US State Dept. http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/clientsite/keystonexl.nsf?Open [From a post on The Hill's E2 Wire by Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman] The State Department said Friday that a proposed pipeline slated to carry Canadian oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries poses little environmental risk if managed properly, a decision that moves the controversial project one step closer to … Continue reading »
Posted on August 26, 2011 …
Continued Warming Could Transform Greater Yellowstone Fire Regimes by Mid-21st Century
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (August 9, 2011 vol. 108 no. 32 13165-13170) / by Anthony L. Westerling,1, Monica G. Turner,1, Erica A. H. Smithwick, William H. Romme, and Michael G. Ryan http://www.pnas.org/content/108/32/13165.full.pdf+html [Abstract] Climate change is likely to alter wildfire regimes, but the magnitude and timing of potential climate-driven changes in regional … Continue reading »
Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities: The 2009 Omnibus Household Survey
US DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics / by Jenny Guarino and Pheny Weidman http://1.usa.gov/razFF1 [Abstract] The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, today released Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities, a special report presenting the findings of a 2009 survey asking participants … Continue reading »
The EPA’s New Air Quality Regulations: All Pain, No Gain
National Center for Policy Analysis / by H. Sterling Burnett and Kennedy Meier http://www.ncpa.org/media/new-epa-air-regs-will-cost-billions-of-dollars [From Website] Over the past two years the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed or finalized a number of air quality regulations that could seriously retard the economic recovery. Economists estimate that two of the new rules — the Cross-State … Continue reading »
Boomerang Effects in Science Communication: How Motivated Reasoning and Identity Cues Amplify Opinion Polarization About Climate Mitigation Policies
Communication Research (published online 11 August 2011; DOI: 10.1177/0093650211416646) / by P. Sol Hart and Erik C. Nisbet http://bit.ly/nSuBmS [Abstract] The deficit-model of science communication assumes increased communication about science issues will move public consensus toward scientific consensus. However, in the case of climate change, public polarization about the issue has increased in recent years, … Continue reading »
Climate-Change Policy in the United Kingdom
OECD / by Alex Bowen and James Rydge http://bit.ly/nsWJx5 [Abstract] The United Kingdom started to pursue policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a relatively early date and now has a comprehensive set of measures in place. It has set clear targets for emission reductions consistent with international goals of limiting global warming and has … Continue reading »
Gender Ratios at Top PhD Programs in Economics
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco / by Galina Hale and Tali Regev http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/2011/wp2011-19_wrapper.php [Abstract] Analyzing university faculty and graduate student data for the top-ten U.S. economics departments between 1987 and 2007, we find that there are persistent differences in gender composition for both faculty and graduate students across institutions and that the share of … Continue reading »
