Environment and Ecology

Energy is central to sustainable development. It has huge environmental, social, and economic impacts, such as its influence on climate change, pov...

The physical and social fabric of the United States is sustained by a system of systems; a complex and dynamic network of interlocking and interdep...

The Department of Defense (DOD) is the single largest consumer of energy in the federal government, spending billions of dollars annually on petrol...

Energy plays a vital role in Americans'''' lives and in the U.S. economy as a whole, particularly in the provision of electricity, transportation, ...

This book provides current research on the performance, economic factors and effects on the environment of wind farms. The first chapter provides a...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the most electricity-poor region globally, which has had profound impacts on economic growth and development prospects. In re...

Waste-to-Energy is one of the key technologies for sustainable waste management. The book by Laura Mastellone offers a comprehensive overview of th...

Offshore wind has been envisaged as making a critical contribution in Europe in satisfying the electricity demand in a low-carbon generation scenar...

Significant quantities of oil can be extracted using Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. One of the main methods of this type is CO2-EOR, which al...

Renewable energy is available to consumers in three forms: (1) utility green pricing programs offered in regulated states, (2) competitive retail e...

This book is a compilation of CRS reports on electric power. The large-scale damage caused by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria is examined in the...

In recent years, it has been important for scientists and chemical industries to introduce and develop new liquid fuels as jet fuels and propellant...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the Congressional Research Serv...

This book explores the purposes, methodologies, modelling techniques and weaknesses in energy forecasting. It provides a rare appraisal of what is ...

Europe as a major energy consumer faces a number of challenges when addressing future energy needs. Among these challenges are a rapidly rising glo...

This book presents a comprehensive review of energy research studies from authors around the globe, including recent research in energy use and its...

Federal policy has played a key role in the emergence of the U.S. biofuels industry. Policy measures have included minimum renewable fuel usage req...

Since the 1970s, energy tax policy in the United States has attempted to achieve two broad objectives. First, policymakers have sought to reduce oi...

The transport sector in Australia depends heavily on imported oil-based fuels. With this comes the ever-present risk of oil supply shortages. But A...

Global investment in renewable energy has grown sharply in the past five years as countries strive to meet growing energy demands, reduce carbon di...

Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to recover oil and natural gas from underground low permeability rock formations. Hydraulic fracturing inv...

This book publishes articles from the International Journal of Energy, Environment, and Economics. It presents research papers that shed light on t...

Green marketing -- a marketing strategy highlighting the environmental attributes of a product -- dates back to the 1970s but began to flourish in ...

This book examines 2011 trends in the U.S. voluntary markets - those in which consumers and institutions purchase renewable energy to match their...

This timely collection offers fresh perspectives on the analysis of the New Great Game -- the fight for access to the former Soviet Union's energy ...

The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess?In this maste...

This book examines select elements, issues and analyses relating to international energy partnerships. Topics discussed include the proposed U.S.-M...

Demand response (DR) is a load management tool which provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional supply-side solutions to address the grow...

Federal and state regulatory agencies manage and oversee the development of federal and Indian oil and gas resources by issuing rules and guidance,...

Since the spring of 2009, billions of federal dollars have been allocated to state and local governments as grants for energy efficiency and renewa...

The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical fo...

Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation, by geopolitical tensions ...

'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian 'A star among environmental, activist, and anti-corporate circles.' Vice The...

In recent years, food prices have been volatile worldwide. High and fluctuating food prices have led to riots in many low income countries, and hav...

Climate resilience, or the capacity of socio-ecological systems to adapt and upkeep their functions when facing physical-chemical stress, is a key ...

Food waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks - these are exactly the kind of issues we expect food regulations to co...

American consumers deserve to trust the safety of the food they purchase for themselves and their families. While we enjoy one of the safest food s...

Within the tropical fruits, the papaya, Carica papaya L. (family Caricaceae Dumort.), is presented as the main representative being cultivated in t...