Fairness of Prices, User Fee Policy and Willingness to Pay Among Visitors to a National Forest

Tourism Management v32 (2011) p1038-1046 via USDA Forest Service / by Jin Young Chung, Gerard T. Kyle, James F. Petrick, James D. Absher http://bit.ly/k1dNoq [Abstract] Imposing user fees in Nature-Based Tourism (NBT) contexts has been a controversial issue. Based on the notions of justice and fairness, this study extended previous work examining the relationship between … Continue reading »

Carbon Intensities (CIs) and Other Information from Registered Biofuel Facilities

California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/reportingtool/registeredfacilityinfo.htm The tables posted below contain information about biofuel production facilities which was submitted voluntarily by the registrants through ARB’s Biofuel Producer Registration Form.  This information includes the facility name, address, and ID number; the CI Values and Fuel Pathway Descriptions; and the Physical Pathway Code.  Each biofuel … Continue reading »

Molybdenum Nitrogenase Catalyzes the Reduction and Coupling of CO to Form Hydrocarbons

Journal of Biological Chemistry June 3, 2011, v286 p19417-19421 (First published online on March 28, 2011) / by Zhi-Yong Yang, Dennis R. Dean, and Lance C. Seefeldt (print version requires subscription) http://bit.ly/mCazXH (in-press version) [Green Car Congress]  Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme—a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase—capable of converting carbon monoxide … Continue reading »

Recycling Rates of Metals: A Status Report

UN Environment Programme http://bit.ly/kn08M1 [Yale Environment 360]A UN report says that less than one-third of metals are recycled at a rate of more than 50 percent worldwide, and many are hardly re-used at all, a trend that could jeopardize the emerging green technology sector. In a study of how 60 “inherently recyclable” metals are collected, … Continue reading »

UN Climate Talks and the Power Politics: It’s Not about the Temperature

U.S. House, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, May 25, 2011 Testimony of Elliot Diringer, Vice President for International Strategies, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change: http://bit.ly/jZtzgt Diringer’s testimony focused on three topics: 1) the status of the international climate negotiations, and the objectives that should guide U.S. climate diplomacy; 2) … Continue reading »