On the outskirts of Dallas/Fort Worth, where pastureland once stretched uninterrupted to the horizon, thousands of new structures are rising. Windowless. Warehouse-sized. Fenced in and humming with electricity. These are not fulfillment centers or factories. They are data centers, the physical backbone of artificial intelligence. Texas, long known for oil rigs and subdivisions, is now ground zero for the AI economy.
BackcountryIn this Behind the Line episode, Cody Townsend walks through his onX Backcountry route for skiing Temptation Couloir, a massive, hidden line off Temptation Peak in Alaska's Chugach Front Range. Before heading out, Cody used onX Backcountry's public and private land layers to confirm drone rules and permit requirements for the area. While planning the long, late-season approach, Cody and the crew also marked waypoints for downed trees, bogs, and other obstacles to streamline navigation through the low-snow terrain of the "Frange."
Seth Adams, a director of Save Mount Diablo, said Judge Michael Markman's Nov. 19 decision was a "huge victory" and "one of great holiday cheer." "You've got to stand up to bullies," said Adams, whose organization was one of two groups who sued the city, including another group called Friends of Livermore. "Dublin has been a bully in this situation."
Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 9 a.m.: The Landmarks Preservation Commission will vote on the designation of two proposed historic districts in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood: the proposed Beverley Square West Historic District and the proposed Ditmas Park West Historic District. . Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 10:30 a.m.: The NYC Council's Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises will meet regarding land use applications for: 1720 Atlantic Avenue Rezoning, MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning, and 1551 Broadway. .
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity was a good example. It was explicitly designed to add a little housing in every community, but not the same amount in every community, to avoid changing their character. It was proportional, meaning dense areas like Midtown South would get more units than low-scale neighborhoods such as College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck, all of which Paladino represents.
Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m.: The City Planning Commission will meet to vote on the following land use applications: St. Raymond Demapping, MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning, 1551 Broadway MiD Signage Text Amendment and SP, Barbey Building, 29th Street Towers, Fashion Tower, Furcraft Building, Lefcourt Clothing Center, 1720 Atlantic Avenue Rezoning, 699 - 703 Lexington Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn CD 5 Walk to Park Site Selection/Acquisition, Queens CD 3 Walk to Park Site Selection/Acq., and 242 Seigel Street Bulk Authorization. The CPC will also hold public hearings on: Praise Tabernacle, NYCTA Tuskegee Airmen Way City Map Change, Coney Island Business Improvement District, and Herkimer-Williams.
The Council's message when it ignores the custom of member deference seems to be: See? We're not provincial, turf-protecting insiders! We act in the interest of the whole city! But we're talking about four instances in two decades, if not longer. The Council has considered thousands of land use applications in that time, and in 99.9 percent of them, the local member has decided the result. Make no mistake: Member deference is alive and well.
The extreme weather that fuelled astonishing blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests. The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a world without climate change, according to researchers from the World Weather Attribution network.
Removing the Council from these processes would undermine accountability, silence local voices, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes for the very communities we all seek to serve.
"We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to collaborate with the previous landowner to have achieved such a positive outcome," said Gordon Clark, president of the Peninsula Open Space Trust.
The bill would set a 90-day deadline for decisions on housing applications in urban areas and ease design review requirements, aimed to expedite land use.
