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Actual Versus Predicted Impacts of Three Ethanol Plants on Aquatic and Terrestrial Resources

Description: To help reduce US dependence on imported petroleum, Congress passed the Energy Security Act of 1980 (public Law 96-294). This legislation authorized the US Department of Energy (DOE) to promote expansion of the fuel alcohol industry through, among other measures, its Alcohol Fuels Loan Guarantee Program. Under this program, selected proposals for the conversion of plant biomass into fuel-grade ethanol would be granted loan guarantees. of 57 applications submitted for loan guarantees to build an… more
Date: March 15, 1993
Creator: Eddlemon, Gerald K.; Webb, J. Warren; Hunsaker, Donald B., Jr. & Miller, Robert L.
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Characterization of soil water content variability and soil texture using GPR groundwave techniques

Description: Accurate characterization of near-surface soil water content is vital for guiding agricultural management decisions and for reducing the potential negative environmental impacts of agriculture. Characterizing the near-surface soil water content can be difficult, as this parameter is often both spatially and temporally variable, and obtaining sufficient measurements to describe the heterogeneity can be prohibitively expensive. Understanding the spatial correlation of near-surface soil water cont… more
Date: August 15, 2010
Creator: Grote, K.; Anger, C.; Kelly, B.; Hubbard, S. & Rubin, Y.
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Geothermal environmental seminar

Description: Separate abstracts were prepared for twenty-four papers. (MHR)
Date: November 15, 1975
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Health impacts of geothermal energy

Description: The focus is on electric power production using geothermal resources greater than 150/sup 0/C because this form of geothermal energy utilization has the most serious health-related consequences. Based on measurements and experience at existing geothermal power plants, atmospheric emissions of noncondensing gases such as hydrogen sulfide and benzene pose the greatest hazards to public health. Surface and ground waters contaminated by discharges of spent geothermal fluids constitute another healt… more
Date: June 15, 1981
Creator: Layton, D. W. & Anspaugh, L. R.
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Integrated ground-based and remotely sensed data to support global studies of environmental change

Description: Data centers routinely archive and distribute large databases of high quality and with rigorous documentation but, to meet the needs of global studies effectively and efficiently, data centers must go beyond these traditional roles. Global studies of environmental change require integrated databases of multiple data types that are accurately coordinated in terms of spatial, temporal and thematic properties. Such datasets must be designed and developed jointly by scientific researchers, computer… more
Date: September 15, 1994
Creator: Olson, R. J.; Turner, R. S. & Garten, C. T.
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New Berkeley Lab Report Tracks a Decade of PV Installed Cost Trends

Description: Installations of PV systems have been expanding at a rapid pace in recent years. In the United States, the market for PV is driven by national, state, and local government incentives, including upfront cash rebates, production-based incentives, requirements that electricity suppliers purchase a certain amount of solar energy, and Federal and state tax benefits. These programs are, in part, motivated by the popular appeal of solar energy and by the positive attributes of PV - e.g., modest enviro… more
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Barbose, Galen; Peterman, Carla & Wiser, Ryan
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Summary of the US Senior Committee on Environmental, Safety, and Economic Aspects of Magnetic Fusion Energy (ESECOM)

Description: ESECOM has completed a recent assessment of the competitive potential of magnetic fusion energy (MFE) compared to present and future fission energy sources giving particular emphasis to the interaction of environmental, safety, and economic characteristics. By consistently applying a set of economic and safety models to a set of MFE concepts using a wide range of possible material choices, power densities, power conversion methods, and fuel cycles, ESECOM finds that several different MFE concep… more
Date: August 15, 1988
Creator: Logan, B. G.; Holdren, J. P.; Berwald, D. H.; Budnitz, R. J.; Crocker, J. G.; Delene, J. G. et al.
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Supporting integrated design through interlinked tools: The Labs21 toolkit

Description: The sustainable design of complex building types such as laboratories and hospitals can be particularly challenging, given their inherent complexity of systems, health and safety requirements, long-term flexibility and adaptability needs, energy use intensity, and environmental impacts. Tools such as design guides, energy benchmarking, and LEED rating systems are especially helpful to support sustainable design in such buildings. Furthermore, designers need guidance on how to effectively and ap… more
Date: September 15, 2003
Creator: Mathew, Paul; Bell, Geoffrey; Carlisle, Nancy; Sartor, Dale; van Geet, Otto; Lintner, William et al.
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