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Rahmer, B. A., Fuels for the Future: A Survey of World Energy Alternatives
The United Nations, World Industry Since 1960: Progress and Prospects     

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Bowie, S. H. U., A. Kvalheim and H. W. Haslam, eds., Mineral Deposits of Europe, Volume 1: Northwest Europe
Carman, John S., Obstacles to Mineral Development: A Pragmatic View , edited by Bension Varon, Pergamon Press
Christiaan, S. D. and J. J. Zuckerman, eds., Energy and the Chemical Sciences
Radetzki, Marian and Stephen Zorn, Financing Mining Projects in Developing Countries
Jones, M. J., ed., Proceedings of the Eleventh Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, Hongkong, 1978
United Nations Bibliography on Transnational Corporations     

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United Nations, Water Development and Management — Proceedings of the United Nations Water Conference
International Energy Agency, Steam Coal: Prospects to 2000
Metz, William D. and Allan L. Hammond, Solar Energy in America
Robinson, G. D. and A. M. Spieker, eds., 'Nature to be Commanded…' — Earth-Science Maps Applied to Land and Water Management
General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, Mining and Petroleum Legislation — Latin American and the Caribbean     

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Environmental management : SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: Principles and Practice edited by R. Kerry Turner
Development projects and the environment : ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS by John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon, Paul B. Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke
Collecting the rent : PETROLEUM RENT COLLECTION AROUND THE WORLD by Alexander Kemp
Land-use planning : MINERAL RESOURCES EXTRACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND LAND-USE PLANNING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES edited by Peter Arndt and Gerd W. Lüttig
Energy policy in Mexico : ENERGY POLICY IN MEXICO: Problems and Prospects for the Future edited by Miguel S. Wionczek, Oscar M. Guzman and Roberto Gutierrez
Mineral resource economics and theory : MINERAL RESOURCES: A System Analytical and Functional Approach by Laszlo Kapolyi
Natural resource problems NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS: Cases in Applied Economics edited by George. M. Johnston, David Freshwater and Philip Favero     

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Sauvant, Karl P. (ed.), The Third World Without Superpowers - the Collected Documents of the Group of 77
Sauvant, Karl P., The Group of 77: Evolution, Structure, Organization , Oceana, New York
Petroleum Economist and Petroconsultants, Far East Oil and Energy Survey , Geneva and Dublin
Jaenicke, Günther, Erich Schanze and Wolfgang Hauser, A Joint Venture Agreement for Seabed Mining , Kluwer, Deventer, The Netherlands
Richard B. Bilder, Managing the Risks of International Agreement , University of Wisconsin Press
Brown, Lester R., Building a Sustainable Society , W. W. Norton and Co., New York and London     

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Water Pollution Microbiology, Volume 2, Ralph Mitchell, editor
Values and Choices in the Development of the Colorado River Basin, Dean F. Peterson and A. Berry Crawford, editors
Individual Onsite Wastewater Systems, Proceedings of a National Conference, Nina T. McClelland, editor
Safe Drinking Water: Current and Future Problems, Proceedings of a National Conference in Washington, D.C., Clifford S. Russell, editor.     

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World Energy Outlook: Looking at Energy Subsidies. Getting Prices Right International Energy Agency
Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development A. Desta
Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods: Economic, Psychological, and Policy Relevant Aspects of Contingent Valuation Methods R.J. Kopp, W.W. Pommerehne, N. Schwarz
Controlling Air Pollution in China T. Feng     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ezra, D., Coal and Energy - The Need to Explore the World's Most Abundant Fossil Fuel Down, C. G. and J. Stocks, Environmental Impact of Mining Hall, Anthony L., Drought and Irrigation in North-East Brazil Sauvant, Karl P. and Hasenpflug, Hajo, eds., The New International Economic Order: Confrontation or Cooperation between North and South?     

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Book reviewed in this article: Legal reference and source book ENERGY AND RESOURCES LAW '92: Proceedings of the International Bar Association's Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law's 10th Advanced Seminar on Petroleum, Minerals, Energy and Resources Law held in Washington DC: Graham and Trotman Diverse and international RENEWABLE ENERGY: Technology and the Environment, Proceedings of the 2nd World Renewable Energy Congress, Reading, UK, 13-18 September 1992: A.A.M. Sayigh A stimulating read WATER RESOURCES IN THE ARID REALM: Clive Agnew and Ewan Anderson Whatever happened to PV? SOLAR PUMPING: An Introduction and Update on the Technology, Performance, Costs and Economics: Roy Barlow, Bernard McNelis and Anthony Derrick Renewable energy for rural development MICRO-HYDRO DESIGN MANUAL: A Guide to Small-Scale Water Power Schemes: Adam Harvey et al Incentives for good behaviour ECONOMIC POLICY TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT: Dieter Helm     

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Cooper, Bryan, F. Niering Jr. and E. Symonds, Latin American and Caribbean Oil Report
World Energy Conference, Standard Terms of the Energy Economy
United Nations, Coal: 1985 and Beyond – A Perspective Study     

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State of the world : STATE OF THE WORLD 1992 by Lester Brown, Project Director W. W. Norton & Company, New York
A cookbook for developing countries: IMPROVING CHARCOALING EFFICIENCY IN THE TRADITIONAL RURAL SECTOR: Charles Feinstein and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
KEROSENE STOVES: THEIR PERFORMANCE, USE, AND CONSTRAINTS by Villem Floor and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCES: A DISCUSSION ON ITS NEED AND METHODOLOGY by Paul Ryan and Keith Openshaw World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
Development economics : HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, VOL II Edited by Hollis Chenery and T.N. Srinavasan North Holland, New York
Environmental remote sensing : REMOTE SENSING FOR HAZARD MONITORING AND DISASTER ASSESSMENT: MARINE AND COASTAL APPLICATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION edited by E.C. Barrett, R. Brown and A. Micallef Gordon and Breach, Science Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA     

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National Energy Data Systems Editors : Dilip R. Ahuja, R. K. Pacauri and N. K. Gopalakrishnan
Energy Update: Oil in the Late Twentieth Century Authors : Michael Tanzer and Stephen Zorn
Fuelwood in Urban Markets: A Case Study of Hyderabad Authors : Manzoor Alam, Joy Dunkerley, K. N. Gopi, William Ramsay and Elizabeth Davis.     

Future U.S. Water Consumption: The Role of Energy Production1

Elcock, Deborah, 2010. Future U.S. Water Consumption: The Role of Energy Production. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 46(3):447-460. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00413.x Abstract: This study investigates how meeting domestic energy production targets for both fossil and renewable fuels may affect future water demand. It combines projections of energy production developed by the U.S. Department of Energy with estimates of water consumption on a per-unit basis (water-consumption coefficients) for coal, oil, gas, and biofuels production, to estimate and compare the domestic freshwater consumed. Although total domestic freshwater consumption is expected to increase by nearly 7% between 2005 and 2030, water consumed for energy production is expected to increase by nearly 70%, and water consumed for biofuels (biodiesel and ethanol) production is expected to increase by almost 250%. By 2030, water consumed in the production of biofuels is projected to account for nearly half of the total amount of water consumed in the production of all energy fuels. Most of this is for irrigation, and the West North Central Region is projected to consume most of this water in 2030. These findings identify an important potential future conflict between renewable energy production and water availability that warrants further investigation and action to ensure that future domestic energy demand can be met in an economically efficient and environmentally sustainable manner.     

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Frances Sharples is a terrestrial ecologist in the Environmental Science Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under Contract No. DE-AC05-840R21400 with the US Department of Energy. Publication No. 3413, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL.     

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Frances Sharples is a terrestrial ecologist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under Contract No. DE-AC05-840R21400 with the US Department of Energy. Publication No. 3413, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL.     

State-of-the-art approach to hazardous waste site characterizations

A state-of-the-art characterization of a hazardous waste site provides significant benefits over a conventional program because it defines the hydrogeologic framework that governs contaminant transport, rather than merely confirming the existence of contamination State-of-the-art programs are commonly believed to be substantially more expensive than conventional programs. Such is not the case, however, for properly planned investigations Indeed, a state-of-the-art program can be substantially cheaper than a conventional one in some circumstances Costs remain comparable even under conditions unfavorable to the comparison These conclusions are illustrated by examples of field activities conducted at a variety of study sites.Publication No. 3360, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL.Operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under contract DE-AC05-840R21400 with the US Department of Energy.     

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Rural energy strategies: Energy For Rural Development In Zimbabwe edited by Richard Hosier
National energy planning Zimbabwe: Energy Planning For National Development: edited by Richard Hosier
Appropriate design: Design For Northern Climates : Cold-Climate Planning And Environmental Design:by Vladimir Matus
Indigenous resource: Natural Gas : Governments And Oil Companies In The Third World: by Ann Davison, Chris Hurst and Robert Mabro
A 'structural' matrix of income distribution : Natural Resource Policy And Income Distribution: by Adam Rose, Brandt Stevens and Gregg Davis
Chinese energy policy : China'S Energy And Mineral Industries: Current Perspectives:edited by James P. Dorian and David G. Findley
Material questions : Essential Raw Materials — The Threat Of Supply Disruptions:by Bernard Keeling
Desertification in West Africa : Desertification Control And Renewable Resource Management In The Sahelian And Sudanian Zones Of West Africa, edited by Francois Falloux and Aleki Murkundi     

A national critical loads framework for atmospheric deposition effects assessment: II. Defining assessment end points,indicators, and functional subregions

The United States Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the US Department of Energy and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, has been evaluating the feasibility of an effects-based (critical loads) approach to atmospheric pollutant regulation and abatement. The rationale used to develop three of the six steps in a flexible assessment framework (Strickland and others, 1992) is presented along with a discussion of a variety of implementation approaches and their ramifications. The rationale proposes that it is necessary to provide an explicit statement of the condition of the resource that is considered valuable (assessment end point) because: (1) individual ecosystem components may be more or less sensitive to deposition, (2) it is necessary to select indicators of ecosystem condition that can be objectively measured and that reflect changes in the quality of the assessment end point, and (3) acceptable status (i.e., value of indicator and quality of assessment end point at critical load) must be defined. The rationale also stresses the importance of defining the assessment regions and subregions to improve the analysis and understanding of the indicator response to deposition. Subregional definition can be based on a variety of criteria, including informed judgment or quantitative procedures. It also depends on the geographic scale at which exposure and effects models are accurate and on data availability, resolution, and quality. The research described in this article has been funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency. This document has been prepared at the EPA Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon, through contract #68-C8-0006 with ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., and Interagency Agreement #1824-B014-A7 with the US Department of Energy and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under Contract DE-AC05-84OR21400 with the US Department of Energy. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3903. It has been subjected to the agency’s peer and administrative review and approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.     

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ENERGY FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRANSITION TO A WORLD WITHOUT LOW-COST OIL: TERISA TURNER
World Energy Industry
Strub, A. S. and P. Ungemach (eds.), Advances in European Geothermal Research     

Desire to Bargain and Negotiation Success: Lessons About the Need to Negotiate from Six Hydropower Disputes

/ We investigated the notion that successful negotiations require that all parties to the dispute must have a desire to bargain. This desire is most likely to be present when the dispute exhibits ripeness and each party believes a bargained solution is the most cost-effective way to resolve differences. Structured interviews of participants in six Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hydropower licensing consultations were conducted to determine the level of need to negotiate for each party. The findings indicate that a need to negotiate is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for success. Several factors were associated with a need to negotiate: a weak BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement); a salient issue; participants' sense of efficacy; a sense of inevitability; professional roles encouraging negotiation; and disputes about facts as opposed to disputes about values. Participants' need to negotiate fluctuated throughout the process and intensified when questions were ripe: i.e., critical issues were debated or the regulatory process required action.KEY WORDS: Alternative dispute resolution; Federal licenses; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Instream flow; Environmental planning