Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues (open access)

Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues

This report discusses the energy policy in the United States that focuses on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, Keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keeping America’s Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress (open access)

Keeping America’s Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress

This report covers ways in which the 112th Congress can introduce relevant legislation to safeguard pipelines that transport natural gas, oil, and other hazardous liquids across the United States. While an efficient and fundamentally safe means of transport, many pipelines carry materials with the potential to cause public injury and environmental damage; the networks are also widespread and vulnerable to accidents and terrorist attack.
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Some Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Are Not Sold Domestically (open access)

Why Some Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Are Not Sold Domestically

Report that discusses reasons why some fuel-efficient vehicles are not sold in the U.S.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Canis, Bill
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Report delineating the performance of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to President Obama's Executive Orders that commit Departments of the Federal Government to address the threats of climate change. Well defined goals and strategies promote sustainability and address ways to mitigate the impact of climate change on human health and well-being.
Date: July 17, 2014
Creator: Holland, E. J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART joins the big switch off (open access)

DART joins the big switch off

News release about DART turning off all non-essential lights at its headquarters as part of "Earth Hour" to promote environmental awareness.
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Global Environment Facility (GEF): An Overview (open access)

Global Environment Facility (GEF): An Overview

Many governments acknowledge that environmental degradation and climate change pose international and trans-boundary risks to human populations, economies, and ecosystems. To address these challenges, countries have implemented global environmental policies through a range of domestic, bilateral, and multilateral mechanisms. Recent mechanisms have taken the form of (1) treaties and frameworks that seek to harmonize international commitments; (2) legislative and regulatory policies that support emission reductions, renewable energy portfolios, and energy efficiency strategies; (3) developmental programs that assist with sustainable growth strategies in lower-income countries; and (4) financial pledges that increase public funding for global environmental initiatives. This report investigates the last policy measure: public funding for global environmental initiatives.
Date: May 17, 2010
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Security of the U.S. Power Grid: High-Voltage Transformer Substations (open access)

Physical Security of the U.S. Power Grid: High-Voltage Transformer Substations

This report discusses the electric power industry which consists of electric power grid of over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines.
Date: June 17, 2014
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Tax: Deficit Reduction and Other Considerations (open access)

Carbon Tax: Deficit Reduction and Other Considerations

This report discusses the Carbon Tax, Design and Implementation, equity, Operability and Contribution to Deficit Reduction. It also points out how policymakers have considered a number of options for raising additional federal revenue including a carbon tax.
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.; Leggett, Jane A. & Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission (open access)

Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission

This report discusses the U.S. Landsat Mission, which has collected remotely sensed imagery of the Earth's surface for more than 35 years. The two satellites currently in orbit are operating beyond their designed life and may fail at any time. Most Landsat data is used by federal agencies. Efforts to commercialize Landsat operations have not been successful. This report discusses issues facing Congress regarding funding for new Landsat satellites.
Date: September 17, 2010
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission (open access)

Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission

This report discusses the U.S. Landsat Mission, which has collected remotely sensed imagery of the Earth's surface for more than 35 years. The two satellites currently in orbit are operating beyond their designed life and may fail at any time. Most Landsat data is used by federal agencies. Efforts to commercialize Landsat operations have not been successful. This report discusses issues facing Congress regarding funding for new Landsat satellites.
Date: September 17, 2010
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2011 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2011 Authorization and Appropriations

The President's FY2011 budget request, released February 1, 2010, requested authorization of $725.9 billion in new budget authority in the FY2011 National Defense Authorization Act. In addition to $548.9 billion for the regular (non-war) operations of the Department of Defense (DOD), the authorization request included $159.3 billion for ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing the total DOD request for FY2011 to $708.2 billion. The request also included $17.7 billion for defense-related activities of the Department of Energy.
Date: May 17, 2011
Creator: Towell, Pat
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office (open access)

Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) budget request for fiscal year 2011. This has put us in a better position to assist the Congress in confronting the many difficult challenges facing the nation. In fiscal year 2009, GAO supported Congressional decision making and oversight on a range of critical issues, including the government's efforts to help stabilize financial markets and address the most severe recession since World War II. In addition to providing oversight for the 2008 Economic Stabilization Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), we continued to provide the Congress updates on programs that are at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or are in need of broad reform, and delivered advice and analyses on a broad array of pressing domestic and international issues that demand urgent attention and continuing oversight. These include modernizing the regulatory structure for financial institutions and markets to meet 21st century demands; controlling escalating health care costs and providing more effective oversight of medical products; restructuring of the U.S. Postal Service to ensure its financial stability; and improving the Department of …
Date: March 17, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 17, 2010
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 346, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 346, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 94, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 94, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Peak, Greg
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 2011 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 2011

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 2011
Creator: Pherigo, Josh
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 17, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 2015 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

This report covers concerns that Congress has expressed over U.S. acquisition of rare earth elements, particularly those used in various components of defense weapon systems. Specific concerns are the acquisition of these elements, especially from foreign sources such as China; how dependence of foreign sources affects national security; and methods for decreasing the relationship between reliance on foreign sources and national security.
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012 (open access)

Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Archer City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 2012
Creator: Phillips, Barbara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 318, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 318, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 238, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 238, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 17, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 337, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 337, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 17, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History