The Atlanta project is expected to help reduce future problems associated with growing urban sprawl and air pollution, because it concentrates growth in a limited area and provides local access to goods and services. EPA believes that the redevelopment of the site and the new bridge will produce less air pollution than an equivalent amount of development at another site. Project XL was created in 1995 to offer exceptions or increased flexibility in environmental regulations if the result will be better air, water or land quality. As a result of regulatory reinvention efforts, the EPA has cut more than 1,500 pages of outdated or obsolete environmental requirements from its rules. Millennium Tree Planting U.S.Department of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has called on all 50 state governors and the mayor of the District of Columbia to establish Millennium Groves of trees in their capital cities.
Urban trees provide important environmental and economic benefits.
They help clean our water and our air. Speaking at the opening ceremonies for the 1999 National Urban Forest Conference in Seattle, Glickman also announced that he has urged the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the House Committee on Resources, to include permanent authorization of the Department's Urban and Community Forestry Program in any Land and Water Conservation Fund bill they report out of their committees. Coastal Conference Set A Coastal Issues Conference is scheduled for October 18-19 at the Radisson Resort Hotel on South Padre Island. This year's conference will focus on what makes the coast work and how citizens can help ensure its continued environmental well-being and economic vitality. The event is sponsored by The Texas General Land Office.