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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
Policy Measures to Stimulate Bicycle Use in Germany (open access)

Policy Measures to Stimulate Bicycle Use in Germany

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Date: 2009
Creator: Lambrecht, Martin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Projections of Global Emissions of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases in 2050 (open access)

Projections of Global Emissions of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases in 2050

This is the result of a German study which underlines once more the urgent need for measures to reduce F-gas emissions. Global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) will increase to 4 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalents by 2050 if no political mitigation measures are taken. The contribution of F-gases to global warming is projected to grow from 1.3% (2004) to 7.9% of total direct CO2 emissions.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Gschrey, Barbara; Schwarz, Winfried & Öko-Recherche
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed National Objectives, Principles and Standards for Water and Related Resources Implementation Studies (open access)

Proposed National Objectives, Principles and Standards for Water and Related Resources Implementation Studies

This document reflects planning efforts by the Executive Office of the President to design federal policy for the use of water resources.
Date: December 3, 2009
Creator: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Greenhouse Gas Concentrations (open access)

Recent Greenhouse Gas Concentrations

Gases typically measured in parts per million (ppm), parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt) by volume are presented separately to facilitate comparison of numbers.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Blasing, T.J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery Through Retrofit (open access)

Recovery Through Retrofit

This report describes recommendations for federal action to address barriers to retrofitting home residences for energy efficiency.
Date: 2009
Creator: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Forum on Environment and Health Meeting Report (open access)

Regional Forum on Environment and Health Meeting Report

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Date: March 2009
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
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 draws information from the Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States report that describes how climate change affects coastal areas in the United States.
Date: June 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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 the Great Plains region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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 draws highlights for Alaska from the Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.
Date: June 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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
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 for islands of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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 Midwest region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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 the Great Plains region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
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 Southwest region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research Needs Work Group: Recommendations on Research Needs Necessary to Implement and Alaska Climate Change Strategy (open access)

Research Needs Work Group: Recommendations on Research Needs Necessary to Implement and Alaska Climate Change Strategy

This report to the Alaska State Sub-Cabinet on Climate Change recommends research strategies for mitigating greenhouse gases and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Research Needs Work Group
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Residential Building Energy Codes (open access)

Residential Building Energy Codes

This map shows states with minimum levels of energy efficiency for residential buildings.
Date: 2009
Creator: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roadmap to Sustainable Government Buildings (open access)

Roadmap to Sustainable Government Buildings

This document encourages governments to use LEED certifications in the construction of government buildings, and to promote LEED buildings in their jurisdictions. The document provides advice on how to promote and administer such projects.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Green Building Council
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching: Activities (open access)

Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching: Activities

This lesson plan provides educators with a lesson plan for grades 5-8 about coral reefs.
Date: June 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
State of the Climate in 2008 (open access)

State of the Climate in 2008

This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
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
Streamlining climate change and air pollution reporting: Final Report (open access)

Streamlining climate change and air pollution reporting: Final Report

The environmental policies currently being negotiated are likely to require Member State (MS) to control and report their emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants (AP) more precisely. While there are likely to be associated costs, it is also likely that the cost of timely and targeted action will be less than the longer term cost of inaction. A number of European Union (EU) legal instruments are used to regulate emissions - several of these are under review. The review not only needs to anticipate future policy needs but also assess the alignment of the various instruments and whether the burden on users can be further minimized.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Pulles, Tinus; Goodwin, Justin; Kruijd, Jeroen; Jozwicka, Magdalena; Janssen, Katleen; Vandenbroucke, Danny et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes (open access)

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes

This guide describes steps that people can take to protect themselves from disease, disability, and injury that may result from health hazards in the home. The guide also describes society-wide measures to improve public health through healthy homes.
Date: 2009
Creator: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks (open access)

The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks

This guide describes how to develop a site in a way that does the least damage to the ecosystem, and provides maximum ecological benefits, including improved air quality, storm water treatment, and energy efficiency.
Date: 2009
Creator: American Society of Landscape Architects
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library