Energy for a Sustainable Future

Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) http://tinyurl.com/27rhqvz [From Press Release] A report issued today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change calls for expanding energy access to more than 2 billion people, and for scaling up efforts to increase energy efficiency and clean energy initiatives to meet … Continue reading »

Nature Communications, an Online-Only Multidisciplinary Journal from Nature

Nature Publishing Co. http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html [H/T: ResourceShelf] Word from Nature Publishing Group that their new online-only journal, Nature Communications, has gone live. Eleven articles were published. From the About Page: Nature Communications is an online-only, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research in all areas of the biological, physical and chemical sciences. Papers published by the … Continue reading »

Green Jobs : Hope or Hype Redux

National Center for Policy Analysis / by by H. Sterling Burnett and James Franko (Brief Analyses no. 702) http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba702 [From Press Release] President Obama has identified Spain and Denmark as having benefited from subsidized green job creation. However, in Spain, a 2009 study from Madrid’s King Juan Carlos University showed that for every green job … Continue reading »

National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces : Letter Report

National Research Council http://tinyurl.com/2895grt [Summary] The leaders of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps have recognized the potential impact of climate change on naval forces’ missions and have positioned their organizations to make adaptive changes. This report is the first component of a study to assess the implications of climate change for the … Continue reading »

Briefing Memo : “Clean Energy Policies That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil”

US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Energy and Environment Subcommittee http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100426/Briefing.Memo.ee.04.26.2010.pdf [Excerpt] …But if Congress now nullified EPA’s finding that greenhouse gas pollution endangers the American public, that action would remove the legal basis for a federal greenhouse gas emissions standard for motor vehicles. Eliminating the EPA standard would forfeit one quarter of the … Continue reading »

U.S. Tsunami Preparedness : NOAA Has Expanded Its Tsunami Programs, but Improved Planning Could Enhance Effectiveness

Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10490.pdf [Summary]  In June 2006, GAO reported a number of concerns about the level of U.S. tsunami preparedness. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) leads U.S. efforts through three key programs: the Tsunami Program, which focuses on detection and warning activities; the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), which is a … Continue reading »