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Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog: “As the government shutdown enters its second week with no end in sight, the stalemate continues to erode our health, safety, the environment and our economy. Just as the effects of a slow-acting toxin are not apparent at first, the shutdown’s impacts may not yet be fully evident, but …
Sergie, Mohammed Aly. Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking). Oct 2013. Council on Foreign Relations. “Geologists have known about vast reservoirs of natural gas and oil trapped in shale formations across the United States for decades, but extraction techniques weren’t available and the resources remained untapped. Shale didn’t factor into most serious analyses of U.S. energy prospects until the …
De Lucia, Vito, Towards an Ecological Philosophy of Law: A Comparative Discussion (2013). (2013) 4/2 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 167-190. Available at SSRN “Environmental law finds itself in a very delicate position. Its role is to elaborate rules and principles for addressing multiple ecological crises, yet environmental law is structurally and conceptually …
Pew survey – Many Also Worried about Inflation, Inequality, Corruption – September 19, 2013 “The Chinese public is increasingly concerned about the quality of the country’s air and water after a year in which China experienced numerous high-profile environmental problems. Meanwhile, even though most Chinese have rated their national economic situation positively in recent years, …
Climate Change – State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support to Developing Countries to Meet Future Requirements and Guidelines, GAO-13-829, Sep 19, 2013 Environmental Satellites – Focused Attention Needed to Improve Mitigation Strategies for Satellite Coverage Gaps, GAO-13-865T, Sep 19, 2013 Geostationary Weather Satellites – Progress Made, but Weaknesses in Scheduling, Contingency Planning, …
Brian D. Lutz, Emily S. Bernhardt, William H. Schlesinger (2013). The Environmental Price Tag on a Ton of Mountaintop Removal Coal PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073203 “While several thousand square kilometers of land area have been subject to surface mining in the Central Appalachians, no reliable estimate exists for how much coal is produced per unit …
CRS – Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future, Robert Meltz, Legislative Attorney, August 28, 2013 “This report surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related …
CARGO TANK TRUCKS – Improved Incident Data and Regulatory Analysis Would Better Inform Decisions about Safety Risks, GAO-13-721, Sep 11, 2013 2020 CENSUS – Progress Report on the Census Bureau’s Efforts to Contain Enumeration Costs, GAO-13-857T, Sep 11, 2013 DELPHI PENSIONS – Key Events Leading to Plan Terminations, GAO-13-854T, Sep 11, 2013 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH – EPA Has Made Substantial Progress but Could …
“To improve chemical safety and provide more streamlined access to information on chemicals, EPA has built and is populating a new database. This new database, named ChemView, greatly improves access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals including …
Defense Headquarters – DOD Needs to Reassess Options for Permanent Location of U.S. Africa Command, GAO-13-646, Sep 9, 2013 Global Positioning System – A Comprehensive Assessment of Potential Options and Related Costs is Needed – GAO-13-729, Sep 9, 2013 Homeland Defense – Action Needed to Improve Cost Reporting for DOD’s Aerospace Control Alert Mission – GAO-13-785, Sep 9, 2013 Pesticides – EPA Should …
“Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective released September 5, 2013 by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Scientists from NOAA served as three of the four lead editors on the report. Overall, 18 different research …
CRS – Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress. Renée Johnson, Specialist in Agricultural Policy; M. Lynne Corn, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy. August 27, 2013 “Bees, both commercially managed honey bees and wild bees, play an important role in global food production. In the United States alone, the value of insect pollination to U.S. …
