Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs (open access)

Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs

The document is on the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan webinar on emission trading.
Date: January 11, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Table 9a. U.S. Macroeconomic Indicators and CO2 Emissions (open access)

Table 9a. U.S. Macroeconomic Indicators and CO2 Emissions

Table regarding measured and forecasted carbon dioxide emissions broken down by macroeconomic indicators including industrial production indices and price indexes.
Date: January 2017
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 4: Management Measures for Urban Areas (open access)

Chapter 4: Management Measures for Urban Areas

This chapter addresses six major categories of sources of urban non point pollution that affect surface waters. Each category is given a management measure.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production] (open access)

[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for 'Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: January 1995
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Metals and Hydrocarbons in Sediments of the Beaufort Lagoon, Northeast Arctic Alaska, Exposed to Long-term Natural Oil Seepage, Recent Anthropogenic Activities and Pristine Conditions (open access)

Trace Metals and Hydrocarbons in Sediments of the Beaufort Lagoon, Northeast Arctic Alaska, Exposed to Long-term Natural Oil Seepage, Recent Anthropogenic Activities and Pristine Conditions

This is a study on anthropogenic contaminants discharged from uses of petroleum products in Alaskan coastal waters. The reports also looks at metals and hydrocarbons in sediments.
Date: January 2006
Creator: Naidu, A. Sathy; Kelley, John J.; Misra, Debasmita & Venkatesan, M. Indira
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting (open access)

Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting

Proceedings of the 21st Information Transfer Meeting on environmental issues related to the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Summary reports include studies of marine life, coastal environmental issues, socioeconomic impact of offshore drilling on coastal communities, removal of offshore structures, technology allowing expansion into deepwater, Gulf currents, and more.
Date: January 2002
Creator: McKay, Melanie & Nides, Judith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preventing the Entry of Weapons of Mass Effect Into the United States (open access)

Preventing the Entry of Weapons of Mass Effect Into the United States

A report discussing the vulnerabilities of the United States in regards to a terrorist delivery of a weapon of mass effect (WME). It discusses homeland security, defense systems, ad terrorism.
Date: January 10, 2006
Creator: Homeland Security Advisory Council Weapons of Mass Effect Task Force
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 7: Management Measures for Wetlands, Riparian Areas, and Vegetated Treatment Systems (open access)

Chapter 7: Management Measures for Wetlands, Riparian Areas, and Vegetated Treatment Systems

This chapter contains management measures that address multiple categories of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution that affect coastal waters. These pollutants include sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, and temperature.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 6: Management Measures for Hydromodification: Channelization and Channel Modification, Dams, and Streambank and Shoreline Erosion (open access)

Chapter 6: Management Measures for Hydromodification: Channelization and Channel Modification, Dams, and Streambank and Shoreline Erosion

This chapter addresses three categories of sources of nonpoint pollution from hydromodification activities that affect coastal waters.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Energy Information Administration (open access)

U.S. Energy Information Administration

A report about crude oil and fuel. It discusses fuel production and cost.
Date: January 2017
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Response to "A Blueprint for Action on the U.S.-Mexico Border"] (open access)

[Response to "A Blueprint for Action on the U.S.-Mexico Border"]

A letter about recommendations from the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. The letter discusses climate adaptation , energy efficiency, conservation, and alternate energy production.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: Sutley, Nancy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Response to Final OIG Report Dated September 26, 2011, "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes", Report No. 11-P-0702 (open access)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Response to Final OIG Report Dated September 26, 2011, "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes", Report No. 11-P-0702

EPA response to Office of the Inspector General (OIG) final report "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes" (Project No. OPE-FY10-0017), dated September 26, 2011.
Date: January 11, 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Coastal Condition Report II [Factsheet] (open access)

The National Coastal Condition Report II [Factsheet]

Summary of key findings of the National Coastal Condition Report II.
Date: January 2005
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule (open access)

Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule

A report which provides information on the types and levels of social benefits anticipated from reducing mercury and nickel emissions. Health and welfare effects are a main focus.
Date: January 2004
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) for Public Water Systems Revisions; Final Rule (open access)

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) for Public Water Systems Revisions; Final Rule

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of January 2007. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 9, 141, and 142: Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) for Public Water Systems Revisions.
Date: January 4, 2007
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 5: Management Measures for Marinas and Recreational Boating (open access)

Chapter 5: Management Measures for Marinas and Recreational Boating

This chapter addresses categories of sources of nonpoint pollution from marinas and recreational boating that affect coastal waters.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers

A report which provides evidence on Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law, which took effect in January 2014, based on a survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the food services and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher & Waldfogel, Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Space and Use Conflicts Between the Fishing and Oil Industries, Volume 4: Catch Loss Model (open access)

Assessment of Space and Use Conflicts Between the Fishing and Oil Industries, Volume 4: Catch Loss Model

Fourth volume of results from a study done to assess potential interactions between the fishing industry and on going oil/gas development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. This volume describes the methodology and analysis of lease sale scenarios for six regions: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, and Central and Northern California. It also contains an appendix containing "Literature of Movement Behavior."
Date: January 1981
Creator: Centaur Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas (open access)

Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas

This is a study on technologies developments for harnessing energy from the ocean environment. Technological improvements in offshore renewable energy like wind and hydrokinetic captured energy. Passive acoustics allow researchers to analyze how the construction and use of such technologies affect marine species.
Date: January 2015
Creator: Rice, Aaron N.; Morano, Janelle L.; Hodge, Kristin B.; Muirhead, Charles A.; Frankel, Adam S.; Feinblatt, Michael et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient's Request for Medical Payment (open access)

Patient's Request for Medical Payment

This is fill-out form for patient's to request payment for medical services.
Date: January 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Rhode Islands Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act-Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Islands Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act-Insights from a Survey of Employers

This report adds new evidence Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida (open access)

Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida

This report investigates five older and two newer exploration oil wells to determine the environmental impact in a tropical climate. The five older sites were created prior to the OCS and MMS regulations for drilling, and the newer two were created with the OCS and MMS regulations. This investigation was set to determine if these sites had a positive, negative, or no impact on the environment.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Shinn, Eugene A.; Lidz, Barbara H. & Dustan, Philip A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks

This report is a continuation of a similar study conducted from 1989-1991 when permanent stations were established to monitor the coral in the area to assess how environmental factors were affecting the reefs. Growth rates and declines were observed, as well as the rates of coral bleaching in the East and West Garden Banks to determine the state of the coral reefs. There are four appendices that present the data gathered.
Date: January 1997
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings: Twenty-Second Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting (open access)

Proceedings: Twenty-Second Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting

Proceedings of the 22nd Information Transfer Meeting on environmental issues related to the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Summary reports include studies of marine life, coastal environmental issues, air quality, Gulf current, and more.
Date: January 2003
Creator: McKay, Melanie & Nides, Judith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library