GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green and Growing: Building A Green And Prosperous Future For Manitoba Families (open access)

Green and Growing: Building A Green And Prosperous Future For Manitoba Families

Green and Growing is a strategic framework that will continue to be developed and expanded as we go forward. Through this strategic framework, we hope to provide Manitobans, and the world, with a better understanding of the Manitoba government’s overall approach to the environment as well as the health and well-being of our province and its families. Our goal is to build a future that promises to be both green and growing for the benefit of all Manitobans.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Contaminant Emission Inventory Reporting Requirements (open access)

Air Contaminant Emission Inventory Reporting Requirements

This chapter applies to all air contaminant sources and to their owners and operators.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Department of Natural Resources
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action (open access)

Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action

This document describes proposals for making communities better prepared and more resilient to catastrophic natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2006. Methods described include warning systems, data sharing, and land use decisions.
Date: December 2005
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress: An Integrated Assessment (open access)

National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress: An Integrated Assessment

This report presents scientific analysis of the costs, benefits, and effectiveness of federal programming to reduce acid rain.
Date: 2005
Creator: United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy Act (open access)

Energy Policy Act

The Energy Policy Act (EPA) addresses energy production in the United States, including: (1) energy efficiency; (2) renewable energy; (3) oil and gas; (4) coal; (5) Tribal energy; (6) nuclear matters and security; (7) vehicles and motor fuels, including ethanol; (8) hydrogen; (9) electricity; (10) energy tax incentives; (11) hydropower and geothermal energy; and (12) climate change technology. For example, the Act provides loan guarantees for entities that develop or use innovative technologies that avoid the by-production of greenhouse gases. Another provision of the Act increases the amount of biofuel that must be mixed with gasoline sold in the United States.
Date: January 4, 2005
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library