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Wind energy in the United States and globally: Research roundup
Business

Wind energy in the United States and globally: Research roundup

Leighton Walter Kille | February 26, 2013
2012 roundup of research on onshore and offshore wind energy, including market conditions, governmental support, technological advances and global potential.
Global changes in diets and the consequences for land requirements for food
Development

Global changes in diets and the consequences for land requirements for food

Bakary Seckan | January 4, 2013
2012 study in PNAS on the problematic pace of global land consumption and agricultural output required to supply the world's growing population.
Recycled bottles (iStock)
Congress

Alternative policies to increase recycling of plastic water bottles in the United States

Leighton Walter Kille | July 31, 2012
2012 study from Duke and Vanderbilt based on survey data to examine the effects of different recycling regimes on the recycling rates for plastic water bottles.
Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture
Development

Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

Leighton Walter Kille | June 20, 2012
2012 metastudy in the journal Nature on the differences in crop yields between organic farming and conventional industrialized agriculture.
Energy in the United States: Overview and key statistics
Energy

Energy in the United States: Overview and key statistics

Leighton Walter Kille | April 19, 2012
2012 report from the Congressional Research Service on U.S. energy production and consumption, with breakdowns of production and consumption by sector.
Oil revenues for public investment in Africa: Targeting urban or rural areas?
Africa

Oil revenues for public investment in Africa: Targeting urban or rural areas?

Bakary Seckan | April 9, 2012
2011 study in Review of World Economics analyzing the case of Ghana to see how countries might avoid the so-called resource curse.
The water footprint of humanity
China

The water footprint of humanity

Pratibha Joshi | March 6, 2012
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the total amount of water utilized by individuals and societies globally.
U.N. report: Findings on e-Waste problems in Africa
Africa

U.N. report: Findings on e-Waste problems in Africa

Christopher Olver | March 5, 2012
2011 United Nations report on the ecological and economic impacts of electrical and electronics equipment recycling and disposal practices in West Africa.
Wind farm
Energy

Global potential for wind-generated electricity

Leighton Walter Kille | December 22, 2011
2009 study by Harvard University and Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre on the overall global potential for wind-generated power.
Peer effects in the diffusion of solar photovoltaic panels
Energy

Peer effects in the diffusion of solar photovoltaic panels

Leighton Walter Kille | December 20, 2011
2012 study by New York University and Yale University on possible peer-influence effects in the installion of solar panels within different ZIP codes.

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