Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics

Leap of Faith    by Laura Adams
Price: $5.99 USD. 91640 words. Language: English. Published on June 12, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

A unique angle on the true story of the Kalmazoo River oil spill, featuring an aftwerword by Patrick D. Daniel, President and CEO, Enbridge Inc.
2011 Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs by the GAO - Army, Navy, Air Force Weapons Systems including UAS, Missiles, Ships, F-35, Carriers, NPOESS, Osprey    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 83610 words. Language: English. Published on June 1, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Military Science.

This is GAO’s ninth annual assessment of Department of Defense (DOD) weapon system acquisitions, an area that is on GAO’s high-risk list. The report is in response to the mandate in the joint explanatory statement to the DOD Appropriations Act, 2009. It includes observations on the performance of DOD’s 2010 portfolio of 98 major defense acquisition programs.
No Future ?    by Lundi
You set the price! 1100 words. Language: French. Published on May 27, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

Sixième et dernier billet de la série consacrée à l'absence de prospective en politique, notamment dans le domaine de l'énergie. Après les aspects techniques, le volet politique : quelles sont nos options ? Accélérer de nouveau... ou ralentir la machine ? Mais dans quelles conditions ? Après « l'enfer » du nouveau Moyen Âge, n'avons-nous le choix qu'entre la peste et le choléra ?
Sortir de l'impasse (3)    by Lundi
You set the price! 1170 words. Language: French. Published on May 22, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Physics.

Cinquième billet de la série consacrée à l'absence de prospective en politique, notamment dans le domaine de l'énergie. Rappel des caractéristiques techniques de la fission nucléaire et de la fusion nucléaire. Avantages de l'hélium 3 dans ce processus de fusion. Possibilités et conditions d'exploitation de l'hélium 3 lunaire.
Le bout de l'impasse    by Lundi
You set the price! 1470 words. Language: French. Published on May 1, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

Deuxième volet de la série de billets dont Les chênes qu'on abat constituait le premier volet. Ce citron qu'on presse, c'est notre planète. Tour d'horizon des énergies, qu'elles soient d'origine fossile, considérées comme « renouvelables », sans oublier l'énergie nucléaire. Que peut-on alors faire, lorsqu'on se trouve au bout de l'impasse ?
Risks and Rewards: The Controversy About Shale Gas Production and Hydraulic Fracturing, Ground Water Pollution, Toxic and Carcinogenic Chemical Dangers, Marcellus Shale, Hydrofrac and Fracking    by Progressive Management
Price: $12.99 USD. 203930 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Ecology and Environment.

This comprehensive guide provides authoritative information about the risks posed by shale gas production and hydraulic fracturing. Toxic and carcinogenic chemicals used by companies producing shale gas may pose a threat to ground water supplies. Extensive coverage of all aspects of the controversy includes Congressional reports and Energy Department documents.
Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: 2011 U.S. Coast Guard Report of the Investigation into the Explosion, Fire, and Sinking aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (April 20, 2010)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 75560 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

This long-awaited report by the U.S. Coast Guard provides authoritative, official findings on the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, sinking and loss of eleven crew members aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
The Stand at Klamath Falls    by Jeff Head
Price: $1.99 USD. 42870 words. Language: English. Published by Alpha Connections  on March 1, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Farming.

How rural western farmers stood up against entrenched environmentalists and agencies of the federal government over water rights issues…and prevailed.
21st Century Nuclear Hydrogen Research and Development, Production of Hydrogen from Nuclear Energy for the Hydrogen Initiative, Feedstocks, High-Temperature Electrolysis (HTE), Fuel Cycle    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 14740 words. Language: English. Published on February 23, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Ecology and Environment.

The Nuclear Hydrogen Research and Development Plan from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, describes ongoing plans for demonstrating the production of clean hydrogen fuel from nuclear energy. Hydrogen is abundant in nature but occurs primarily in stable compounds that require significant energy to produce hydrogen for use as a fuel.
21st Century Cellulosic Ethanol, Biomass, and Biofuels - Wood Chips, Stalks, Switchgrass, Plant Products, Feedstocks, Cellulose Conversion Processes, Research Plans    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 75310 words. Language: English. Published on January 19, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

Fuels derived from cellulosic biomass - the fibrous, woody, and generally inedible portions of plant matter - offer an alternative to conventional energy sources. Here is comprehensive coverage of cellulosic ethanol and related fuels, with valuable information from a DOE Biomass to Biofuels workshop.