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Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change

This report is the third part of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - climate Change 2013/2014 - and was prepared by its Working Group III. The volume provides a comprehensive and transparent assessment of relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, as well as activities that reduce their concentration in the atmosphere.
Date: 2015
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress: 2014 (open access)

U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress: 2014

2014 annual report reviewing the status of U.S. fisheries and comparing with 2013. Includes a brief description of ecosystem-based fishery management as well as the general progress made in areas of overfishing, stock management, stock status by U.S. region, stock trends, and sustainability.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Pritzker, Penny; Sullivan, Kathryn D. & Sobeck, Eileen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Energy Outlook 2015: with Projections to 2040 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2015: with Projections to 2040

The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term annual projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040.
Date: April 2015
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations (open access)

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations

Regulatory Impact Analysis report discussing benefits, costs and economic impacts of the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations where the EPA proposing a federal plan to implement the emissions guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired EGUs under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations (open access)

Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations

"This technical support document details certain demonstration requirements for Clean Power Plan (CPP) state plan submittals that must include a projection of carbon dioxide emission performance by affected electric generating units."
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies

This report is about the composition of biofouling communities for three different offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Research methods included a video survey, high resolution photography, scrape samples, and settling plates.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Carney, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative (open access)

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative

A report by USAID about a program that intends to enhance U.S. Government (USG) policy goals and complement other ongoing USG programs in the country by supporting activities that promote an enabling environment for sustainable peace.
Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2015 Microenterprise Results Report (open access)

2015 Microenterprise Results Report

A report responding to annual reporting requirements of the Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004 (MRAA).
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs: 2016 Report (open access)

Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs: 2016 Report

A report pertaining to the preserving of biological diversity on land and sea.
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program (open access)

Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program

This technical report discusses the analysis of data on deaths that occurred in the process of arrest.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Banks, Duren; Couzens, Lance & Planty, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005 (open access)

Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005

The purpose of this retrospective is to inform the water and sanitation industry and the general public about technologies deployed in rural Alaskan villages between ~1970 and 2005. We indicate, per interviewee input, why the majority failed on a technical level or failed to provide adequate water on an as-used basis to improve health outcomes. This retrospective will supplement prior, and often meager, documentation of unsuccessful approaches to water and sanitation in Alaska, as both a cautionary tale and as a benchmark against which progress can be made.
Date: February 2015
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report of The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing (open access)

Final Report of The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

This is a report on President Barack Obama's executive order that created the Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
Date: May 2015
Creator: President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Clean Power Plan Final Rule (open access)

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Clean Power Plan Final Rule

This is a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) as it relates to greenhouse gases and climate change.
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe and Sustainable Water Resource: Strategic Research Action Plan 2016-2019 (open access)

Safe and Sustainable Water Resource: Strategic Research Action Plan 2016-2019

A report that discusses water and how it impacts ecosystem health, economic prosperity, and social well-being.
Date: November 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs (open access)

State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs

A chart which shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final Clean Power Plan.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clean Power Plan (open access)

The Clean Power Plan

Key topics and issues surrounding the 2015 Clean Power Plan prepared by EPA, including reliability, time frame, types of power, and compliance by area.
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills (open access)

Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills

This advisory provides guidance on the handling, storage and standards fr solid ammonium nitrate prills.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet (open access)

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet

Fact sheet related to solid waste management in the United States.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia 2015 Human Rights Report (open access)

Russia 2015 Human Rights Report

This report outlines the human rights problems identified by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor for Russia.
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TCEQ_Groundwater Conservation Districts (open access)

TCEQ_Groundwater Conservation Districts

A paper that serves as a management and planning tool to support the statewide groundwater programs conducted by Texas state agencies.
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Texas Commission on Environmental Policy.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2014 (open access)

U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2014

This report provides graphs and analysis of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.
Date: November 2015
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Leave in Four States: Lessons for Montana Policymakers and Advocates (open access)

Paid Leave in Four States: Lessons for Montana Policymakers and Advocates

A report about paid leave in the United States. This report focuses on the four states which have enacted paid family leave programs and includes the various components of their policies in four sections.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
System: The UNT Digital Library
2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grantee Information (open access)

2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grantee Information

A grant by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training that wishes to expand its Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) Program.
Date: 2015
Creator: Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation (open access)

Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation

A document that summarizes the various comprehensive paid family and medical leave provisions in states that have these programs or are proposing them.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Albelda, Randy & Clayton-Matthews, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library