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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 NOVEMBER 2018 ISSN 2515 - 0456 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 09:51:15, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. Modern American History (MAH) showcases top-quality, emerging research on the history of the United States since the 1890s. Aiming to stimulate debate and make meaningful connections between the subfi elds of this vibrant and expansive fi eld, the journal publishes compelling peer-reviewed articles as well as substantial review essays, forums, and other special features. Executive Editors Brooke L. Blower, Boston University, MA Sarah T. Phillips, Boston University, MA Editorial Assistants Cari Babitzke, Boston University, MA Andrew Bell, Boston University, MA Editorial Board Thomas G. Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Beth Bailey, University of Kansas, KS Brian Balogh, Miller Center, University of Virginia, VA Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Harvard Law School, MA Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University, IL Margot Canaday, Princeton University, NJ Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA Jefferson Cowie, Vanderbilt University, TN Beverly Gage, Yale University, CT Gary Gerstle, University of Cambridge, UK Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State University, OR Madeline Y. Hsu, University of Texas, Austin, TX Sarah E. Igo, Vanderbilt University, TN Robin D. G. Kelley, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Barbara Keys, University of Melbourne, Australia Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University, NJ Adriane Lentz-Smith, Duke University, NC Melani McAlister, George Washington University, DC Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge, UK Samuel K. Roberts, Columbia University, NY Bruce J. Schulman, Boston University, MA Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson, Universität Augsburg, Germany Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, University of California, Irvine, CA Cover image: Flip Schulke photographs residents taking part in organized daily pool exercises at the Century Village Retirement Community in West Palm Beach, Florida, c. -
Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology, Water Resources Management and the People of the Great Lakes - St
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HYDROLOGY, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT LAKES - ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM: A TECHNICAL SURVEY A report prepared for the International Joint Commission Reference on Consumption, Diversions and Removals of Great Lakes Water Compiled by Linda Mortsch Environment Canada with support from Murray Lister, Brent Lofgren, Frank Quinn and Lisa Wenger This report has relied extensively on Canada Country Study -Water resources Chapter with contributions from: N. Hoffman, L. Mortsch, S. Donner, K. Duncan, R. Kreutzwiser, S. Kulshreshtha, A. Piggott, S. Schellenberg, B. Schertzer, M. Slivitzky 8L Climate Change Impacts: an Ontario Perspective prepared for the Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy with contributions from: 1. Burton, S. Cohen, H. Hengeveld, G. Koshida, N. Mayer, B. Mills, L. Mortsch, J. Smith, P. Stokoe July, 1999 1 DISCLAIMER The information contained herein was assembled as part of a basic fact-finding effort in support of the International Joint Commission Reference on Consumption, Diversion and Removal of Great Lakes Water. The views expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily represent the opinions of either the Commission or its Study Team. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE 6 ENHANCING THE ‘GREENHOUSE EFFECT’ 6 CLIMATE RESPONSE TO A CHANGING ATMOSPHERE 7 2. CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE 8 TEMPERATURE 8 TEMPERATURE TRENDS 8 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON TEMPERATURE 11 PRECIPITATION 14 PRECIPITATION TRENDS 14 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION 16 EVAPORATION I EVAPOTRANSPIRATION 17 EVAPORATION TRENDS 19 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON EVAPORATION 19 SURFACE FLOWS 20 VARIABILITY AND EXTREME EVENTS 20 RIVER DISCHARGEISTREAMFLOW TRENDS 20 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON STREAMFLOW AND RUNOFF 21 The St. -
All FOIA Requests Received in October 2017
All Requests Received October 1 - 31, 2017 Tracking Number Requester Name Organization Received Date Description Good Afternoon — I am with ProPublica Illinois, a statewide newsroom based in Chicago. I am seeking all documents and records that the EPA and EPA Region 7 has associated with Woolsey Operating Company (and affiliate names), including its high- volume hydraulic fracturing operations and permitting (Illinois Department of Natural Resources Registration #: HVHHF-00003). The Kansas names and addresses for Woolsey are as follows: WOOLSEY PETROLEUM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1983 105 N MARKET ST STE 600, WICHITA, KS 67202-1801 (Agent: BRUCE C. WARD at STE 400 300 W DOUGLAS, WICHITA, KS 67202 WOOLSEY PETROLEUM CORPORATION 125 N MARKET STE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202-1807 (Agent: KAY WOOLSEY at 107 N MARKET / STE 600, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC 125 N MARKET SUITE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: KAY WOOLSEY at 125 NORTH MARKET SUITE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY INVESTMENTS, LLC 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: I. WAYNE WOOLSEY at 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY FIVE, LLC 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: KAY WOOLSEY at 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY ENERGY II, LLC 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: I. WAYNE WOOLSEY at 125 N Market Suite 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY ENERGY CORPORATION 125 N MARKET STE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: I. WAYNE WOOLSEY at 125 N MARKET STE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202) WOOLSEY COMPANIES, INC. 125 N. MARKET ST. STE 1000, WICHITA, KS 67202 (Agent: J. -
Kent State of the Environment Report: Evidence Base
Kent state of the ENVIRONMENT 2015 A review of current and potential indicators within the Kent Environment Strategy Contents Executive summary 3 6.0 Biodiversity 35 Introduction 5 6.1 Introduction 35 1.0 Overview of Kent 6 6.2 Vision for Kent 36 1.1 Land and habitat types 6 6.3 Indicators 36 1.2 Kent Demographics 7 6.4 Current state of play in Kent 38 1.3 Employment and business demographics (any trends or projections) 10 7.0 Water resources 39 1.4 Climate (trends in rainfall, temperature, and sea level) 12 7.1 Introduction 39 2.0 Climate Change 13 7.2 Vision for Kent 39 2.1 Introduction 13 7.3 Indicators 39 2.2 Vision for Kent 15 7.4 Current state of play in Kent 40 2.3 Indicators 15 8.0 Resources 44 2.4 Current state of play in Kent 15 8.1 Energy generation and consumption 44 2.5 Severe weather events 17 8.2 Waste 46 3.0 Air quality 19 9.0 Infrastructure – transport, housing and land 51 3.1 Introduction 20 9.1 Introduction 51 3.2 Vision for Kent 21 9.2 Vision for Kent 52 3.3 Indicators 22 9.3 Indicators 53 3.4 Current state of play in Kent 22 9.4 Current state of play 54 4.0 Water quality 26 10.0 Economy 57 4.1 Introduction 26 10.1 Introduction 58 4.2 Vision for Kent 26 10.2 Vision 58 4.3 Indicators 28 10.3 Indicators 58 4.4 Current state of play in Kent 28 10.4 Current state of play in Kent 58 5.0 Flood Risk 30 11.0 Health and Wellbeing 60 5.1 Introduction 30 11.1 Introduction 60 5.2 Vision for Kent 31 11.2 Vision for Kent 60 5.3 Indicators 31 11.3 Indicators 61 5.4 Current state of play in Kent 31 11.4 Current state of play in Kent 63 12.0 References 64 Kent State of the Environment 2 Executive summary In 2011 the Kent Environment Strategy set out a series of priorities that changes needed to address the environmental challenges that lie ahead. -
Societal Impacts Societal Impacts
VI. Societal Impacts Societal Impacts Societal energy situation as has developed since Impacts 1973. The Plan may not fully cushion lower- income persons from the effects of rising Overview energy prices, although the general effect and Findings on income distribution shouId be progressive. Although no plan should be ex- pected to foresee and offset all inequities, In addition to influencing energy supply the National Energy Plan could usefully in- and demand, the National Energy Plan will clude a program to monitor its equity affect, directly or indirectly, immediately or effects and those of the general energy eventually, most aspects of life in the situation, and a mechanism for proposing United States. Although some of the in- programs to redress inequities. dividual impacts are clear, the net effect of the Plan on particular regions or income A number of participants in the analysis groups or sectors of the economy cannot be felt that a discussion of energy-related predicted with certainty. Moreover, all the market structure, in particular horizontal elements of the impact equation are not divestiture, would be useful. However, present: some measures for mitigating ad- OTA, in review, concluded that it did not verse impacts are not discussed in the Plan, have the materials in hand to do an analysis e.g., in the case of regional impacts. As in in enough detail to be a useful contribution any major policy shift, risk and uncertainty to the debate in Congress. exist and this must be recognized, although it is unlikely that the strong measures alternative policies to deal with these risks necessary to meet the environmental goals could be formulated. -
Towards a Pollution-Free Planet
Towards a Pollution-Free Planet Report of the Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme Advance Copy (long version) Copy Advance unep.org/environmentassembly This advance version of the report "Towards a Pollution-Free Planet" by the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme is meant to support the preparations for the third session of the UN Environment Assembly. This is not for quotation or citation at this point. Comments to the secretariat are welcome by 14 July. A shorter version of this paper targeting policy makers will be prepared and provided in September. Towards a Pollution-Free Planet Report of the Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme Advance Copy (long version) Towards a Pollution-Free Planet Table of Contents Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. I INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 1 EVIDENCE OF A POLLUTED PLANET: THE SCIENCE, IMPACTS AND ECONOMIC COSTS ..................................5 1.1 Air pollution ............................................................................................................................5 1.2 Land and soil pollution ...........................................................................................................9 1.3 Freshwater pollution .............................................................................................................11 -
JOURNAL of the AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Distingillshing BETWEEN WATERSHEDS and Ecoregionsl James M. Omernik and Robe
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION VOL. 33, NO.5 AMERICAN WATERRESOURCES ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 1997 DISTINGillSHING BETWEEN WATERSHEDS AND ECOREGIONSl JamesM. Omernik and Robert G. Bailey2 ABSTRACT: In an effort to adopt more holistic ecosystem To accomplishthis redirection, the need for a spa- approaches to resource assessment and management, many state and federal agencies have begun using watershed or ecoregion tial framework is obvious.The problem is which one. frameworks. Although few would question the need to make this Do we use existing frameworks, or do we need to move from dealing with problems and issues on a case by case or developone to fit this particular purpose?Many have point-type basis to broader regional contexts, misunderstanding of felt that watershedsprovide the spatial tool necessary each of the frameworks has resulted in inconsistency in their use for effective research, assessment,and management and ultimate effectiveness. The focus of this paper is on the clarifi- cation of both frameworks. We stress that the issue is not whether of ecosystems(Water Environment Federation, 1992; to use watersheds (or basins or hydrologic units) or ecoregions for Armitage, 1995; Montgomery et al., 1995; Parsons, needs such as developing ecosystem management and non-point 1985; USFWS, 1995; Cannon, 1994; Lotspeich, 1980; source pollution strategies or structuring water quality regulatory FEMAT, 1993; Maxwell et al., 1995; CoastalAmerica, programs, but how to correctly use the frameworks together. Defmi- 1994; USEPA, 1996a). However, publications recom- tions, uses, and misuses of each of the frameworks are discussed as well as ways watersheds and ecoregions can be and have been used mending use of the watershed framework do not all together effectively to meet resource management needs. -
State Caucus Representative Reports
Delaware Caucus Report Steering Committee Meeting April 25, 2013 Erie, PA Winterthur Library Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is pleased to announce that it has acquired the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection, an assemblage of 250,000 items that documents chromolithography and all it represented visually from approximately 1820 to 1920. The collection portrays the customs, attitudes, and ideals of Victorian and Edwardian life and is one of the most comprehensive archives of period graphic ephemera ever to have been assembled. The finest examples are represented, including calendars, greeting cards, trade cards, product labels, paper dolls, tickets, postcards, scrapbooks, sheet music, etc. Among the treasures of the collection are the first commercially produced Christmas card (England, 1843), its accompanying printer’s proof, and an early American Christmas card from around 1850. As well, the Grossmans saved the archive of the George Schlegel Lithographic Company, a 19th and 20th century New York City business that specialized in cigar box label printing. Having the Grossman Collection at Winterthur solidifies the library’s status as a center for advanced research in the visual arts. Lewes Historical Society The Lewes Historical Society has recently acquired the papers of Citizens' Coalition, Inc., a non-profit organization that reviewed and kept track of land use decisions in Sussex County, Del., from the late 1990s through last year when it dissolved. As land use and development are critical issues in southern Delaware at the turn of the 21st century, this collection will yield insight into local sentiment and politics regarding decision making and changing demographics in the region. -
State of the Environment Reporting
ITALY STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORTING First Environmental Report published by National System for Environmental Protection National Environmental Agency launches its Environmental Yearbook website (https://annuario.ispram biente.it/) Environmental Data Yearbook is the source of the main Italian environmental reports. Italy publishes national and regional SoE reports First Italian Environmental Yearbook published by National Environmental Agency The first EEA SOER Report was used for the mid- term review of the 5th EAP (1993–2000) First SoE report published by Italian Ministry of the Environment Next SoE Report by MoE and Environmental Yearbook by ISPRA Scheduled for 2020 Environmental criminal offence law Milestones Italy State of the environment tools and building blocks TOPICS COVERED Themes Data Indicators Scoreboards Assessments from showing environmental giving insight in providing knowledge on • Biodiversity • Industrial pollution • Freshwater • Natural hazards • Environmental monitoring DPSIR EEA typology • Environmental trends • State and past trends • Land and soil • Contaminated sites • Key registers and databases • Driving forces • Descriptive • Policy progress • Trends and outlooks • Marine environment • Hydrological disasters Pressures • Performance • Environmental state • Systemic challenges and • Climate change mitigation and adaption • Environment and well being • Dedicated data sources and • • Efficiency responses • Air pollution • Environmental knowledge analysis • States • Waste and resources • Impacts • Policy effectiveness -
State and Pressures of the Marine and Coastal Mediterranean Environment
1 Environmental issues series No 5 State and pressures of the marine and coastal Mediterranean environment UNEP 2 State and pressures of the marine and coastal Mediterranean environment NOTE The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Communities or other European Communities institutions. Neither the European Environ- ment Agency nor any person or company acting on the behalf of the Agency is responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained in this report. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1999 Cover: EEA Layout: Folkmann Design ISBN © European Communities, 1999 Printed in Printed on recycled chlorine-free paper European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 DK-1050 Copenhagen K Tel. (+45) 33 36 71 00 Fax (+45) 33 36 71 99 E-mail: [email protected] Home page: http://www.eea.eu.int 3 Contents List of contributors ........................................................................................................6 Foreword ......................................................................................................................7 Executive summary ........................................................................................................9 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................27 -
State of the Environment: Soil Quality Report
State of the Environment Soil Quality Report 1 Foreword 2 Executive Summary 4 1. Introduction 6 1.1 The Soil Resource 6 1.2 Soil Quality 11 1.3 Soil Monitoring 12 1.4 Pressures on Soil Quality 13 1.5 Soil Protection Legislation 13 2. Impacts of Industry 16 2.1 Derelict and Vacant Land 16 2.2 Chemically Contaminated Land 18 2.3 Radioactively Contaminated Land 21 2.4 Deposition from the Atmosphere 23 2.4.1 Acidifying and Eutrophying Compounds 23 Contents 2.4.2 Heavy Metals 29 2.4.3 Persistent Organic Pollutants 31 2.5 Climate Change 32 3. Impacts of Agriculture and Forestry 34 3.1 Soil Loss 35 3.2 Fertiliser and Pesticide Use 38 3.2.1 Fertilisers 38 3.2.2 Pesticides 41 3.3 Gaseous Emissions 43 3.3.1 Nitrous oxide 43 3.3.2 Methane 44 3.3.3 Carbon dioxide 44 3.3.4 Ammonia 45 3.4 Forestry 45 4. Impacts of Waste Application to Land 49 4.1 Organic Wastes 49 4.1.1 Sewage Sludge 50 4.1.2 Industrial Wastes 52 4.1.3 Agricultural Wastes 53 4.1.4 Composted Waste 54 4.2 Landfill 55 5. Summary 57 5.1 Pressures from Industry 57 5.2 Pressures from Agriculture and Forestry 57 5.3 Pressures from Waste Application to Land 59 5.4 Regulatory Framework 59 6. Conclusions and Recommendations 62 References 64 Glossary 68 Units 68 Acronyms 69 Useful Web Addresses 69 Acknowledgements 69 Photographs and Figures 69 Foreword The effects of air and water pollution are visible and obviously threatening to human health but the importance of soil is often overlooked. -
The Bittersweet Waters of the Lower Colorado by ROWE FINDLEY SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF Photographs by CHARLES O'rear
The Bittersweet Waters of the Lower Colorado By ROWE FINDLEY SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF Photographs by CHARLES O'REAR RYSTAL DROPS OF SNOWMELT give the river birth, high in the Rockies of its namesake state . Nourished by C tributaries from Wyoming's Wind River Range and Utah's Uintas, it grows to mus- cular youth . In vigorous midcourse it cuts mighty canyons through desert plateaus in its rush toward the sea. Then, along its final 400 miles or so toward the Gulf of California, the Colorado becomes a different river . Once those final miles were the most ripsnortin' of all . Here the full-grown river broadened out in wide valleys, looped in great bends, and stampeded over everything in its path during unpredictable floods . Then, beginning with Hoover Dam in 1935, man began to harness that brute power ; today a series of dams holds back the lower river and turns it out to water towns and industries and millions of desert acres (map, page 546). Now, in its last 70 miles, the feeble river is reduced to a trickle, in size comparable Sluicing through wind-driven dunes, the All American Canal carries the tamed and dutiful waters of the lower Colorado westward toward California's Imperial Valley. Prodigious thirsts of farms, cities, and industries virtually dry up the mighty river before it finds the sea . THIS SURVEY INCLUDES A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY MR . O'REAR FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S 'PROJECT DOCUMERICA' 540 to its infancy, and in quality merely brack- ncll 14) protcrI i1, illollrll •I l .lr( In 1'u0 the ish drainage from salt-plagued irrigation ruurt rulcll .\l iiun;l." won projects .