New for Environmental Studies

United Nations Environment Programme.
Available online.
"Source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 450 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps)."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Available online.
"While the hearings earlier in this Congress were designed to give the Committee an understanding of the status and projected path of climate change and potential ways to address it, these White Papers and the hearings on them will focus on the construction of mandatory, economy-wide climate change legislation. The White Papers will describe the basic design and key principles of a regulatory program and also identify issues about which further information and discussion is desirable."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

U.S. Geological Survey.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to Depository collection.
"A synthesis of the USGS Chesapeake Bay science related to the 2001–06 goals and provide implications for environmental management. The report provides USGS findings that address the science needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) restoration goals and includes summaries of: land-use change; water quality in the watershed, including nutrients, sediment, and contaminants; long-term changes in climate and estuarine water quality; estuary habitats, focusing on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and tidal wetlands; and factors affecting fish and waterbird populations." Report is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.