Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / (March 15, 2011) v108 n11 p4307-4312 / by Matei Georgescua, David B. Lobellb and Christopher B. Field http://www.pnas.org/content/108/11/4307.short?rss=1 (open access article) [Abstract] Biomass-derived energy offers the potential to increase energy security while mitigating anthropogenic climate change, but a successful path toward increased production requires a thorough accounting … Continue reading »
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Japan Earthquake: Poster of the Great Tohoku Earthquake with Additional Resources from the USGS
US Geological Survey http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2011/20110311.php [InfoDocket posting] The USGS has made a color poster available (download online) with maps and other earthquake information from Friday’s disaster in Japan. It’s a free download. Some of the things you’ll find include: + Map showing earthquake maginitude and depth + Did You Feel It”‘ map (From reports made by … Continue reading »
Drinking Water Security and Public Health Disease Outbreak Surveillance
Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (2008) v27 n4 p403-11 / by Steven M. Babin, Howard S. Burkom, Zaruhi R. Mnatsakanyan, Liane C. Ramac-Thomas, Michael W. Thompson, Richard A. Wojcik, Sheri Happel Lewis, and Cynthia Yund http://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/TD/td2704/babinDrinkingWater.pdf [Abstract] The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the distribution system, rather than the source, is the point … Continue reading »
See World Nuclear News for Technical Updates on the Crisis in Japan
World Nuclear Association http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ …the pro-nuclear World Nuclear Association has been publishing a great series of detailed technical updates [on the unfolding disaster in Japan]. Bookmark their page and update it frequently; I certainly have been. [H/T: Michael Levi's blog]
Potential Impact of Gasoline Price Increases on U.S. Public Transportation Ridership, 2011 -2012
American Public Transportation Association http://tinyurl.com/6x73tp6 [From Executive Summary] Experience over the past decade, backed by several notable research studies, shows that price increases in gasoline cause related increases in public transportation ridership. Based on that information, this report provides a model that projects future increases in public transit ridership that will accompany rising gasoline prices. … Continue reading »
Disclosing Climate Risks & Opportunities in SEC Filings: A Guide for Corporate Executives, Attorneys, & Directors
Ceres / Jim Coburn, Sean H. Donahue, Suriya Jayanti http://www.ceres.org/Document.Doc?id=665 [From Press Release] …the Ceres investor coalition today announced a new report aimed at improving corporate disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities they face. The Ceres report, developed with input from its 90-plus member Investor Network on Climate Risk, outlines generally weak climate disclosure to … Continue reading »
A Tale of Two Architectures: The Once and Future U.N. Climate Change Regime
Social Science Research Network / Daniel Bodansky http://tinyurl.com/6j9ulg7 [Abstract] International agreements vary widely in the latitude that they give participating states. Some take a top-down approach, defining particular policies and measures that parties must undertake. Others adopt a more bottom-up approach, allowing each participating state to define its own commitments unilaterally. In the climate change … Continue reading »
FedEx Express Gasoline Hybrid Electric Delivery Truck Evaluation: 12-Month Report
National Renewable Energy Laboratory / by R. Barnitt http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/fleettest/pdfs/48896.pdf [From Executive Summary] This final report presents results of a technology evaluation of gasoline hybrid electric parcel delivery trucks operated by FedEx Express in and around Los Angeles, California…[and] presents the results of parcel delivery drive cycle data collection and analysis activities, 12-month in-use fuel economy … Continue reading »
Assuring Food Security in Developing Countries Under the Challenges of Climate Change
UN Commission on Trade and Development / by Ulrich Hoffmann http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/osgdp20111_en.pdf [Abstract] For a large number of developing countries, agriculture remains the single most important sector. Climate change has the potential to damage irreversibly the natural resource base on which agriculture depends, with grave consequences for food security. However, agriculture is the sector that has … Continue reading »
Transforming Combustion Research Through Cyberinfrastructure
National Academies http://download.nap.edu/cart/deliver.cgi?record_id=13049 (free PDF with registration) [Description] Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millennia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue … Continue reading »
