Financial performance of the major oil companies, 2007-2011
2012 Congressional Research Service report on business results for the five biggest U.S. oil companies over the past five years.
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The progressive increase of food waste in America and its environmental impact
2009 study from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases published in PLoS ONE assessing the U.S. food supply, consumption and waste.
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Consumer gadgets wipe out gains in energy efficiency
2011 report by the United Kingdom’s Energy Saving Trust on trends in home power consumption, future trends and consumer attitudes
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Genomic and physiological footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on resident marsh fishes
2011 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the effects of oil exposure from the Deepwater Horizon disaster on gulf populations of killifish.
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Final report on the causes of BP’s Macondo Well blowout
2011 final report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement on British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Republic of South Sudan: Opportunities and challenges for Africa’s newest country
2011 report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service on outstanding issues for the newly independent African nation.
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Oil and gas lease utilization: Onshore and offshore
2011 report by the Department of Interior based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy.
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Effect of wolf predation and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands
2011 study in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on threats to the caribou population of Alberta’s oil sands region.
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Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone
Report by the U.N. Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization on the impact of black carbon and other substances on the climate and health.
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Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations
2011 study by Cornell University on uncounted greenhouse gas impacts of unconventional extraction and hydraulic fracturing.
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