PNAS / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2/480.full.pdf+html [Abstract] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that temperatures in the major grain-growing areas of North America will rise by 3–4 °C by 2100. Such abrupt changes will create major challenges, significantly altering the area suitable for wheat. The historical record offers insight into … Continue reading »
Posted on January 11, 2011 …
Valuing the Benefits of Superfund Site Remediation: Three Approaches to Measuring Localized Externalities
National Bureau of Economic Research / Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Ralph Mastromonaco, Christopher Timmins http://www.nber.org/papers/w16655.pdf?new_window=1 [Abstract] We apply three complementary approaches designed to identify the localized effects of Superfund site remediation under the CERCLA, examining data at the level of (i) the census tract (paying attention to within tract heterogeneity), (ii) the census block, and (iii) individual … Continue reading »
High-Speed Rail in America
America 2050 http://www.america2050.org/pdf/HSR-in-America-Complete.pdf [From Report homepage] A new study released today by America 2050 identifies the high-speed rail corridors with the greatest potential to attract ridership in each of the nation’s megaregions. Corridors connecting populous regions with large job centers, rail transit networks, and existing air markets scored best. The study also recommends that the … Continue reading »
2011 Statistical Abstract of the United States
US Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Metropolitan population growth is just one of more than a thousand topics addressed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011. The Abstract is perennially the federal government’s best-selling reference book. Contained in the 130th edition are 1,407 tables of social, political and economic facts … Continue reading »
Deepwater: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling http://tinyurl.com/4a3cpph [From foreword] On May 22, 2010, President Barack Obama announced the creation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an independent, nonpartisan entity, directed to provide a thorough analysis and impartial judgment. The President charged … Continue reading »
