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The Energy Basis Of Food Security, Eric Garza Jun 2014

The Energy Basis Of Food Security, Eric Garza

Food Systems Summit 2014

Food security includes elements of food availability, access and use. In the complex system that is our global food system, many variables influence an individual’s ability to achieve food security, but given that many people access food through economic markets food prices have come to be a vital component of food security. Food prices are influenced by many factors, but among these are fuel prices. For the last decade trends in food prices have tracked those of fuel prices consistently, and just as fuel prices have generally increased since 2005 food prices have done the same. Rising and increasingly volatile …


The Water-Energy Nexus In The American West, Douglas S. Kenney, Robert Wilkinson Jan 2011

The Water-Energy Nexus In The American West, Douglas S. Kenney, Robert Wilkinson

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b613233~S0

Contents: PART I : INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW: The water-energy nexus : methodologies, challenges and opportunities / Robert Wilkinson -- Energy, water and the natural environment / Melinda Kassen, Jack E. Williams -- PART IIA : WATER FOR ENERGY : FOSSIL FUELS: The coal conundrum / Kristen Averyt -- Oil shale and water / Bart Miller -- Managing produced water from coalbed methane production / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, …


The Evolution Of Natural Resources Law And Policy, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates Jan 2010

The Evolution Of Natural Resources Law And Policy, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b444104~S0

Contents: Introduction / Bruce Babbitt -- PART I : REFLECTIONS ON NATURAL RESOURCES LAW AND POLICY: Historical evolution and future of natural resources law and policy / Sally Fairfax, Helen M. Ingram, Leigh Raymond -- Ethical perspectives on resources law and policy : global warming and our common future / Sarah Krakoff -- Why care about the polar bear? : economic analysis of natural resources law and …


Exploring Energy Alternatives, Augustana College - Sioux Falls Jan 2007

Exploring Energy Alternatives, Augustana College - Sioux Falls

Conservation/Energy Alternatives

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Augustana College, South Dakota.


Looking At Alternatives, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jan 2007

Looking At Alternatives, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Conservation/Energy Alternatives

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Justice And Natural Resources: Concepts, Strategies, And Applications, Kathryn M. Mutz, Gary C. Bryner, Douglas S. Kenney Jan 2002

Justice And Natural Resources: Concepts, Strategies, And Applications, Kathryn M. Mutz, Gary C. Bryner, Douglas S. Kenney

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado's Wise Law Library: http://128.138.161.92/record=b257401

Contents: PART ONE : FRAMEWORKS: Beyond "traditional" environmental justice / David H. Getches, David N. Pellow -- Assessing claims of environmental justice : conceptual frameworks / Gary C. Bryner -- Water, poverty, equity, and justice in Colorado : a pragmatic approach / James l. Wescoat Jr., Sarah Halvorson, Lisa Headington, Jill Replogle -- International environmental protection : human rights and North-South divide / Tseming Yang -- PART …


Fire On The Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1999

Fire On The Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b235993~S0

Contents: Introduction : The Colorado Plateau -- PART ONE : BEDROCK: Route 66 -- Mexican hat -- Deseret -- Coyote -- Vishnu -- PART TWO : CONFLICTS AND CONQUESTS: Kykotsmovi -- Jack -- Uintah -- Phoenix -- Rosa -- Cretaceous -- Junction Dam -- PART THREE : ENDURANCE: Cedar Mesa Canyon -- Black Mesa -- Kachina -- Druid Arch -- Mount Blanca -- Afterword


Deregulation Of The Energy Industry, Elisabeth Pendley, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1995

Deregulation Of The Energy Industry, Elisabeth Pendley, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

43 p. ; 28 cm


Natural Resources Policy And Law: Trends And Directions, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates Jan 1993

Natural Resources Policy And Law: Trends And Directions, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b143382~S0

Contents: Rethinking resources : reflections on a new generation of natural resources law and policy / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Sarah F. Bates -- Natural resources law : an historical perspective / Clyde O. Martz -- Trends in public land law : (a title the inaccuracy of which should become manifest) / George Cameron Coggins -- Mineral law in the United States : a study in legal change …


Uncertainty, Politics, And Outer Continental Shelf Development, Robert B. Wiygul, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1990

Uncertainty, Politics, And Outer Continental Shelf Development, Robert B. Wiygul, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

15 p. ; 28 cm


Maine Woodburning Guide, Office Of Energy Resources Jan 1988

Maine Woodburning Guide, Office Of Energy Resources

Maine Collection

Maine Woodburning Guide

State of Maine, Office of Energy Resources,

Augusta, Maine, 1988.

Contents: 1 Safe Installation / 2 Buying Firewood / 3 Efficient Woodburning / 4 New Equipment Developments / 5 Chimney and Stovepipe Cleaning



Sun, Wind, Water, Wood : Using Maine's Renewable Resources Through Appropriate Technology, State Of Maine Office Of Energy Resources Jan 1986

Sun, Wind, Water, Wood : Using Maine's Renewable Resources Through Appropriate Technology, State Of Maine Office Of Energy Resources

Maine Collection

Sun, Wind, Water, Wood : Using Maine's Renewable Resources Through Appropriate Technology.

State of Maine Office of Energy Resources. (1986?)

Contents: Solar / Biomass / Water & Wind Power