USDA, Economic Research Service / by Daniel Hellerstein and Scott Malcolm http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR110/#2011-2-11 This report considers how increased commodity prices might influence enrollment in and benefits from the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) using two complementary models: a likely-to-bid model that uses National Resources Inventory data to simulate offers to the general signup portion of the CRP … Continue reading »
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State of the World’s Forests 2011
UN Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2000e/i2000e00.htm The publication reports on the status of forests, recent major policy and institutional developments and key issues concerning the forest sector.
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 Report
UN Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1820e/i1820e00.htm [UN Pulse] The publication discusses fisheries and points out that fisheries production has been relatively stable in the past decade. However, it voices concern about the state of stocks exploited by marine capture fisheries.
Choke Point: China—Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Largest Country
Circle of Blue http://tinyurl.com/4nuk37y [From Website] …China’s surging economic growth is prompting the expanding industrial sector, which consumes 70 percent of the nation’s energy, to call on the government to tap new energy supplies, particularly the enormous reserves of coal in the dry north. The problem, say government officials, is that there is not enough … Continue reading »
System Trials to Demonstrate Mileage-Based Road Use Charges
Rand Organization / (Rand reprint) by Paul Sorenson with Martin Wachs, Lisa Ecola http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1423.html Increasing vehicle fuel economy and the likely adoption of alternative fuel vehicles in the coming decades dim prospects for continued reliance on gasoline and diesel excise taxes to fund highway and bridge maintenance, expansion, and completion. Road use charges based on … Continue reading »
The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States—A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective
US Geological Survey / by By Keith R. Long, Bradley S. Van Gosen, Nora K. Foley, and Daniel Cordier http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5220/ [From Summary] …The objective of this study is to provide a nontechnical overview of domestic reserves and resources of REE and possibilities for utilizing those resources. At the present time, the United States obtains its … Continue reading »
An Economic Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act 1970 to 1990: Revised Report of Results and Findings
US EPA / by Dale W. Jorgenson and Richard J. Goettle http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eerm.nsf/0/5565fcfd16301a7485257830007fb612?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1 The Clean Air Act and its subsequent amendments to 1990 were legislative initiatives designed to improve air quality and reduced the adverse consequences of air pollution. As a result, they imposed costs on producers and consumers as economic activities were brought into compliance … Continue reading »
District by District and Metro Area Analysis of the Impact of Repealing Health Reform
US Congress, House of Representatives / by Reps. Henry Waxman and Frank Pallone http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=news/impact-of-repealing-health-care-reform Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Frank Pallone released, for each congressional district and the 30 largest metropolitan areas, an analysis of the impact of the repeal of patients’ rights, protections, … Continue reading »
U.S. Nuclear Statistics
US DOE, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/operation/statoperation.html Reactors’ summer capacity, generation, capacity factor data; owner and operator information; and characteristics and operational data.
