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[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for July, 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs (open access)

Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs

The document is on the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan webinar on emission trading.
Date: January 11, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews (open access)

Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews

This is a report is a compilation of methodologies.
Date: March 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supporting Arctic Science 1: A Summary of the White House Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting September 28, 2016- Washington, DC (open access)

Supporting Arctic Science 1: A Summary of the White House Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting September 28, 2016- Washington, DC

Summary report of the first-ever meeting of the Arctic Science Ministerial. Includes meeting list, participating countries (24 countries and EU), White House fact sheet, media reports and a Joint Statement of Ministers. Includes goals, points of contact, policy, research initiatives and research infrastructure.
Date: September 28, 2016
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Length of Growing Season (open access)

Length of Growing Season

"This indicator measures the length of the growing season in the contiguous 48 states."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015 (open access)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015

"This report summarizes data from several Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total population supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States."
Date: December 2016
Creator: Kaeble, Danielle & Glaze, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (open access)

Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

"This indicator describes emissions of greenhouse gases worldwide."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowpack (open access)

Snowpack

"This indicator measures trends in mountain snowpack in the western United States."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico

This paper explores the processes and effects of the removal of oil and gas equipment off the Louisiana coast line in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Barkaszi, M. J.; Frankel, A.; Martin J. S. & Poe, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Women in the Labor Force (open access)

Black Women in the Labor Force

This pamphlet looks at the disparaging representation of Black women in the labor force.
Date: February 2016
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Ragweed Pollen Season (open access)

Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Ragweed Pollen Season

This indicator depicts changes in the length of ragweed pollen season in 11 cities in the central United States and Canada.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Connection: Trends in Stream Temperature in the Snake River (open access)

Tribal Connection: Trends in Stream Temperature in the Snake River

This indicator shows the average water temperatures in the month of August at a site in the Snake River, in eastern Washington State.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (open access)

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Brief document describing how U.S. greenhouse gas emissions function as an indicator of climate change. It includes background on climate change indicators, an explanation of how emissions are measured, and key points about greenhouse gases in relation to climate.
Date: August 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Closer Look: Temperature and Drought in the Southwest (open access)

A Closer Look: Temperature and Drought in the Southwest

This indicator reports present information about unusually high and low temperatures and drought in the Southwest.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mortality in State Prisons, 2001-2014 - Statistical Tables (open access)

Mortality in State Prisons, 2001-2014 - Statistical Tables

"This report covers deaths that occurred in state prisons between 2001 and 2014."
Date: December 2016
Creator: Noonan, Margaret E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Releases First Ever National Wetland Condition Assessment (open access)

EPA Releases First Ever National Wetland Condition Assessment

This presentation provides an overview of the National Aquatic Resource Survey (NARS), including background information, accomplishments, and milestones.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
West Nile Virus (open access)

West Nile Virus

"This indicator tracks the rate of reported West Nile virus disease cases across the United States."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast Facts 1990-2014 (open access)

Fast Facts 1990-2014

This fact sheet presents statistics on the levels of green house gases in the United States.
Date: April 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stream Temperature (open access)

Stream Temperature

"This indicator shows changes in stream water temperature across the Chesapeake Bay region."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Closer Look: Land Loss Along the Atlantic Coast (open access)

A Closer Look: Land Loss Along the Atlantic Coast

This climate change indicator examines rising sea levels along the Atlantic Coast.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future (open access)

Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future

This fact-sheet by the EPA defines and describes the functions of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ).
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowfall (open access)

Snowfall

"This indicator uses two different measures to show how snowfall has changed in the contiguous 48 states."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3 (open access)

Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3

A paper discussing air pollution, how to detect it, and how to minimize air toxins.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Battelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Rule: Factsheet (open access)

Clean Water Rule: Factsheet

Fact sheet summarizing the United States Clean Water Rule (3 pages).
Date: 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library