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Employment and Training: Labor's Green Jobs Efforts Highlight Challenges of Targeted Training Programs for Emerging Industries

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Of the $595 million identified by Labor as having been appropriated or allocated specifically for green jobs activities since 2009, approximately $501 million went toward efforts with training and support services as their primary objective, with much of that funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Because the Recovery Act directed federal agencies to spend… more
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2013

Description: Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2013.
Date: 2013
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009-2013)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment: Summary for Policymakers

Description: Executive summary of the 2013 Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, including an update on the state of ocean acidification in the Arctic and how that acidification is impacting on the Arctic marine environment. It outlines each of the ten key findings in from the main report as well as the three recommendations to the Arctic Council.
Date: 2013
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2013

Description: Budget submitted to congress for FY2013 by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Date: 2013
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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MAG-Plan 2012 Economic Impact Model for the Gulf of Mexico-Updated and Revised Data

Description: This study is to update data that reflects new development in technology, add new costs, add onshore distribution data from offshore oil and gas activities, and methodology to estimate the different level of granularity.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Kaplan, Maureen F.; Kauffman, Sara & Marsden, Christina
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis.

Description: This report presents clear and robust conclusions in a global assessment of climate change science. The report confirms that warming in the climate system is unequivocal, with many of the observed changes unprecedented over decades to millennia.
Date: 2013
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tracking Adaptation Efforts

Description: A presentation about global warming and implementing changes to mitigate climate change.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Burgess, Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The DEA Postion on Marijuana

Description: Explains DEA's position on the campaign to legitimize medical marijuana
Date: April 2013
Creator: United States. Drug Enforcement Administration
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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US EPA Regional Laboratory Network: Annual Report 2012

Description: This report serves as an Annual Report for the Regional Laboratory Network for the Environmental Protection Agency. It discusses the highlights of the ten regional laboratory networks and includes appendices detailing the regional laboratories core capabilities, unique capabilities, and methods in development.
Date: September 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Role of Communication in Ensuring Sustained Behavior Change

Description: A presentation that discusses the importance of communication with other agencies pertaining to the EPA.
Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment: Fifth Report to Congress

Description: This report is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) fifth national assessment of public water system infrastructure needs that shows a total twenty-year capital improvement need of $384.2 billion.
Date: April 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. Drinking Water Protection Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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User's Guide and Metadata for WestuRe: U.S. Pacific Coast Estuary/Watershed Data and R Tools

Description: A report about the WestuRe Project. The goal of this project is to create a framework to make general descriptive data for estuaries and their watersheds more accessible. It also aims to provide tools to make analyzing and visualizing this data easier.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Frazier, D.A.; Ruesser, D. A.; Lee II, H.; McCoy, L. M.; Brown, C. & Nelson, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/EJ Resource Compendium

Description: This document gathers into one place the publicly available NEPA- and EJ-related documents from Federal agencies (e.g., regulations, guidance, and circulars), providing hyperlinks to each document for quick access.
Date: October 29, 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Compliance Assurance
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water-Smart Landscapes start with WaterSense

Description: Report discussing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) WaterSense program that concerns water conservation and use.
Date: July 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Integrating Adaptation in Hazard Mitigation Planning Efforts

Description: A presentation that discusses the NHMA, hazard mitigation, challenges of mitigation, examples of hazard prevention, and funding that can be used.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Klima, Kelly & Jerolleman, Alessandra
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Archaeological Analysis of Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf

Description: This is a study on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) investigation of six shipwrecks on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico in order to verify the shipwrecks existed and provide information on them.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Evans, Amanda M.; Keith, Matthew E.; Voisin, Erin E.; Hesp, Patrick A.; Cook, Gregory D.; Allison, Mead A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Meteorological and Wave Measurements for Improving Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling

Description: This is a report on the developed atmospheric boundary layer environmental observations program on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The report provides information on the project objectives, deployment of instruments, data availability, data processing, data formats, preliminary data analyses, and recommendations.
Date: July 2013
Creator: MacDonald, Clinton P.; Ray, Alison E.; Roberts, Paul T.; Knoderer, Charley A.; Bariteau, Ludovic & Fairall, Chris W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Agency for International Development, Annual Progress Report: 2013

Description: Annual progress report pertaining to mortality regarding children who are under 5 years of age. The focus of the report is on sub-Sahara Africa and Southeast Asia. Other emphasis is placed on AIDS and other infectious diseases.
Date: 2013
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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