China and the United States--A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies (open access)

China and the United States--A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies

This report looks at the laws, programs, and policies encouraging development of wind, solar, and biomass power in the China and the United States. While hydropower is the most developed source of renewable electricity in both China and the United States, additional development of conventional hydropower is not currently a major focus of energy policy in the United States.
Date: April 30, 2014
Creator: Campbell, Richard J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater (open access)

Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater

This report discusses the stormwater problems that occur because rainwater that once soaked into the ground now runs off hard surfaces like rooftops, parking lots, and streets in excessive amounts. The report also discusses a framework document, intended to provide communities with flexibility to prioritize needed water infrastructure investments.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) (open access)

International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)

This report discusses United States commitments for climate change through financial and technical assistance and multilateral programs.
Date: May 5, 2014
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) (open access)

International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)

This report discusses United States commitments for climate change through financial and technical assistance and multilateral programs.
Date: December 3, 2014
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Energy Policy (open access)

Nuclear Energy Policy

This report discusses nuclear energy issues currently facing Congress, such as federal incentives for new commercial reactors, radioactive waste management policy, research and development priorities, power plant safety and regulation, nuclear weapons proliferation, and security against terrorist attacks.
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: May 23, 2014
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (open access)

S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act

This report reviews the provisions of S. 2262, highlights the most controversial bill provision, and identifies potential amendments to the bill.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Customer Choice and the Power Industry of the Future (open access)

Customer Choice and the Power Industry of the Future

This report will begin to explore the issues, discussing what forms a transition from today's electric power grid to a grid of the future could take, and suggest questions that Congress may want to address. The United States seems to be at a turning point in the history of the electric power sector, some have advocated for the electric utility industry model to be reinvented under a "Utility 2.0" paradigm, wherein the modern needs of society for electric power and services become the driving force behind utility investments.
Date: September 22, 2014
Creator: Campbell, Richard J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Gas for Cars and Trucks: Options and Challenges (open access)

Natural Gas for Cars and Trucks: Options and Challenges

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This report considers issues related to wider use of natural gas as a fuel in passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Canis, Bill; Pirog, Robert & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Income Assistance Programs: Trends in Federal Spending (open access)

Low-Income Assistance Programs: Trends in Federal Spending

This report examines the spending trends of 10 major need-tested benefit programs or groups of programs: (1) health care from Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (2) the refundable portion of the health insurance tax credit enacted in the 2010 health care reform law; (3) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); (4) assisted housing; (5) financial assistance for post-secondary students (Pell Grants); (6) compensatory education grants to school districts; (7) the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); (8) the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC); (9) Supplemental Security Income (SSI); and (10) Family Support Payments.
Date: May 7, 2014
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lands and Natural Resources: Overview and Selected Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Federal Lands and Natural Resources: Overview and Selected Issues for the 113th Congress

This report introduces some of the broad themes and issues Congress considers when addressing federal land policy and resource management. Federal land policy includes questions about the extent and location of the federal estate.
Date: December 8, 2014
Creator: Hoover, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions (open access)

An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions

This report focuses on the growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production driven primarily by tight oil formations and shale gas formations. It also reviews selected federal environmental regulatory and research initiatives related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed hydraulic fracturing rule and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions.
Date: November 21, 2014
Creator: Ratner, Michael & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions (open access)

An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions

This report focuses on the growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production driven primarily by tight oil formations and shale gas formations. It also reviews selected federal environmental regulatory and research initiatives related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed hydraulic fracturing rule and EPA actions.
Date: January 23, 2014
Creator: Ratner, Michael & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Doctoral and Master's Summer 2014 commencement ceremony] captions transcript

[Doctoral and Master's Summer 2014 commencement ceremony]

Video recording of the Doctoral and Master's Summer 2014 commencement ceremony held at the Coliseum on Friday, August 8 at 3 p.m. The ceremony includes remarks by UNT President Dr. Neal Smatresk, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Success Dr. Rosemary R. Haggett, System Regent Don C. Potts, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Warren Berggren.
Date: August 8, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas.
Object Type: Video
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
[College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony] captions transcript

[College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony]

Video recording of the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony held at the Coliseum on Saturday, August 9 at 1 p.m. The ceremony includes remarks by UNT President Dr. Neal Smatresk, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Success Dr. Rosemary R. Haggett, System Regent Glen Whitley, President of the Student Government Association Troy Elliott, Dean of the Honors College Dr. Gloria C. Cox, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Warren Berggren, and President of the Alumni Association Board of Directors Mark Miller.
Date: August 9, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
ASR Testing: A New Approach to Aggregate Classification and Mix Design Verification: Technical Report (open access)

ASR Testing: A New Approach to Aggregate Classification and Mix Design Verification: Technical Report

This is the main study to test the methods to determine the aggregate alkali-silica reactivity with respect to the overall alkalinity of the concrete.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Mukhopadhyay, Anal K. & Liu, Kai-Wei
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[College of Business, College of Education, College of Information, College of Music, College of Visual Arts and Design, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony] captions transcript

[College of Business, College of Education, College of Information, College of Music, College of Visual Arts and Design, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony]

Video recording of the College of Business, College of Education, College of Information, College of Music, College of Visual Arts and Design, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism Summer 2014 commencement ceremony held at the Coliseum on Saturday, August 9 at 9 a.m. The ceremony includes remarks by UNT President Dr. Neal Smatresk, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Success Dr. Rosemary R. Haggett, System Regent Glen Whitley, Dean of the Honors College Dr. Gloria C. Cox, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Warren Berggren, and President of the Alumni Association Board of Directors Mark Miller.
Date: August 9, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[University of North Texas: Campus Map, Parking Map, 2014-2015]

The map here displays where there is on-campus parking at the University of North Texas, for 2014-2015. There are two pages to this map piece. On the upper left corner of the map is the UNT logo in green, black, and white. It states, "University of North Texas: A green light to greatness." Found on the mid-left is a gray compass pointing north, for reference. Streets are marked gray and parking locations are color coded, based on parking permissions (e.g., reserved parking is color coded green). A map key is provided on the mid-right, which also covers parking garages, meter parking, planned construction, bicycle racks, crosswalks, emergency phone locations, ADA ('handicapped') parking, and more. Next to the map legend, on the left side, is information on the speed limit, a sign encouraging people to "share the road," and the UNT Smoke-Free logo. Below the map legend is the contact information for the Parking & Transportation Services and the UNT Police Department. Located on the second page is a mini-map of the UNT Discovery Park (upper left corner), Mean Green Village, and the Apogee Stadium (both on the lower right corner). Information on visitor parking is provided on the right side …
Date: 2014~
Creator: University of North Texas
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions (open access)

Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions

Paper discusses study examining awareness and opinions of environmental issues among students at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2014
Creator: McClinchie, Elizabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hillviews, Volume 45, Number 2, Summer 2014 (open access)

Hillviews, Volume 45, Number 2, Summer 2014

Publication of Texas State University with stories about campus events, university programs, and notable students/alumni.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Texas State University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History