US EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics / by Anna Alberini and Dennis Guignet http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumber/2010-09?OpenDocument The purpose of this research effort is to examine the feasibility of designing a stated preference instrument to elicit the public’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) for remediation of leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites (or perhaps prevention of releases). Nearly 500,000 releases … Continue reading »
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Regulatory Impact Analyses of Environmental Justice Effects
US EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics / by Spencer Banzhaf http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumber/2010-08?OpenDocument Finding an appropriate way to incorporate environmental justice considerations into policy-making has been a procedural challenge since President Clinton issued Executive Order 12,898 over 15 years ago. Moreover, environmental justice continues to be overshadowed by efficiency considerations as embodied in benefit-cost analysis. This … Continue reading »
A Method to Assess Climate-Relevant Decisions: Application in the Chesapeake Bay (External Review Draft)
US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=227483 EPA announces the release of the draft report, A Method to Assess Climate-Relevant Decisions: Application in the Chesapeake Bay (External Review Draft) in an August 31, 2010 Federal Register Notice. This draft report is provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the draft report … Continue reading »
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Four Case Studies of Water Utility Practices (External Review Draft)
US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/global/recordisplay.cfm?deid=226435 EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the external review draft report titled, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Four Case Studies of Water Utility Practices (External Review Draft) . The document, prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s Global Climate Research Staff, was announced in … Continue reading »
Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray (External Review Draft)
US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=226723 EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft document, Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray (External Review Draft), as announced in the August 13, 2010 Federal Register Notice. The deadline for comments is September 27, 2010. Engineered nanoscale materials (nanomaterials) have been … Continue reading »
A Fresh Look at Road Salt: Aquatic Toxicity and Water-Quality Impacts on Local, Regional, and National Scales
Environmental Science and Technology (September 1, 2010) / by Steven R. Corsi0, David J. Graczyk, Steven W. Geis, Nathaniel L. Booth and Kevin D. Richards (free download) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es101333u [USGS press release] The use of salt to deice pavement can leave urban streams toxic to aquatic life, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study on … Continue reading »
Climate Change Assessments, Review of the Processes & Procedures of the IPCC
The InterAcademy Council http://reviewipcc.interacademycouncil.net/report.html [RealClimate] The Inter-Academy Council report on the processes and governance of the IPCC is now available. It appears mostly sensible and has a lot of useful things to say about improving IPCC processes – from suggesting a new Executive to be able to speak for IPCC in-between reports, a new communications … Continue reading »
The Recovery Act: Transforming the American Economy through Innovation
US House of Representatives. Committee on Science and Technology http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/Recovery_Act_Innovation.pdf Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a new report, “The Recovery Act: Transforming the American Economy through Innovation,” which finds that the Recovery Act’s investments in science, technology and innovation are creating new jobs and strengthening advances in science that will create cost cuts for consumers. … Continue reading »
CBO Cost Estimate: 10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2010
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/118xx/doc11843/s3460.pdf S. 3460 would authorize the appropriation of $250 million in 2012 and whatever sums are necessary over the 2013-2021 period for DOE to make grants to state and local governments to provide rebates, loans, and other incentives to homeowners, businesses, and other eligible participants that purchase and install solar energy systems. … Continue reading »
Islands of Life: A Biodiversity and Conservation Atlas of the Great Lakes Islands
Nature Conservancy http://conserveonline.org/library/islands-of-life-a-biodiversity-and-conservation/view.html With more than 32,000 islands in its waters, the Great Lakes contain the world’s largest collection of freshwater islands, but these islands are dynamic, undergoing many changes that threaten the islands’ flora and fauna, including climate change, habitat degradation, invasive species and some natural processes, according to a new report published by … Continue reading »
