Day archives: August 9th, 2011

Cross State Air Pollution Rule requires emissions reductions from Eastern U.S. powerplants

EIA: “On July 7, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). The CSAPR is intended to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants in the eastern half of the United States by imposing state-level caps on emissions and facilitating …

Subjects: Government Documents

Commentary: The Greater Recession: America Suffers from a Crisis of Productivity

The Atlantic – Derek Thompson: “The collapse of the middle class is greater than the Great Recession. But what’s really behind our 30-year crash? One statistic, often ignored, begins to provide a clearer picture. It’s the productivity, stupid.” “We know where the jobs are going — to machines, software, and foreign workers. We also know …

Subjects: Government Documents

NCLS: 2011 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States (January-June)

“In the first half of 2011, state legislators introduced 1,592 bills and resolutions relating to immigrants and refugees in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The number of bill introductions is an increase of 16 percent compared to the first half of 2010, when 46 states considered 1,374 bills and resolutions pertaining to immigrants. As …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook

News release includes links to data, tables, charts: “EIA expects the U.S. average refiner acquisition cost of crude oil will rise from $100 per barrel in 2011 to $107 per barrel in 2012 as global spare production capacity and inventories continue to decline. This forecast assumes that U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) grows by …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report: Principles of Effective State Sentencing and Corrections Polic

Principles of Effective State Sentencing and Corrections Policy – A Report of the NCSL Sentencing and Corrections Work Group, August 2011 “The issues addressed by the NCSL work group reflect the important role of state legislatures in enacting policies that manage prison populations and costs, address offender and community needs, and contribute to the safe …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Sierra Club Report: Giant Fish Blenders: How Power Plants Kill Fish & Damage Our Waterways

Giant Fish Blenders: How Power Plants Kill Fish & Damage Our Waterways, Sierra Club, August 2011 “A power plant with once-through cooling draws hundreds of millions, in some cases billions, of gallons of water each day from the closest lake, river or ocean and indiscriminately sucks in whatever aquatic life is near the intake pipe. …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

White House Announces First Ever Oil Savings Standards for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses

News release: “Today, President Obama [met] with industry officials to discuss the first-of-their-kind fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas pollution standards for work trucks, buses, and other heavy duty vehicles and to thank them for their leadership in finalizing a successful national program for these vehicles. This meeting marked the administration’s announcement of the standards, which …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

IndustryWeek U.S. 500

“IndustryWeek U.S. 500 is IndustryWeek’s report on the 500 largest publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies companies based on revenue Search features: to order by revenue, click on the revenue title. To order by revenue growth, click on the revenue growth title. To order alphabetically, click on the company name title. To order by rank, click …

Subjects: Knowledge Management