Who can forget the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing? They were certainly spectacular by way of human athleticism. But what was the environmental impact of the games? An Independent Environmental Assessment at Asiaing.com’s website discusses the environmental impact of the games and includes ideas for other host cities to consider as they plan to host [...]
Archive | August, 2009
The NEPA Library Expands Outside of Texas
NEPA Library (beta) The NEPA Library, a collection of approved environmental documents, launched a few weeks ago with Texas documents. Now you can check out example language from EISs from across the nation. In the NEPA Library today, you can find more than 20 documents from 15 additional states, with more being added every week. [...]
$1.5 Million for Kona Airport EIS
Check out this article on the $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to cover the environmental impact statement (EIS) for improvements to the Kona International Airport.
5 Questions With… Susan Lassell
Welcome to our first “5 Questions With…”, a new series on Plannovation. We ask you, the environmental professional, five questions. We’re kicking off this series with Susan Lassell, a Historic Preservation Program Manager at CP&Y Inc. Susan has practiced historic preservation planning in the environmental compliance context for over 15 years, including positions with private sector firms [...]
How does Cubit Planning make money?
The one question that I get the most about Cubit Planning is “How do you make money?” So here’s how. Cubit Planning sells reports that automate routine data-gathering for NEPA documents. In less than 5 minutes on average, you can get a Socio-Ec Data Report with cut-and-paste ready population trends and projections, minority race and [...]
