JournalTOCs (formerly Tic TOCS) http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/ [H/T: ResourceShelf] Some exciting news about a very useful Internet service that also happens to be free, JournalTOCs. First, just a small amount of background. + In August, 2007, we learned of a project from the UK and funded by JISC (for two years) named ticTOCs. It provided access to … Continue reading »
Posted on April 8, 2010 …
The Role of Public Lands in a Low-Carbon Economy
Duke University. Nicholas School of the Environment / by Christopher S. Galik , Joseph L. Grinnell and David M. Cooley http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ccpp/ccpp_pdfs/public.lands.03.18.10.pdf [Press Release] Carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services provided by the approximately 650 million acres of federal public land in the United States could contribute significantly to long-term efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) … Continue reading »
A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s Bay Delta
National Academy of Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12881 (Free registration required for download of prepub. version.) [Description] California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California’s water from the state’s wetter northern regions to its southern, arid, and populous cities and agricultural areas. Recently, the Fish and Wildlife … Continue reading »
Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions : Methods to Support International Climate Agreements
National Academy of Sciences www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12883 (Free registration required for download of prepub. version.) [Description] The world’s nations are moving toward agreements that will bind us together in an effort to limit future greenhouse gas emissions. With such agreements will come the need for all nations to make accurate estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and to … Continue reading »
Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
National Academy of Sciences http://tinyurl.com/yetqtjy (Free registration required for download of prepub. version.) [Description] Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks. The book also recommends … Continue reading »
The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central Appalachian Coalfields (External Review Draft)
US EPA. National Center for Environmental Assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=215267 [Website] This report “The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central Appalachian Coalfields,” reviews the state of the science on the ecological impacts of Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills (MTM-VF) on streams in the Central Appalachian Coal Basin. This basin covers … Continue reading »
A Field-based Aquatic Life Benchmark for Conductivity in Central Appalachian Streams (External Review Draft)
US EPA. National Center for Environmental Assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=220171 [Website] This report adapts the standard U.S. EPA methodology for deriving ambient water quality criteria. Rather than use toxicity test results, the adaptation uses field data to determine the loss of 5% of genera from streams. The method is applied to derive effect benchmarks for dissolved salts … Continue reading »
EPA Proposes Adding More Chemicals to Toxics Release Inventory List
US EPA. Toxics Release Inventory program http://www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/ntp_chemicals/index.html [From Press Release] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add 16 chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list of reportable chemicals, the first expansion of the program in more than a decade. Established as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know … Continue reading »
Carbon Leakage Under Incomplete Environmental Regulation : An Industry-Level Approach
Oxford Institute of Energy Studies / by Robert A. Ritz http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/EV46.pdf [Website] Carbon leakage is a major concern for policymakers involved with environmental initiatives such as the European Union’s emissions trading scheme and similar cap-and-trade proposals in the United States Australia and elsewhere. This paper provides a framework for understanding the drivers underlying carbon leakage … Continue reading »
US Energy and Climate Legislation – The Big Deal
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies / by David Robinson http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/EV47.pdf [Website] US energy and climate change legislation will have a powerful influence on any global agreement replacing the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. Dr. David Robinson analyzes draft US legislation (specifically the Waxman Markey Bill) and argues that it will fail to promote … Continue reading »
