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- Rural planning : the village.
- Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
- GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment
- This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
- GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment
- This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.
- Renewables 2010: Global Status Report
- This report describes economic trends in building the capacity of renewable energy in several countries.
- 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.
- Litigation Seeking to Establish Climate Change Impacts as a Common Law Nuisance
- This report discusses recent legislative initiatives seeking to establish climate change impacts as a common law nuisance. The report explains what private and public nuisances are, the issues faced by policymakers when litigating a climate-change/nuisance suit, and also discusses five climate-chance/nuisance suits that are now or formerly active, as a basis of comparison. The report also explores arguments of those both for and against addressing the complex issue of climate change through common law suits.
- The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Coastal Wetland and Wildlife Impacts and Response
- The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, and the resulting oil spill began a cascade of effects on the coastal areas of the Gulf and on the wealth of species that inhabit those areas. This report addresses the importance of wetlands in general, the ecology of the coastal wetlands in the Gulf, impacts of oil spills on wetland habitats, response options, the implications of hurricane season for the spill's impacts, and cleanup and recovery issues. The emphasis is on the nearshore environment, although a few species found in deeper waters will be mentioned. In addition, some lessons from past spills such as the Exxon Valdez in Alaska will be discussed, along with issues that may arise as response and recovery transition to restoration of the Gulf.
- How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives
- This conference report contains discussions and papers from a symposium hosted at Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, Texas, examining the ecological health of the Upper Trinity River, and the impacts of various human activity, such as agriculture, urbanization, and waste management. The papers cover the effect of water quality on urban rivers, long-term water quality trends in the Trinity River, solutions that may improve water quality in the river, as well as biological, agricultural and waste-water issues.
- U.S. Climate Action Report 2010
- The Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report presents a detailed outline of the actions the U.S. is taking to address climate change, contains updated projections on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and underscores the United States commitment to address climate change.
- 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.
- Ecoregion: Desert Arid
- This brochure describes the effects of climate change in the desert and arid regions of the United States.
- Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
- This assessment examines how global climate climate change affects the United States, and describes strategies for adaptation.
- Ecoregion: Caribbean
- This document is part of a set of educational resources for educators to encourage climate literacy.
- Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators
- This is a lesson plan for grade levels 5-8 that guides educators through a lesson about coral reef ecology and how climate change affects the growth of coral reefs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate : Frequently Asked Questions
- This brochure corresponds with the Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate Synthesis and Assessment Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. It highlights observed changes and likely projections in North American weather, and how changes in North American weather are likely to have an adverse economic effect.
- 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.
- State of the Climate in 2009
- This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
- Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
- This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios for islands of the United States.
- Climate and Airborne Pollutants
- This brochure provides an overview of how air pollutants have an impact on climate change.
- U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and Findings
- This brochure identifies four types of abrupt climate change that would pose major risks to global health, security, and the economy.
- Human Health and Welfare and Climate Change: Summary and Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
- This brochure summarizes a report of the same title. It describes the likely impacts of climate change on human health, and potential adaptation strategies to limit the risks and damages.
- Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions
- This brochure summarizes research that focuses on the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal and year-to-year timescales and the opportunity to incorporate such information into water resource management decisions.
- Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.2: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report: North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
- This brochure describes sources of carbon emissions in North America, and ways to remove those emissions from the atmosphere.
- 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.
- State of the Climate in 2008
- This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
- 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.
- Widespread climate-related impacts are occurring now and are expected to increase
- This map shows current and projected effects of climate change on various regions of the United States.
- Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
- This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in the Southeast region of the United States.
- 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.
- Active Climate Legislative Commissions and Executive Branch Advisory Groups
- This map shows states with government bodies that study the impacts of climate change and recommend policies for mitigation and adaptation.
- Progress report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
- This report describes work by the Interagency Climate Change Task Force. The group's goals include forming recommendations for a national strategy for climate change adaptation, improving the resilience and adaptive capacity of the federal government towards climate change, and improving public understanding of specific climate change vulnerabilities.
- Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
- This report describes policy recommendations for coastal and marine spatial planning in order to protect ecosystems while continuing to allow economic activity.
- Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
- This memorandum charges the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with developing a national policy that ensures protection of oceans as well as a framework for effective coastal and marine spatial planning.
- Commercial Building Energy Codes
- This map shows states with building codes for energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
- Collaboration in NEPA: A Handbook for NEPA Practitioners
- This handbook is a collaboration of research and consultations by the Council on Environmental Quality concerning analyses prepared under the National Environmental Protection Act. This guide introduces interested parties to collaborative principles, and includes suggestions for successful collaborative efforts.
- Considering Cumulative Effects Under the National Environmental Policy Act
- This document is intended to assist Federal agencies with analyzing cumulative effects during the NEPA process. It outlines general principles, common cumulative effects assessment methodologies, and resources for additional information and background data.
- Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
- This executive order establishes guidelines for how federal agencies consume natural resources.
- Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
- This executive order establishes sustainability and energy efficiency as priorities in the operations of the federal government.
- Emissions Caps for Electricity
- This map shows states that cap greenhouse gas emissions through performance standards or through cap and trade systems.
- Energy Efficiency Standards and Targets
- This map shows states with policies to promote efficient generation, transmission, and use of energy.
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
- This map shows states with greenhouse gas emissions targets.
- Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Registries
- This map shows states with common systems for consistent and transparent reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.
- 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.
- Green Pricing Programs
- This map shows states that allow utilities customers to pay a premium price to guarantee that a percentage of their energy comes from renewable sources.
- Building Standards for State Buildings
- This map shows states with energy efficiency standards for government buildings.
- 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.
- Low Carbon Fuel Standard
- This map identifies states that are either considering, or have already adopted a low carbon fuel standard.
- Modernizing NEPA Implementation
- This report presents recommendations to change the NEPA implementation process, based on the review of an appointed task force.