Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2007 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2007

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on undocumented human crossings and hazardous materials crossings.
Date: March 2007
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 2. Basic First Steps and Considerations (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 2. Basic First Steps and Considerations

Part 2 of a larger report on biomass energy partnerships between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section outlines the necessary steps, considerations, and resources to establish a biomass industry.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies.  7. Representative biomass CHP System Cost and Performance Profiles (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. 7. Representative biomass CHP System Cost and Performance Profiles

Part 7 of a larger report on a partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section provides information on the cost and performance of various biomass industries.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities: Revised Edition (open access)

Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities: Revised Edition

This report provides information on the explosions and resulting injuries or deaths that may occur from working with ethylene oxide and recommends steps for preventing these explosions.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. [Part] 3. Biomass Resources (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. [Part] 3. Biomass Resources

Part 3 of a larger report on a partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section offers an overview of the natural resources available for biomass power and also identifies the necessary characteristics of a biomass fuel.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Full-Water Column Current Observations in the Central Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Full-Water Column Current Observations in the Central Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

Report of the results from surface to bottom monitoring of water current and temperature of the central Gulf of Mexico for a 16 month period, May, 2003 - August, 2004.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Sheinbaum, J.; Badan, A.; Ochoa, J.; Candela, J.; Rivas, D. & Gonzalez, J. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies: Appendix B--EPA CHP Partnership Biomass Tools and Resources (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies: Appendix B--EPA CHP Partnership Biomass Tools and Resources

Appendix B is part of a larger report on biomass energy partnerships between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; it describes available tools and resources in the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) industry.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix F: References (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix F: References

Appendix F reference list of a biomass energy report from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix D--Anaerobic Digesters (open access)

Biomass Combined heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix D--Anaerobic Digesters

Appendix D of a biomass energy report from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership. This report briefly describes three design guidelines for three types of anaerobic digesters: covered anaerobic lagoon, complete-mix digester, and plug-flow digester.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2006 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2006

This report summarizes Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) data collected during 2006 and examines trends in air quality and deposition on regional and nation scales.
Date: November 2007
Creator: MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: Artificial Reef Effect in Deep Water (open access)

Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: Artificial Reef Effect in Deep Water

The objective of this research is to find, identify, and study each vessel that was a casualty of German U-boats. The second point of their research is to determine the biological effects of the boats on the environment.
Date: April 2007
Creator: Church, R.; Warren, D.; Cullimore, R.; Johnston, L.; Schroeder, W.; Patterson, W. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mixtures of Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons May Elicit Complex, Nonadditive Toxicological Interactions (open access)

Mixtures of Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons May Elicit Complex, Nonadditive Toxicological Interactions

This is a study on the possible effects of metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons elevated due to possible proximity to oil and gas production platforms.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Fleeger, John W.; Marlborough, Sidney J.; Carman, Kevin R. & Silva, Soroya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 6. Power Generation Technologies (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 6. Power Generation Technologies

Part 6 of a report regarding the partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section highlights and compares various technologies and their capacity to run on biomass energy.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Resource Planning with Energy Efficiency (open access)

Guide to Resource Planning with Energy Efficiency

This report presents information about improving energy efficiency in homes, businesses, schools, governments, and industries. It also discusses challenges of energy prices.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Price, Snuller
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 5. Biomass Conversion Technologies (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 5. Biomass Conversion Technologies

Part 5 of a report regarding the partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section addresses the principles of biomass conversion and energy production.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis (open access)

Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis

This report is the first volume of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report. It covers several topics including the extensive range of observations now available for the atmosphere and surface, changes in sea level, assesses the paleoclimatic perspective, climate change causes both natural and anthropogenic, and climate models for projections of global climate.
Date: 2007
Creator: Solomon, Susan; Qin, Dahe; Manning, Martin; Marquis, Melinda; Averyt, Kristen; Tignor, Melinda M.B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Converting Limbo Lands to Energy-Generating Stations: Renewable Energy Technologies on Underused, Formerly Contaminated Sites (open access)

Converting Limbo Lands to Energy-Generating Stations: Renewable Energy Technologies on Underused, Formerly Contaminated Sites

This report addresses the potential for using "Limbo Lands" as sites for renewable energy generating stations. Limbo Lands are considered as underused, formerly contaminated sites, and include former Superfund sites, landfills, brownfield, abandoned min lands, former industrial sites, and certain government installations.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Mosey, Gail; Heimiller, Donna; Dahle, Douglas; Vimmerstedt, Laura & Brady-Sabeff, Liz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerability (open access)

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerability

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the climate change literature prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Date: 2007
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of technologies. Appendix C--Landfill Gas (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of technologies. Appendix C--Landfill Gas

Appendix C from a biomass energy report that describes landfill gases, their impact on the environment, and benefits of utilizing biomass emissions in energy production.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies

An introduction and overview from a larger report about the partnership between the Environmental Protection Agency and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) stakeholders, including CHP Industry, state and local governments, energy users, etc., in an effort to promote biomass as an alternative energy resource.
Date: September 2007
Creator: Wickwire, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix E: Modular Biomass Systems Available in Pre-Commercial Development (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix E: Modular Biomass Systems Available in Pre-Commercial Development

Appendix E of a biomass energy report from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership. This report offers a comparison of pre-commercial companies, the biomass systems utilized by each, and the effectiveness/efficiency of each. Contact information for each company is provided.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. 4. Biomass Preparation (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. 4. Biomass Preparation

Part 4 of a larger report on a partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section outlines the steps required to prepare, store and transport biomass feedstocks.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

This report focuses on how climate change has impacted energy production and use in the United States.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Wilbanks, Thomas J.; Bhatt, Vatsal; Bilello, Daniel E.; Bull, Stanley R.; Ekmann, James; Horak, William C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2008 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2008

Annual report of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2008.
Date: 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library