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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
System: The UNT Digital Library