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Policies to Change the World: Energy Sufficiency - Eight Policies towards the Sustainable Use of Energy (open access)

Policies to Change the World: Energy Sufficiency - Eight Policies towards the Sustainable Use of Energy

This booklet discusses how energy sufficiency is the best solution for reducing energy consumption and waste. It presents policies for reducing global energy consumption such as energy auditing, phasing out incandescent light bulbs, combined heat/cooling energy and power, carbon-negative cooking, smart metering, area road pricing, and other measures.
Date: 2009
Creator: Rohde, Anja & Bee, Hilmar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Survey of Air Quality and Related Health Studies Conducted in the Vicinity of Ground Zero (open access)

Preliminary Survey of Air Quality and Related Health Studies Conducted in the Vicinity of Ground Zero

This document represents the first survey by the research community of the impact of the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York on air quality and public health in lower Manhattan.
Date: December 2002
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Air Quality Research Subcommittee.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005

Tunza is a magazine published by the UN Environment Programme about environmental issues from a youth perspective. This issue is about transportation, urban planning, waste management, and ecology.
Date: 2005
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 4, 2007 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 4, 2007

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to the relationship between gender and the environment.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Planet, Volume 16, Number 1, 2005 (open access)

Our Planet, Volume 16, Number 1, 2005

Magazine of the United Nations Environment Programme discussing worldwide environmental policies and other concerns. This issue is devoted to environmental problems and solutions specific to urban environments.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in Great Plains region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Entrainment by the Indian Point Power Plant on Biota in the Hudson River Estuary, March 1975 (open access)

Effects of Entrainment by the Indian Point Power Plant on Biota in the Hudson River Estuary, March 1975

"The data presented in this report represent an analysis of the abundance of four life-history stages of striped bass collected in the Hudson River at Indian Point and the intakes and discharge canal at the Indian Point Power Station" (p. 54).
Date: March 1975
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mortality of Striped Bass Eggs and Larvae in Nets: A Special Report to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (open access)

Mortality of Striped Bass Eggs and Larvae in Nets: A Special Report to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

This report summarizes the results of studies conducted to determine the net-induced mortality rates of striped bass in the Hudson River. In the study, an experimental flume was constructed to test the "efficacy of devices designed to reduce fish impingement at the Indian Point generating station" (p. 2).
Date: July 1976
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioecological Studies of the Hudson River (open access)

Radioecological Studies of the Hudson River

"This report summarizes the results of the Hudson River radioecological studies conducted in 1973" (p. 1). The study investigates the behavior of gamma-emitting radionuclides in the Hudson River and the accumulation of natural alpha-emitting radionuclides.
Date: 1973
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecological Studies of the Hudson River Near Indian Point (open access)

Ecological Studies of the Hudson River Near Indian Point

"The general purpose of [this study is] to determine the ecological responses of the [Hudson] River to various classes of potential pollutants, so that the discharge of waste heat and radionuclides from the Indian Point Power Plant can be evaluated in context with these" (p. 1).
Date: April 1971
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Entrainment by the Indian Point Power Plant on Biota in the Hudson River Estuary, August 1976 (open access)

Effects of Entrainment by the Indian Point Power Plant on Biota in the Hudson River Estuary, August 1976

"This report presents the final results of studies conducted at Indian Point during 1973 using the full complement of available striped bass ichthyoplankton data. These procedures were undertaken in order to present data for river and plant comparisons in the proper perspective of time and space" (p. ii).
Date: August 1976
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Changes in Hydrostatic Pressure on Some Hudson River Biota: Progress Report for 1974 (open access)

The Effects of Changes in Hydrostatic Pressure on Some Hudson River Biota: Progress Report for 1974

This research report represents the findings on a study conducted over the effect of hydrostatic pressure and hydroelectric generators on various types of fish and other aquatic organisms in the Hudson River.
Date: September 1974
Creator: New York University. Medical Center. Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan (open access)

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

This action plan articulates the most significant ecosystem problems for the Great Lakes, and describes efforts to address them. The five areas are toxic substances, invasive species, health and pollution, wildlife and habitat preservation and restoration, and finally a component that covers accountability and evaluation.
Date: February 21, 2010
Creator: United States. Council on Environmental Quality.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Jobs Training: A Catalog of Training Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Training (open access)

Green Jobs Training: A Catalog of Training Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Training

This catalog provides information on training and certification opportunities for jobs and careers categorized as part of the "green economy." The catalog includes federal and state listings.
Date: September 2010
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The State of the Hudson 2009 (open access)

The State of the Hudson 2009

This report describes the environmental quality of the Hudson River and its watershed, including issues such as pollution, population growth, and biodiversity. The report also describes the habitats of estuaries, watersheds, and rivers in general.
Date: 2009
Creator: New York (State). Hudson River Estuary Program.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Shakespearean Productions in New York: 1935-1955 (open access)

A Survey of Shakespearean Productions in New York: 1935-1955

The aim of this thesis is to present a comprehensive view--a survey--of plays by William Shakespeare that have been produced for the New York stage from 1935 through 1955 in order to ascertain not only the quantity of Shakespearean drama that has been presented during this twenty-one-year period, but also to appraise the quality of the productions as seen by the critics. A related aim of this study will be the analysis of the televised Shakespearean plays by presenting the works and their merits through the eyes of the critics of that medium.
Date: 1956
Creator: King, Mary Inez
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846 (open access)

Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846

This thesis describes the history surrounding Silas Wright and the anti-rent agitation in New York during the 1840's.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Pendleton, Eldridge H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation into the Characteristics and Causes of Monthly and Yearly Price Fluctuations of Spot Cotton at New York, New York, During the Period, 1911-1953 (open access)

An Investigation into the Characteristics and Causes of Monthly and Yearly Price Fluctuations of Spot Cotton at New York, New York, During the Period, 1911-1953

This study endeavors to give an insight into the causes and characteristics of price fluctuations of spot cotton at New York, N.Y., for the period 1911-1953, and to indicate whenever possible the factors which caused the price of cotton to rise or fall during selected periods.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Harry M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of Public Education in the Town of Islip, New York (open access)

A History of Public Education in the Town of Islip, New York

The purposes of this study were, 1. To develop a documented history of the founding of the town of Islip. 2. To trace the development of public education within the town and to parallel this development with state-wide developments in the field.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Curran, Patrick J. T., 1931-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1859 (open access)

The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1859

Weekly African-American newspaper from New York, New York that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 19, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 31, 1860 (open access)

The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 31, 1860

Weekly African-American newspaper from New York, New York that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 3, 1859 (open access)

The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 3, 1859

Weekly African-American newspaper from New York, New York that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1859 (open access)

The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1859

Weekly African-American newspaper from New York, New York that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 25, 1860 (open access)

The Weekly Anglo-African. (New York [N.Y.]), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 25, 1860

Weekly African-American newspaper from New York, New York that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 25, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History