Below please find a list of select environmental reports published in August 2014.
Congressional Research Service Reports
- Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future, August 20, 2014
- Clean Coal Loan Guarantees and Tax Incentives: Issues in Brief, August 19, 2014
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Appropriations for FY2014 in P.L. 113-76, August 15, 2014
- Small Refineries and Oil Field Processors: Opportunities and Challenges, August 11, 2014
- Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, August 4, 2014
- EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rule for Existing Power Plants: How Would It Affect Nuclear Energy?, CRS Insights, August 4, 2014
- Shale Gas Gathering Pipelines: Safety Issues, CRS Insights, August 1, 2014
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Inland Fisheries Evolution and Management
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Emergency Response Guidance
- Understanding Smallholder Farmer Attitudes to Commercialization
- Communication for Rural Development Sourcebook
- A Regional Rice Strategy for Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
- Impact of International Voluntary Standards on Smallholder Market Participation in Developing Countries
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Policy Matters : Remembering Elinor Ostrom : Her work and its contribution to the theory and practice of conservation and sustainable natural resource management
- Water Tower of Asia : Experiences in Wetland Conservation in Nepal
- Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs : 1970-2012
National Academies Press
- Review of the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens
- The Climate Change Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems, and Society: A Report of Three Workshops
- Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?: Summary of a Workshop
- Review of the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens
- Mississippi River Water Quality and Interstate Collaboration: Summary of a Workshop
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)
- Nanotechnology and Tyres: Greening Industry and Transport
- Greening Household Behaviour: Overview from the 2011 Survey – Revised edition
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Reports
- Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States
- Our Planet: Small Island Developing States
- Forests in a Changing Climate: A Sourcebook for Integrating REDD+ into Academic Programmes
- Keeping Track of Adaptation Actions in Africa: Targeted Fiscal Stimulus Actions Making Difference
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 2010, 2014, Molina-Rivera, Wanda L. USGS Open-File Report: 2014-1117
- Dissolved pesticide concentrations entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, California, 2012-13, Orlando, James L.; McWayne, Megan; Sanders, Corey; Hladik, Michelle USGS Data Series: 876
- Influence of septic systems on stream base flow in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin near Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2012, Clarke, John S.; Painter, Jaime A. USGS Scientific Investigations Report: 2014-5144
- Analysis of water quality in the Blue River watershed, Colorado, 1984 through 2007, Bauch, Nancy J.; Miller, Lisa D.; Yacob, Sharon USGS Scientific Investigations Report: 2013-5129
- Groundwater levels in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan, 2004-2013, Taher, Mohammad, R.; Chornack, Michael P.; Mack, Thomas J. USGS Open-File Report: 2013-1296
- Wetland management and rice farming strategies to decrease methylmercury bioaccumulation and loads from the Cosumnes River Preserve, California, Eagles-Smith, Collin A.; Ackerman, Josh T.; Fleck, Jacob; Windham-Myers, Lisamarie; McQuillen, Harry; Heim, Wes USGS Open-File Report: 2014-1172
- Flood-inundation maps for the Saddle River in Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, the Village of Ridgewood, and Paramus Borough, New Jersey, 2013, Watson, Kara M.; Niemoczynski, Michal J. USGS Scientific Investigations Map: 3299
- Groundwater quality in the Upper Hudson River Basin, New York, 2012, Scott, Tia-Marie; Nystrom, Elizabeth A. USGS Open-File Report: 2014-1084
- Quality of groundwater in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003-5, Musgrove, MaryLynn; Beck, Jennifer A.; Paschke, Suzanne; Bauch, Nancy J.; Mashburn, Shana L. USGS Scientific Investigations Report: 2014-5051
- Flood-inundation maps for the West Branch Susquehanna River near the Boroughs of Lewisburg and Milton, Pennsylvania, Roland, Mark A.; Hoffman, Scott A. USGS Scientific Investigations Report: 2014-5094
- Landscape and climate science and scenarios for Florida, Terando, Adam; Traxler, Steve; Collazo, Jaime USGS Open-File Report: 2014-1150
- Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2007-November 30, 2008, Krejmas, Bruce E.; Paulachok, Gary N.; Blanchard, Stephen F. USGS Open-File Report: 2014-1111
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Regulatory Impact Analysis:Development of Social Cost of Carbon Estimates GAO-14-663: Published: Jul 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 25, 2014.
- Electricity Markets: Actions Needed to Expand GSA and DOD Participation in Demand-Response Activities GAO-14-594: Published: Jul 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2014.
- Environmental Regulation:EPA Should Improve Adherence to Guidance for Selected Elements of Regulatory Impact Analyses GAO-14-519: Published: Jul 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2014.
World Bank
World Resources Institute