisco Road water towers. Integris agreed to pay $75,000 for the 10th Street tower and $35,000 for the Frisco Road tower.”</p><p>Source: yukonprogressnews.com (from 2019)</p></blockquote> Source: flickr.com <p>It’s one thing to advertise your community on its own water tower or to support a local school/team or perhaps an historic business on it, but it’s an entirely different matter to treat public property like a billboard. Here’s why:</p><ul><li>It promotes one business entity over others.</li><li>It allows off-site signage which in many places is a violation of local zoning codes. </li><li>It starts a slippery slope of turning public property into a cash cow with advertising going to the highest bidder.</li><li>It can become a conflict of interest for future decisions related to the company that is advertising on the water tower(s), as the community now has an indirect financial stake in the decision. Every decision from building permits to zoning changes may risk being tainted.</li></ul><p>Yukon does appear to have <a href="https://library.municode.com/ok/yukon/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH213SI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">some provisions in its code</a> that allows taller signage under certain conditions when they are located closely proximite to Interstate 40. But, regardless of such code provisions, is taking the step to allow advertising on your water tower(s) a good idea?</p><p>Some might argue that communities already allow advertising in public spaces such as in stadiums. Well, for one, that’s a confined space versus a tall, openly visible location that is viewable from afar. Similarly, one might say there are already signs on buses or commuter trains. But, in those cases, it is a separate transit agency from the city/town itself and those agencies do not make land use decisions.</p><p>Advertising on public infrastructure such as water towers is akin to placing ads on fire hydrants, street lights, traffic signals, or street signs. Where does one draw the line and when does the advertising become an unsafe distraction to motorists and the like?</p><p>An old public sector adage says, “<em>How would this action look in the court of public opinion as a headline?”</em> The only way for a public entity to avoid having to answer uncomfortable questions is to take the prudent step of avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest altogether. Allowing the equivalent of billboards on a water tower will only create unnecessary headaches that could be avoided altogether. Given the dearth of other examples from across the country, it would seem that most communities agree. </p><p>Peace!</p><p><strong>SOURCES</strong>:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/07/09/banks-ad-to-help-pay-for-painting-yukon-tower/61935396007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/07/09/banks-ad-to-help-pay-for-painting-yukon-tower/61935396007/</a></li><li><a href="https://nondoc.com/2025/01/15/yukon-audit-finds-breakdown-in-governance-for-decades-under-prior-city-managers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nondoc.com/2025/01/15/yukon-audit-finds-breakdown-in-governance-for-decades-under-prior-city-managers/</a></li><li><a href="https://yukonprogressnews.com/2019/12/31/yukon-a-look-back-at-2019/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://yukonprogressnews.com/2019/12/31/yukon-a-look-back-at-2019/</a></li><li><a href="https://library.municode.com/ok/yukon/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH213SI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://library.municode.com/ok/yukon/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH213SI</a></li></ul><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/advertising/" target="_blank">#advertising</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/billboards/" target="_blank">#billboards</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/branding/" target="_blank">#branding</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/cities/" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/conflict-of-interest/" target="_blank">#conflictOfInterest</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/history/" target="_blank">#history</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/land-use/" target="_blank">#landUse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/marketing/" target="_blank">#marketing</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/planning/" target="_blank">#planning</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/signs/" target="_blank">#signs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/water-towers/" target="_blank">#waterTowers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://panethos.wordpress.com/tag/zoning/" target="_blank">#zoning</a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Sprawl is one of the reasons I dislike living in the USA.</p><p>What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCulture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Aesthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aesthetics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>The Age of Solar Farms has truly arrived in Ireland!</p><p>…as have debates on land use, as farmers might want agricultural expansion, and villagers don’t like construction.</p><p>“However, the government hopes such misgivings might be eased by renewable energy community projects, in local ownership and control, with farmers involved as members or by leasing out land.”</p><p><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-41595130.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irishexaminer.com/farming/arid</span><span class="invisible">-41595130.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Developments like this block not only neighbours' views but also the prospect of adapting planning regulations to facilitate economic growth. </p><p>Nacton giant warehouse leaves neighbours 'in tears'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planning</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nacton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nacton</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Megashed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megashed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kgvdgeq1yo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c2kgvdge</span><span class="invisible">q1yo</span></a></p>
Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳<p>What People Do</p><p>Lovely bit of dappled sunlight on the mountains. Scots Pines of the Caledonian Forest growing on the slopes. River trickling through a gorge. </p><p>Path intruding.</p><p>Disused quarry a gaping wound on the hillside.</p><p>Full of refuse - 10 oil tanks, a caravan, farm slurry tanker and a boat amongst other things.</p><p>A year ago, the quarry floor was also full of rainwater with oil-slick rainbows.</p><p>Prints etc: <a href="https://shiny.photo/photo/What-People-Do-4e1d0c5874ff8168311b45e4a87de394" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shiny.photo/photo/What-People-</span><span class="invisible">Do-4e1d0c5874ff8168311b45e4a87de394</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a></p>
NIOO-KNAW<p>New publication: Microbial scents: <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soil</span></a> microbial Volatile Organic Compounds as <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biomarkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomarkers</span></a> for <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/grasslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasslands</span></a> across a <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> gradient. <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/mVOCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mVOCs</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109749" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025</span><span class="invisible">.109749</span></a></p>
Leibniz-IÖR Dresden<p>💡 Innovative ideas in the field of spatial <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/SustainabilityTransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainabilityTransformation</span></a> research? We invite leading scientists to apply for an <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/IOER_Fellow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IOER_Fellow</span></a>|ship to jointly advance the spatial sustainability sciences. 📅 Apply until 12 May 2025! Learn more 👉🏻 <a href="https://www.ioer.de/en/career/ioer-fellowship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ioer.de/en/career/ioer-fellows</span><span class="invisible">hip</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/LivableFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivableFuture</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/ClimateAdaption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAdaption</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/GeoData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoData</span></a> </p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.global/@S4F" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>S4F</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nfdi.social/@NFDI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NFDI</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nfdi.social/@BERD_NFDI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BERD_NFDI</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nfdi.social/@nfdi4earth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nfdi4earth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nfdi.social/@konsortswd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>konsortswd</span></a></span></p>
LynX:)<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/parking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealing</span></a> 🅿️🌿🇱🇹</p>
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