© Robert Glenn Ketchum
- • Generational Differences in Young Adults’ Life Goals, Concern for Others and Civic Orientation, 1966-2009 *New
“People born between 1982 and 2000 are the most civic-minded since the generation of the 1930s and 1940s,” say Morley Winograd and Michael Hais, co-authors of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, You-Tube, and the Future of American Politics. . . . – Jan. 23, 2012 (pdf 273KB)
- • American Academy of Environmental Medicine Urges Moratorium on “Smart Meters”
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine issued a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission calling for an immediate moratorium on wireless “smart meters” and for hearings on their health impacts. – Jan. 19, 2012 (pdf 152KB)
- • Water, the Major Environmental Factor Affecting Roads and Earthworks
Potential Sources and Mechanisms of Water Flow Through Convetionally Designed Road Structures – 2012 (pdf 264KB)
- • The Green Evolution
In 2009, we undertook a study to understand how the green consumer product market was growing, including evaluating the different types of green consumers and the key attributes they associated with green products. Since then, the market has clearly evolved. There are now more green products entering the market, increasing competition and consumers sophistication on the topic. – November 2011 (pdf 1.29MB)
- • The Military-Civilian Gap: War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era
The report is based on two surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center: one of the nation’s military veterans and one of the general public. A total of 1,853 veterans were surveyed, including 712 who served in the military after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The general public survey was conducted among 2,003 adult respondents. – October 2011 (pdf 2.25MB)
- • The Transatlantic Cocaine Market
Transnational cocaine trafficking has been affecting the Americas for the last 40 years. Although the value of the global market has declined greatly since the mid-1980s, the flow of cocaine in that region continues to have an impact on public health and to generate large revenues that fuel violence and corruption in many countries... – April 2011 (pdf 1.77MB)
- • New Jobs – Cleaner Air: Employment Effects Under Planned Changes to the EPA’s Air Pollution Rules
The CAA and its 1990 amendments have significantly reduced power sector air pollution. In 2011, EPA plans to implement regulations that will further reduce targeted emissions. Last July, the EPA proposed the Transport Rule to introduce new standards governing SO2 and NOx emissions from 31 states and the District of Columbia, emissions that hinder the ability of downwind states to comply with national ambient air quality standards... – February 2011 (pdf 616KB)
- • Arfica Partnership Station: Improving Maritime Security through Collaborative Partnerships
An article from Naval Forces Magazine by Rear Admiral Gerard P. Hueber and Captian (N) Susan L. Dunlop, US Navy. – January 2011 (pdf 2.58MB)
- • Water Works, Rebuilding Infrastructure – Creating Jobs – Greening the Environment
This report estimates the economic and job creation impact of a major investment in water infrastructure in the United States. This number - $188.4 billion - is based on the level of investment necessary, as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency, to manage stormwater and preserve water quality across the country... – 2011 (pdf 16.6MB)
- • The Potential Impact of Mobile Phone Use on Trends in Brain and CNS Tumors
All case-control studies which covered 10 years of use have reported an increased risk of brain tumors from the use of mobile phones. Mobile phone radiation exposure limits are based on thermal heating of the body and the brain. Many research studies have identified biological effects far below the thermally based exposure limits, such as increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier in the head, deleterious effects on sperm, double strand breaks in DNA, and stress gene activation indicating an exposure to a toxin... – 2011 (pdf 0.99MB)
- • Human Development Report 2011
This Report explores the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity and shows that these are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generations to come. The point of departure is that the remarkable progress in human development over recent decades that the Human Development Report has documented cannot continue without bold global steps to reduce environmental risks and inequality. We identify pathways for people, communities, countries and the international community to promote environmental sustainability and equity in mutually reinforcing ways... – 2011 (pdf 5.6MB)
- • DOE Report on the First Quadrennial Technology Review
Access to clean, affordable, secure, and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of America’s economic growth. The Nation’s systems that produce, store, transmit, and use energy are falling short of U.S. needs. Maintaining energy security, bolstering U.S. competitiveness, and mitigating the environmental impacts of energy are long-standing challenges. Governments, consumers, and the private sector have worked for decades to address these challenges, yet they remain among the Nation’s most pressing issues... – 2011 (pdf 10.7MB)
- • Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2011
Humanitarian aid is being stretched. Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa are living with conflict and its legacy; natural disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan have the power to disrupt and sometimes even paralyse economic and social infrastructure; recovery and reconstruction remain uneven following large-scale conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan; and political turmoil is escalating... – 2011 (pdf 5.63MB)
- • Policy Options and Actions for Expediting Progress in Implementation: Mining
A number of significant changes have taken place in the mining sector since the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. Progress has been achieved on transparency and governance of the sector. Many companies have embraced progressive voluntary guidelines and principles as a framework for their operations, while pursing resource efficiency improvements. However, significant gaps remain. Many countries could enhance the contribution of their mineral wealth to their national economies... – December 2010 (pdf 84.5KB)
- • Different Race, Different Recession: American Indian Unemployment in 2010
There are two very different experiences of the recession in some regions of the country. While Alaska and the Northern Plains states have had some of the lowest unemployment rates for whites since the start of the recession, these regions have had among the highest rates of joblessness for American Indians... – November 18, 2010 (pdf 122KB)
- • West Africa Regional Fisheries Project: Estimation of the Cost of Illegal Fishing in West Africa
This study was conducted as part of the preparation for the World Bank’s West Africa Regional Fisheries Project. It had as its primary aim a focused case study on the economic impacts of illegal fishing activities in CSRP member states: Cape Verde, the Gambia and Guinea, plus the key study countries Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone... – May 2010 (pdf 1.91MB)
- • Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Annual Report 2009
Fiscal Year 2009 was an exciting year for OFDA. In the face of challenges, OFDA staff worked tirelessly and responded vigorously to sudden-onset natural disasters and continuing complex emergencies... – 2010 (pdf 15.4MB)
- • Promoting Development, Saving the Planet
The central message of the World Economic and Social Survey 2009 is that addressing the climate challenge cannot be met through ad hoc and incremental actions. In the first place, it requires much stronger eff orts by advanced countries to cut their emissions. – June 2009 (pdf 1.78MB)
- • The Crisis of the 2020s
Demographics and Geopolitics in the 21st Century – April 29, 2009 (pdf 70KB)
- • Sustainability: The Rise of Consumer Responsibility
As the forecast for the economy remains gray, this new report sheds light on how consumers find the silver lining by living responsibly. – January 2009 (pdf 987KB)
- • Blood Oil in the Niger Delta
The recent resumption of attacks against the oil industry in the Niger Delta and the resultant increase in oil prices have reminded the world that the unrest there is not a problem for Nigeria alone. Indeed, the business of bunkering illegal oil, or blood oil, involves players far beyond the shores of Nigeria and will require an international effort to control it. Additionally, the broader issues of underdevelopment and overmilitarization of the Niger Delta, as well as the region’s lack of participation in the oil and gas industry, must be addressed before any lasting peace can be found... – 2009 (pdf 633KB)
- • Community Sustainability throughout Wisconsin
Mead & Hunt conducted a survey of town, village, and city representatives throughout Wisconsin during the months of September and October 2008. The goal of the study is to provide municipal professionals with an enhanced understanding of sustainable practices taking place throughout Wisconsin and to inform communities about current and future trends related to sustainability. The results depicted in this document are based on the 55 responses that were received. – 2009 (pdf 6.66MB)
- • Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World
We prepared Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World to stimulate strategic thinking about the future by identifying key trends, the factors that drive them, where they seem to be headed, and how they might interact. It uses scenarios to illustrate some of the many ways in which the drivers examined in the study (e.g., globalization, demography, the rise of new powers, the decay of international institutions, climate change, and the geopolitics of energy) may interact to generate challenges and opportunities for future decisionmakers. The study as a whole is more a description of the factors likely to shape events than a prediction of what will actually happen. – November 2008 (pdf 5.74MB)
- • Africa and World Trade
Increasing participation in the world economy has been a vital strategy for countries that have developed. It will also be crucial for Africa’s development. Africa’s relative performance in the global market has reached drastically low levels in the past thirty years... – 2007 (pdf 2.58MB)
- • Doing Our Part to Grow Greener Products
With our patented Greenlist™ process, SC Johnson continues to improve our products and minimize the impact they have on the environment and human health. Also, by participating in efforts such as the U.S. EPA’s Design for the Environment program, we continue to ensure product development decisions are made for the next generation. – 2007 (pdf 3.04MB)
- • Progress Can Kill: How Imposed Development Destroys the Health of Tribal Peoples
Across the world, from the poorest to the richest countries, indigenous peoples today experience chronic ill health. They endure the worst of the diseases that accompany poverty and, simultaneously, many suffer from ‘diseases of affluence’ – such as cancers and obesity – despite often receiving few of the benefits of ‘development’. – 2007 (pdf 3.04MB)
- • Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
By the fall of 2005, Afghanistan had reached a critical transition point. In many parts of the country, there was broad-based support for the national government. Recent elections for the National Assembly and provincial councils unfolded with very little violence and, for the first time, Afghans elected representatives at the local level. However, corruption and violence in the provinces continue to threaten to undermine the legitimacy of the national government and reverse these gains... – June 2006 (pdf 454KB)
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