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Mining, Uranium, Bert Chapman
Mining, Uranium, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of uranium mining's role and influence in the American West with comparative information on uranium mining in foreign countries.
Aridity, Bert Chapman
Aridity, Bert Chapman
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Provides an overview of how aridity in the American West has influenced that region's economic, environmental, and political development and U.S. Government policies in this region.
Colorado River Compact (1922), Bert Chapman
Colorado River Compact (1922), Bert Chapman
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Provides an overview of the 1922 Colorado River Compact seeking to fairly distribute Colorado River water to Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and their increasing populations.
Energy, U.S. Department Of, Bert Chapman
Energy, U.S. Department Of, Bert Chapman
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Provides information about the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies and how DOE influences federal energy policy and scientific research in the western U.S.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S., Bert Chapman
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S., Bert Chapman
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Provides a historical overview and contemporary analysis of the energy policymaking role played by the Energy Department's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC responsibilities include regulating the prices and interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. Its responsibilities also include reviewing proposals to build and locate natural gas terminals, interstate natural gas pipelines, licensing hydropower projects, and regulating relevant mergers and securities acquisitions in these areas.
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of, Bert Chapman
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of, Bert Chapman
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Provides a historical overview and current assessment of the role played by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in its ownership of federal lands in western states and its efforts to balance economic development of natural resources and conservation of these resources on these lands.
Subsidies, Agricultural, Bert Chapman
Subsidies, Agricultural, Bert Chapman
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Provides historical and contemporary information on U.S. Government agricultural subsidies and how they affect agricultural policy in the Western U.S.
Hydroelectric Power, Bert Chapman
Hydroelectric Power, Bert Chapman
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Provides a historical overview and contemporary analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of federal government support for hydroelectric power in the American West.