Adaptation Planning : What U.S. States and Localities are Doing

Pew Center on Global Climate Change http://www.pewclimate.org/working-papers/adaptation While governments act to mitigate future climate change, they must also plan and act to address the impacts. Adaptation will require creativity, compromise, and collaboration across agencies, sectors and traditional geographic boundaries. This paper focuses on adaptation plans and actions in progress by state and local governments.

Long-term Ocean Oxygen Depletion in Response to Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels

Nature (February 2009, v2 n2, p105 – 109 ) / by Gary Shaffer, Steffen Malskær Olsen and  Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n2/pdf/ngeo420.pdf Subscription required A panel of 155 scientists from 26 countries is warning that rising levels of CO2 in the world’s oceans are quickly making waters more acidic and threatening the health of shellfish [...]

Electric Power Annual 2007 – State Data Tables

US DOE, EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epa_sprdshts.html The State-level Historical Data Tables (a component of the Electric Power Annual 2007) are now available as Excel files on EIA s Electricity Publications page. Historical data from 1990-2007 is available for net generation, fossil fuel consumption, existing and proposed nameplate capacity, average price, number of retail customers, retail sales, and [...]

2005 RECS Consumption and Expenditures End-Use Tables

US DOE, EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/contents.html [Website]  The 2005 RECS Consumption and Expenditures tables containing detailed household end-use data are now available. Tabulations include total consumption, total expenditures, per household statistics, and energy intensities for space heating, air-conditioning, water heating, and home appliances. Each table contains statistics according to various household characteristics relevant to each end-use.

State Energy Data Needs Assessment

US DOE, EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/energydata/index.html [Website] This report responds to Section 805(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), Public Law 110-140, requiring the Energy Information Administration to assess State-level energy data needs and submit to Congress a plan to address those needs.

Natural Gas Annual 2007

US DOE, EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/nga.html The Natural Gas Annual, 2007 provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas in the United States. Production, transmission, storage, deliveries, and price data are published by State for 2007. Summary data are presented for each State for 2003 to 2007.

Who are the Major Players Supplying the World Oil Market?

US DOE, EIA http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energy_in_brief/world_oil_market.cfm There are three simple ways of approaching this question. One is by comparing the basic differences between investor-owned companies and government-controlled companies. Another is to examine the role that governments play in general. The third is by comparing the differences between Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC member [...]

Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (by Al Gore)

blog.algore.com http://blog.algore.com/2009/01/statement_to_the_senate_foreig.html [CSM Bright Green Blog] Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress to back President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package, calling it an important step toward solving the climate crisis. In his prepared testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Gore said that climate change, the economic crisis, and the threat of Islamic [...]

Spent Nuclear Fuel : A Trash Heap Deadly for 250,000 Years or a Renewable Energy Source?

Scientific American online (January 28, 2009) / David Biello http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=nuclear-waste-lethal-trash-or-renewable-energy-source Scientific American takes a long look at nuclear waste and the options for recycling it, which will be a big part of the Energy Department’s to-do list in the next administration. [WSJ Environmental Capital posting]

Meat and Poultry Inspection : Background and Selected Issues

Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/RL32922 [Summary]  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) must inspect most meat, poultry, and processed egg products for safety, wholesomeness, and labeling. Federal inspectors or their state counterparts are present at all times in virtually all slaughter plants and for at least part of each day [...]