Environmental Health Perspectives (online February 9, 2009, doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800166) / byTeresa C. Wegesser, Kent E. Pinkerton, Jerold A. Last http://www.ehponline.org/members/2009/0800166/0800166.pdf [Abstract] Background: During the last week of June in 2008, Central and Northern California experienced thousands of forest and brush fires, giving rise to a week of severe fire-related particulate air pollution throughout the region. … Continue reading »
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Evaluating the Energy Security Implications of a Carbon-Constrained U.S. Economy
World Resources Institute / Center for Strategic and International Studies / by Britt Childs Staley, Sarah Ladislaw, Kathryn Zyla, and Jenna Goodward http://www.wri.org/publication/energy-security-implications-carbon-constrained-us-economy [Website] In this paper, eight scenarios are examined for technological development and energy use in the United States in 2035. All envision limiting the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 450 … Continue reading »
Light-Duty Diesel Vehicles : Efficiency and Emissions Attributes and Market Issues
US DOE, EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/lightduty/index.html This report responds to a request from Senator Jeff Sessions for an analysis of the environmental and energy efficiency attributes of light-duty diesel vehicles. Specifically, the inquiry asked for a comparison of the characteristics of diesel-fueled vehicles with those of similar gasoline-fueled, E85-fueled, and hybrid vehicles, as well as a discussion … Continue reading »
Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes : a Step toward America’s Energy Sustainability
Brookings Institution / by James Duderstadt, Mark Muro, Gary Was, Andrea Sarzynski, Robert McGrath, Michael Corradini, Linda Katehi and Rick Shangraw http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0209_energy_innovation_muro.aspx?rssid=LatestFromBrookings [Abstract] The need to renew America’s economy, foster its energy security, and respond to global climate change compels the transformation of U.S. energy policy. Innovation and its commercialization must move to the center … Continue reading »
