Scaling Studies in Arctic System Science and Policy Support: A Call-to-Research. (open access)

Scaling Studies in Arctic System Science and Policy Support: A Call-to-Research.

This is a study to analyze possible strategies to provide reliable and policy-actionable information on the state and trajectory of change across the Arctic system.
Date: June 3, 2010
Creator: Vörösmarty, J.; McGuire, A. David & Hobbie, John E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (open access)

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

"This indicator describes emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States."
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2015 CASTNET Annual Network Plan (open access)

2015 CASTNET Annual Network Plan

This is the 2015 Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) measurements. These sites managed measure acidic pollutants and ambient ozone concentrations in rural settings.
Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Atmospheric Programs. Clean Air Markets Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013 (open access)

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013

This report discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies collected and reported data on the generation and disposal of wast in the United States over a 30 year period.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan: Meeting State Goals (open access)

Clean Power Plan: Meeting State Goals

A presentation pertaining to a proposal to reduce carbon pollution.
Date: June 26, 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the principal chronic environmental issues that plague the border region.
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (open access)

Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources

"This report synthesizes available scientific literature and data to assess the potential for hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas to change the quality or quantity of drinking water resources, and identifies factors affecting the frequency or severity of any potential changes."
Date: June 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation (open access)

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation

An article which discusses the purpose of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule. It focuses on the kinds of prevention and harm associated with oil spills.
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilots: Ideas and Lessons Learned for Communities (open access)

Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilots: Ideas and Lessons Learned for Communities

This publication is the U.S. EPA's Brownsfields Area-Wide Planning program as the EPA attempt to assist communities cleanup and reuse properties and surrounding areas.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family and Medical Leave - Updated (open access)

Paid Family and Medical Leave - Updated

A fact sheet pertaining to paid maternity, family, and medical leave. It offers information from the Obama Administration about how the administration will alter paid leave.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035

The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quickstart Tutorial: How to Use the Co-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Screening Model: Analytical Steps and Case Studies

A presentation that explains COBRA and how to use it to estimate the air quality, health, and related economic impacts of a scenario. It then explains two case studies about how to apply COBRA in these clean energy scenarios.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Adaptation Plan (open access)

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Adaptation Plan

This plan by the United States Environmental Protection Agency addresses the facts of climate change and the challenges involved in those changes.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (open access)

Preliminary 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

This report identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected for effluent guidelines rule making and provides a schedule for such rule making. It also discusses the results of EPA's annual review of effluent limitations guidelines and pre-treatment standards.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information (open access)

OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information

A report about OPM dealing with a cyber security incident which suggested that approximately 4 million individuals whose information that may have been compromised.
Date: June 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Office of Personnel Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Defense Acquisition System - 2014 Annual Report (open access)

Performance of Defense Acquisition System - 2014 Annual Report

This report examines the effects of statutes, policies, and tradecraft on the outcomes of the defense acquisition system.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum (open access)

DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum

This report discusses the action plan for the Department of Homeland Security related to climate change. It stats that "as a result of the uncertainties associated with climate change affects, historically successful strategies for managing resources and infrastructure will become less effective over time, requiring new paradigms, policies and procedures".
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

A report that reflects the DHS's strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (open access)

The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

This report provides an update to the five basic homeland security missions set forth by the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review in 2010. They include: prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage our borders, enforce and administer our immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace, and strengthen national preparedness and resilience.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

This report reflects the Department of Homeland Securities' strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way. The report includes sections on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, sustainable building, fleet management, water use efficiency and management, pollution prevention and waste reduction, sustainable acquisition, electronic stewardship and data centers, renewable energy, climate change resilience, and energy performance contracts.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C. (open access)

Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C.

A report which provides an employment strategy as it pertains to the President's issuance of new nuclear weapons employment guidance.
Date: June 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship (open access)

Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

This document outlines the framework between the United States and India in relation to security and defense. Shared interests are discussed in the documents which include: maintaining peach and security; defeating terrorism and violent extremism; preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; supporting a rule-based order, protecting the free flow of commerce.
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Carter, Ashton & Parrikar, Manohar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (open access)

Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan

A report detailing efforts to enhance security and stability in Afghanistan from December 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap

This report discusses the adaptation roadmap for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security related to climate change.
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library