Environmental management

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

In a world where we're bombarded with advice on going green, authors Mark Townsend and David Glick take a refreshing line and tell us how NOT to go green.

Electric power is essential for the lives and livelihoods of all Americans, and the need for electricity that is safe, clean, affordable, and reliable will only grow in the decades to come.

Since its inception in 1977 from an amalgam of federal authorities, the U.

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, many in the New York City area have become concerned about the possible consequences of a similar attack on the Indian Point nuclear power plantslocated about 40 miles from Manhattan, and have made calls for their closure.

When the U.

The construction of nuclear power plants in the United States is stopping, as regulators, reactor manufacturers, and operators sort out a host of technical and institutional problems.

The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.

This book addresses the process and actions for developing enhanced capabilities to analyze energy policy issues and perform strategic planning activities at the U.

This book contains 11 papers that review the extant information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science information for river management and dam operations.

This book addresses remedial action and waste management problems that the DOE and the nation are now facing that are the result of 50 years of nuclear weapons development and testingproblems that require a reengineering of systems and a reexamination of the scientific, engineering, and institutional barriers to achieving cost-effective and safe stewardship of the nation's resources.

The establishment of the U.

The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers.

Rainforests are rapidly being cleared in the humid tropics to keep pace with food demands, economic needs, and population growth.

This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.

This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Tremendous changes have occurred this century in the nation's coastal habitats, in the way society views them, and in the way they are managed.

This book responds to a congressional request to evaluated criteria by which land is acquired under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The Hawaiian Crow, or 'Alala, once an inhabitant of large forested areas of Hawaii, is now found only in the wild in a relatively small area of the central Kona coast.

This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it.

The question of whether the earth's climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate.

This book assesses the current state of the field in a number of potential applications and discusses technologies for which concentrated solar energy might be utilized.

This book reviews current work and assesses the state of the art in potential applications of concentrated solar energy in nonelectric areas, such as water and waste treatment, photochemical processes, and materials processing.

This volume, a collection of seven essays by individuals prominent in the water resources field, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Water Science and Technology Board.

How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations?

This book reviews the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.

This book discusses the results of the transects program, which involves compilations of maps and cross sections showing geological, geophysical, and geochemical data and interpretations along 23 transects from the continental craton to the oceanic lithosphere around North America.

Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.

The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could improve its Environmental Quality RD portfolio.

The American West faces many challenges, but none is more important than the challenge of managing its water.

The U.

Assessment of the U.

This study was undertaken in recognition of the critical role played by the Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the U.

This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil.

Renewable Power Pathways is the result of a study by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee for the Programmatic Review of the Office of Power Technologies (OPT) review of the U.

The responsible management of natural resources for present-day needs and future generations requires integrated approaches that are place-based, embrace systems thinking, and incorporate the social, economic, and environmental considerations of sustainability.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applies scientific results that have been provided by various parts of its own organization and by external organizations.

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Conference in 2013 focused on the Future of Advanced Nuclear Technologies to generate new ideas about how to move nuclear technology forward while making the world safer and more secure.

In the United States (U.

The potential for using fusion energy to produce commercial electric power was first explored in the 1950s.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the energy and mineral resources on the outer continental shelf.

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.

The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could improve its Environmental Quality RD portfolio.

The U.

The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers.

Since its inception in 1977 from an amalgam of federal authorities, the U.