MIT Energy Initiative http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/naturalgas.html [From introduction] The Future of Natural Gas is the third in a series of MIT multidisciplinary reports examining the role of various energy sources that may be important for meeting future demand under carbon dioxide emissions constraints. In each case, we explore the steps needed to enable competitiveness in a future … Continue reading »
Posted on June 28, 2010 …
NOAA’s State of the Coast Website: Economic and Ecological Values of America’s Coasts
NOAA http://stateofthecoast.noaa.gov/ [Press Release] NOAA today launched State of the Coast, an important new website that provides coastal managers, planners and officials at all levels of government a snapshot of statistics, facts and graphics about America’s 95,000-miles of coastline. The site provides the tools for better decision-making and for communicating the importance of healthy coastal … Continue reading »
First Scientific Report on Subsea Monitoring Data from Gulf Spill (aka “Joint Analysis Group (JAG) Review of R/V Brooks McCall Data to Examine Subsurface Oil”)
NOAA http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100623_brooks.html [Press Release] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) today released the first peer reviewed, analytical summary report about the subsea monitoring in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.
Statistical Review of World Energy June 2010
BP http://tinyurl.com/26h3ayt [From the Institute for Energy Research whose complete analysis is here] According to the report: The United States increased its oil and natural gas production more than any country. In 2009, Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer. Global proved oil reserves are at the highest levels of all time. … Continue reading »
Nanotechnology : Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in Regulating Risk
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10549.pdf The world market for products that contain nanomaterials is expected to reach $2.6 trillion by 2015. In this context, GAO (1) identified examples of current and potential uses of nanomaterials, (2) determined what is known about the potential human health and environmental risks from nanomaterials, (3) assessed actions EPA has taken … Continue reading »
