Excerpt: The Arctic region is often defined as that area where the average temperature for the warmest month is below 10§C.
Bibliography. Compiled by W. H. Dalton, with assistance by L. V. Dalton, S. L. James, and E. S. Ward: vol. III, p. 1155-1317
Statistical Reference Document
Excerpt: As the Nation?s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our ener...
Excerpt: The Peoples Natural Gas Co. site is located in Dubuque and covers approximately 5 acres. From 1890 until 1954, the Key City Gas Company owned and operated this gas plant, where a natural gas substitute was produced from coal. In 1954, the North Central Public Service Company took over operations until 1957, when Peoples Natural Gas Company assumed ownership of the site. Peoples used the site as a storage and maintenance area and did not manufacture gas. It later...
Economics
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: 1. On December 28, 2001, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (?ICSID? or ?Centre?) received from LG&E Energy Corp., LG&E Capital Corp., and LG&E International Inc., juridical persons constituted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States of America (?Claimants? or ?LG&E?), a Request for Arbitration dated December 21, 2001, against the Argentine Republic (?Respondent?). -- 2. In the Request Claimants ...
Excerpt: A common element among all of these problems is the lack of access to relevant information by all stakeholders, sometimes due to lack of knowledge and expertise and sometimes due to uneven distribution of information among the stakeholders. The first step ...
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Excerpt: July 27, 2005. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Weaver, Medina, and Coco Storage Field Well Abandonment Project involving abandonment of facilities by Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) in Richland and Medina Counties, Ohio and Kanawha County, West Virginia.1 The project facilities would consist of plugging and ...
Excerpt: The most prominent energy sources used in the U.S. are coal, oil and natural gas. These are finite sources with significant adverse environmental impacts associated with their production, distribution and use. Renewable sources, such as solar and wind energy, provide a reliable, sustainable, and secure source of energy without the adverse environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel combustion.
SECTION 1. Introduction: The Government of China (GOC) is giving increased attenti on to renewable energy development. In the longer term, this will contribute to diversifying energy sources and curbing pollution problems caused by the coal-dominated power sector. Recognizing that in the short to medium term many renewable energy technologies will have financial lifecycle costs above those from conventional alternatives, GOC requested technical assistance from the World ...
July 1989.
Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
Excerpt: Most woody biomass utilization activities are implemented by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Energy (DOE), and the Interior and include awarding grants to businesses, schools, Indian tribes, and others; conducting research; and providing education. Most of USDA?s woody biomass utilization activities are undertaken by the Forest Service and include grants for woody biomass utilization, research into the use of woody biomass in wood products, and education ...
Natural gas ; Petroleum ; Petroleum
Gasoline production, transportation, distribution. ; Title from cover ; Continued in Sept. 1922 by: Gas industry (Natural gas edition)
Excerpt: Value Code and Descriptions 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 2001/2000 Wyoming Total and of U.S. Total 458.0 502.5 503.3 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.16 Total Top 25 Commodities and of Wyoming Total 419.3 461.7 456.3 91.56 91.88 90.68 -1.15 283620 Disodium Carbonate 354.5 362.8 356.4 77.42 72.21 70.81 -1.78 250810 Bentonite, Including Calcined 19.0 21.4 18.5 4.16 4.25 3.67 -13.53 270119 Coal, Not Agglomerated 0.0 12.5 27. 0.00 2.49 5.38 116.60 284410 Natural Uranium & Compound...
Excerpt: The economic census is the major source of facts about the structure and functioning of the Nation?s economy. It provides essential information for government, business, industry, and the general public. The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product, input/ output measures, production and price indexes, and other statistical series that measure short-term changes in economic conditions....
Export and Trade Government Reference Document:
Excerpt: The U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Turkish American Council is pleased to announce Business Cooperation between American and Turkish Small and Medium Size Enterprises on April 5, 2004 at Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Turkey, with a population of 66 million, is one of the largest nations in Europe and a traditional ally of the United States. The United States is Turkey?s second largest trading partner a...