Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/R40197 [Summary] The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary program that provides farmers with financial and technical assistance to plan and implement soil and water conservation practices. EQIP is the largest agriculture conservation financial assistance program for working lands. EQIP was first authorized in 1996 and was most recently revised … Continue reading »
Posted on February 19, 2009 …
Nuclear Waste Disposal : Alternatives to Yucca Mountain
Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/R40202 [From summary] Congress designated Yucca Mountain, NV, as the nation’s sole candidate site for a permanent high-level nuclear waste repository in 1987, following years of controversy over the site-selection process. Over the strenuous objections of the State of Nevada, the Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a license application for the proposed … Continue reading »
Smart Choices for Biofuels
Worldwatch Institute / Sierra Club / by Jane Earley and Alice McKeown http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/biofuels.pdf [From introduction] Over the next decade and beyond, U.S. national, state, and local policy must focus on developing sustainable biofuels—rather than just more biofuels — that can play a role in the emerging new energy economy. These fuels should be seen as … Continue reading »
