Jul 8th, 2008 · The Paris city council votes to consider erecting tall buildings on the rim of the low-rise capital. Six new sites, under consideration for completion between 2012 and 2014, could host buildings reaching as high as 656 feet, or a little under two-thirds the height of the Eiffel Tower.
Mar 27th, 2008 · California regulators are considering reducing the number of zero-emission vehicles automakers must produce by 2014. The auto industry says it needs more time to manufacture battery-powered and fuel-cell cars, but environmentalists say the state shouldn't back away from its toughest-in-the-nation air-quality standards.
Sep 1st, 2006 · NASA has announced that Lockheed Martin will build America's new space capsule, called Orion. Expected to orbit Earth by 2014, Orion is expected to reach the moon by 2020. Although the capsule design has not been deemed to be especially exciting, unlike earlier capsules, Orion will be reusable. Melissa Block talks with U.S. Air Force Chief Scientist Mark Lewis about the spacecraft.