Pew Center on Global Climate Change / by Sam Wurzelmann http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/us-department-energy%E2%80%99s-recovery-act-spending The Pew Center recently released an update to its 2009 white paper on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Recovery Act spending. The publication summarizes DOE ARRA spending, the Recovery Act’s effects on employment, and highlights a number of notable projects. The Pew Center … Continue reading »
Posted on July 6, 2011 …
Technical Advancements and Issues Associated with the Permanent Disposal of High-Activity Wastes: Lessons Learned from Yucca Mountain and Other Programs
US DOE, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board http://www.nwtrb.gov/reports/technical%20lessons.pdf [From PEN-e posting] This report from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board “is not meant to be an assessment of the licenseability of a Yucca Mountain repository. If licensing goes forward, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will determine whether a license should be granted. … The purpose of … Continue reading »
Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Lessons from the Atlanta Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop
National Research Council http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13143 [Summary] The U.S. population is more than 80 percent urban. Recognizing that many metropolitan areas in the United States have been experimenting with various approaches to sustainability, and that despite the differences among regions, there are likely some core similarities and transferable knowledge, Roundtable members selected the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia region … Continue reading »
Assessing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop
National Research Council (free download with registration) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13178 [Summary] Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles or triples in the United States. More than half of the U.S. population lives within … Continue reading »
Flood Insurance: Public Policy Goals Provide a Framework for Reform
US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-670T The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been on GAO’s high-risk list since 2006, when the program had to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to cover losses from the 2005 hurricanes. The outstanding debt is $17.8 billion as of June 2011… GAO previously identified four public policy goals that can … Continue reading »
