US DOE, Energy Information Admin. / by Richard Newell http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/speeches/newell_02232011.pdf This report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, dated February 23, 2011, reviews economic literature regarding supply-demand fundamentals and the role of financial market speculation and investment in the oil-price formation process – the work is ongoing, but still at an early stage • Some … Continue reading »
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Making Integrated Food-Energy Systems (IFES) Work for People and Climate – An Overview
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2044e/i2044e.pdf …the study draws on specific examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as from some developed countries to show how constraints to successfully integrating production of food and energy crops can be overcome.[UN Pulse]
Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (GOSIC)
University of South Florida Libraries http://guides.lib.usf.edu/gulf-oil-spill [From Press Release] This is a guide to some of the information and data concerning the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the clean-up efforts. A digital library containing many more documents and sources is under development. An online trip to this site allows … Continue reading »
Proposed 2012 U.S. Budget Available on GPO
US Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) makes available the authentic, electronic version of President Barack Obama’s Budget for FY 2012 on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). GPO authenticated the document by digital signature. This signature assures the public that the document has not been changed or altered. A digital signature, … Continue reading »