Below please find a list of select environmental reports published in July 2014.

Congressional Research Service Reports

• What Is the Farm Bill?, July 23, 2014
• State CO2 Emission Rate Goals in EPA’s Proposed Rule for Existing Power Plants, July 21, 2014
• Shipping U.S. Crude Oil by Water: Vessel Flag Requirements and Safety Issues, July 21, 2014
• U.S. Energy: Overview and Key Statistics, June 27, 2014
• EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?, July 8, 2014
• EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Existing Power Plants: Frequently Asked Questions, July 3, 2014
• Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, July 2, 2014
• Army Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects: Authorization and Appropriations, July 1, 2014

International Energy Agency (IEA)

• More Data, Less Energy: Making Network Standby More Efficient in Billions of Connected Devices (July 2, 2014)

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• FAO’s BEFS Bioenergy and Food Security Approach
•  Voluntary Standards for Sustainable Food Systems
• Multicriteria-based Ranking for Risk Management of Food-borne Parasites

National Academies Press

• Review of the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens (prepublication Jul 28, 2014)
• Climate Change Education: Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change: A Workshop Summary (Jul 25, 2014)
• Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants (prepublication Jul 24, 2014)
• Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders: A Workshop Summary (Jul 24, 2014)
• Reducing Coastal Risks on the East and Gulf Coasts (prepublication Jul 23, 2014)
• Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century (prepublication Jul 23, 2014)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)

• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2014-2023
• Climate Change, Water and Agriculture Towards Resilient Systems
• Managing Environmental and Health Impacts of Uranium Mining

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Reports

• UNEP Year Book 2014: Emerging Issues in Our Global Environment  (2014)

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

• Assessing potential effects of highway runoff on receiving-water quality at selected sites in Oregon with the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM), USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep. 2014-5099
• Monitoring of levees, bridges, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure during the 2011 flooding in the Mississippi River Basin: Chapter J in 2011 floods of the central United States, USGS Professional Paper: 1798-J
• Geomorphic change on the Missouri River during the flood of 2011: Chapter I in 2011 Floods of the Central United States, USGS Professional Paper: 1798-1
• Maximum known stages and discharges of New York streams and their annual exceedance probabilities through September 2011, USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep. 2014-5084
• Baseline groundwater quality from 34 wells in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 2011 and 2013, USGS Open-File Rep. 2014-1116
• Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest, USGS Open-File Rep. 2014-1134
• Flood-inundation maps for the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2013, USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep. 2014-5046
• A reconnaissance spatial and temporal assessment of methane and inorganic constituents in groundwater in bedrock aquifers, Pike County, Pennsylvania, 2012-13, USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep. 2014-5117
• Urban ecosystem services and decision making for a green Philadelphia, USGS Open-File Rep. 2014-1115
• Estimation of methane concentrations and loads in groundwater discharge to Sugar Run, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USGS Open-File Rep. 2014-1126
• Annual agricultural pesticide use for Midwest Stream-Quality Assessment, 2012-13, USGS Data Series: 863
• Colorado River campsite monitoring, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1998-2012, USGS Open-File Rep. 2014-1161

United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Budget Issues: Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposures Through Greater Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather GAO-14-504T: Published: Jul 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2014.
• National Flood Insurance Program: Additional Guidance on Building Requirements to Mitigate Agricultural Structures’ Damage in High-Risk Areas is Needed GAO-14-583: Published: Jun 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2014.
• USDA Farm Programs: Farmers Have Been Eligible for Multiple Programs and Further Efforts Could Help Prevent Duplicative Payments GAO-14-428:Published: Jul 8, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2014.
• Drinking Water: EPA Program to Protect Underground Sources from Injection of Fluids Associated with Oil and Gas Production Needs Improvement GAO-14-555:Published: Jun 27, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 28, 2014.
• Coastal Zone Management: Opportunities Exist for NOAA to Enhance Its Use of Performance Information GAO-14-592:Published: Jul 16, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2014.
• Climate Change Adaptation: DOD Can Improve Infrastructure Planning and Processes to Better Account for Potential Impacts GAO-14-446:Published: May 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 2014.

World Bank

• Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan : Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance
• Climate Change and Migration : Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa
• Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization
• Cleaning Pakistan’s Air : Policy Options to Address the Cost of Outdoor Air Pollution

World Resources Institute

• Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles
• Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change How Strengthening Community Forest Rights Mitigates Climate Change
• Crop Breeding: Renewing the Global Commitment, Installment Seven of Creating a Sustainable Food Future