Most food nutrition contains the phytochemicals for human health. Carotenoids and polyphenols, such as flavonoids and phenolic acids, might be espe...

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

The US Forest Service was established in 1905 and for the following 60-70 years was staffed primarily by men engaged in the production and harvest ...

Peat, or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires a...

Recently for the prevention and treatment of many neurologic, metabolic and other chronic diseases, the focus has shifted from allopathic Western m...

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

The presence of toxic Cr(VI) in the aquatic environment and their harmful effects on living organisms has emerged as one of the most serious enviro...

In the United States, Federal incentives for the deployment of wind and solar power projects are delivered primarily through the tax code, in the f...

This book provides an overview of middle income households across the United States, which are under significant financial strain, and rising energ...

I believe that it is up to people like us to find the language, create the images and imagine the solutions that will allow us to break out of the ...

In setting primary ambient air quality standards, EPA's responsibility under the law is to establish standards that protect public health, regardle...

This book examines key risks that the Nation‘s critical energy infrastructure is confronting and the ways in which the insurance industry can help ...

Living with drought is one of the biggest issues of our times. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years global warming will in...

Under Executive Order 12866, agencies are required, to the extent permitted by law, "to assess both the costs and the benefits of the intended regu...

Solanum lycopersicum is the scientific name for cultivated tomatoes. Tomatoes are produced and consumed worldwide. Many scientists are investigatin...

In recent years, solid-state lighting (SSL) has emerged as a promising new lighting technology that could fundamentally alter and improve lighting ...

Recent events have renewed long-standing congressional interest in safe management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and other high level nuclear waste. ...

Streams are dynamic components of living landscapes. Stream restoration, riparian restoration, and open land conservation are very connected. In co...

According to climate change assessments, less precipitations and higher temperatures can be expected in the Iberian Peninsula and other Mediterrane...

This book has the ambition of presenting sustainability issues in a simple way to students in the field of agriculture and the environment. There i...

In this distilled account, Stanislav Kulchytsky ably incorporates a vast array of sources and literature that have become available in the past thr...

The aim of this collective volume is to study the crucial aspects related to the interconnection between the political economy of energy security a...

Established by Congress as an amendment to the Clean Air Act, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandates that U.S. transportation fuel contain a mi...

Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, househol...