USDA Economic Research Service / by John Horowitz and Jessica Gottlieb http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EB15/EB15.pdf Agriculture could play a prominent role in U.S. efforts to address climate change if farms and ranches undertake activities that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. These activities may include shifting to conservation tillage, reducing the … Continue reading »
Posted on September 8, 2010 …
Field Level Storage Data from Form EIA-191A
US Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration http://tinyurl.com/3xywy9x [From EIA What's New page] This [Excel] spreadsheet contains field-level data as of December 31, 2009 for all underground natural gas storage facilities in the Lower 48 States [from 2005-2009]. Data include company and field name, field type, location, working gas capacity, total capacity, and maximum daily … Continue reading »
Climate Not to Blame for African Civil Wars
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / by Halvard Buhaug (Published online before print September 7, 2010) http://tinyurl.com/2wqcmks [Abstract] Vocal actors within policy and practice contend that environmental variability and shocks, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, drive civil wars in Africa. Recently, a widely publicized scientific article appears to substantiate this claim. This … Continue reading »
Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for Global Health and Novel Intervention Strategies: Workshop Summary
National Academy Press / by Eileen R. Choffnes, David A. Relman, and Alison Mack (rapporteurs) http://tinyurl.com/2fznbx9 (Free download with registration) [From Overview] Infectious diseases remain among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality on our planet. The development of resistance in microbes—bacterial, viral, or parasites—to therapeutics is neither surprising nor new. However, the scope and scale of … Continue reading »
Institutional Path Dependence in Climate Adaptation: Coman’s “Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation”
National Bureau of Economic Research (Working Paper 16324) / by Gary D. Libecap (RFFers may view/download NBER papers on-site; $5 for non-subscribers) http://www.nber.org/papers/w16324.pdf?new_window=1 [Abstract] Katharine Coman’s “Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation,” published in March 1911 in the first issue of the American Economic Review addressed issues of water supply, rights, and organization. These same issues … Continue reading »
