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Agriculture Sustainability	Dennis Keeney	March 1, 2010
2433k Document summary A critical look at the what thye term sustainable agriculture has come to mean since becoming popular in the 1970s.
Integrating Agriculture In a Global Climate Deal: Benchmarks For Copenhagen	Anne Laure Constantin	October 2, 2009
77k Document summary The global agriculture system is failing both the world�s hungry and the climate. A paradigm shift is needed to build a resilient system of food production, while contributing to climate change mitigation. Climate negotiators need to ensure an open process that includes all stakeholders, particularly smallholder farmers and Indigenous peoples, in considering agriculture.
Questionable start for new biomass program	Loni Kemp	October 1, 2009
55k Document summary The way the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has rolled out the first part of BCAP is raising eyebrows, as initial funding seems to be going to pay for already-existing biomass supplies used for renewable energy, instead of focusing on helping to jump-start the new cellulosic energy future.
New Specifications Define Green for Biobased Food Service Ware	Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative	September 30, 2009
234k Document summary The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative (SBC) and the Business-NGO Working Group release the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Specifications for Compostable Biobased Food Service Ware -- or “BioSpecs.”
IATP Comments on Biomass Crop Assistance Program	IATP	September 24, 2009
59k Document summary Comments to the USDA on how to best implement the biomass crop assistance program (BCAP).
IATP Comments on Biomass Crop Assistance Program	IATP	September 24, 2009
59k Document summary Comments to the USDA on how to best implement the biomass crop assistance program (BCAP).
Why Agriculture and the Climate Bill Don't Mix	Julia Olmstead	September 22, 2009
99k Document summary Why making Waxman-Markey a primary vehicle for debating agricultural sustainability schemes distracts from making real progress toward more climate-friendly, sustainable agriculture, and takes away much needed resources.
Why Agriculture and the Climate Bill Don't Mix	Julia Olmstead	September 22, 2009
99k Document summary Why making Waxman-Markey a primary vehicle for debating agricultural sustainability schemes distracts from making real progress toward more climate-friendly, sustainable agriculture, and takes away much needed resources.
Growing a New Crop for a New Market	Loni Kemp	August 7, 2009
408k Document summary Recognizing that the nation needs to move beyond corn ethanol and soy biodiesel to the next generation of more sustainable biofuels, all eyes are on biomass. Yet synchronizing new feedstock crops with the emerging industry that will produce renewable energy is a challenge. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) was created in the 2008 Farm Bill to address this gap.
Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Cecilia Martinez	August 1, 2009
1598k Document summary This article outlines how Delaware is using a sustainable energy utility to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, while spurring economic development.
Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Cecilia Martinez	August 1, 2009
1598k Document summary This article outlines how Delaware is using a sustainable energy utility to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, while spurring economic development.
Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Cecilia Martinez	August 1, 2009
1598k Document summary This article outlines how Delaware is using a sustainable energy utility to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, while spurring economic development.
Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Cecilia Martinez	August 1, 2009
1598k Document summary This article outlines how Delaware is using a sustainable energy utility to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, while spurring economic development.
Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Cecilia Martinez	August 1, 2009
1598k Document summary This article outlines how Delaware is using a sustainable energy utility to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, while spurring economic development.
SEU 101 - Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy	CEED	July 29, 2009
2243k Document summary Presentation on Sustainable Energy Utility Basics by CEED for the community of Milan, MN.
Fueling Resistance? Antibiotics in Ethanol Production	IATP	July 16, 2009
229k Document summary The ethanol industry's use of antibiotics is unnecessary and there are safer alternatives already on the market.
Comments from the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at IATP regarding Xcel Energy�s Proposed Hiawatha Transmission Expansion	Shalini Gupta	July 9, 2009
143k Document summary Issues to Include in the Minnesota Department of Commerce Office of Energy Security's Environmental Impact Statement regarding Xcel Energy's Proposed Hiawatha Transmission Expansion
Comments from the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at IATP regarding Xcel Energy�s Proposed Hiawatha Transmission Expansion	Shalini Gupta	July 9, 2009
143k Document summary Issues to Include in the Minnesota Department of Commerce Office of Energy Security's Environmental Impact Statement regarding Xcel Energy's Proposed Hiawatha Transmission Expansion
IATP Comments on BCAP PEIS	Jim Kleinschmit	June 11, 2009
224k Document summary IATP letter of comments and recommendations for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Scoping proposal.
Get Juiced, Sustainably!	IATP	June 10, 2009
252k Document summary A training workshop focused on the past, present and future of sustainable biofuels in Minnesota at IATP on July 8, 2009.
Get Juiced, Sustainably!	IATP	June 10, 2009
252k Document summary A training workshop focused on the past, present and future of sustainable biofuels in Minnesota at IATP on July 8, 2009.
Food Policy: Check the List of Ingredients	Elise Golan, Lisa Mancino and Laurian Unnevehr	June 1, 2009
503k Document summary Policies targeted directly at consumers such as nutrition information and education programs, along with labeling regulations, can spur the reformulation of products with healthier ingredients.
Identifying Our Climate Foodprint	IATP	April 14, 2009
359k Document summary Based on a longer IATP report, this fact sheet covers the climate impact of the food chain and offers recommendations for climate-friendly improvements.
Identifying Our Climate Foodprint	IATP	April 14, 2009
359k Document summary Based on a longer IATP report, this fact sheet covers the climate impact of the food chain and offers recommendations for climate-friendly improvements.
Identifying Our Climate Foodprint: Assessing and Reducing the Global Warming Impacts of Food and Agriculture in the U.S.	Jennifer Edwards, Jim Kleinschmit, Heather Schoonover/IATP	April 6, 2009
395k Document summary A breakdown of how different parts of the U.S. food chain impact climate, and recommendations for how to make each step more climate-friendly.
Identifying Our Climate Foodprint: Assessing and Reducing the Global Warming Impacts of Food and Agriculture in the U.S.	Jennifer Edwards, Jim Kleinschmit, Heather Schoonover/IATP	April 6, 2009
395k Document summary A breakdown of how different parts of the U.S. food chain impact climate, and recommendations for how to make each step more climate-friendly.
How to Build a Climate-Friendly Food System	IATP	April 6, 2009
152k Document summary Sustainable practices in agriculture, combined with the development of local food systems, can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. food system, finds a new paper by IATP.
Relocating Energy in the Social Commons: Ideas for a Sustainable Energy Utility	John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Colin Ruggero	April 1, 2009
202k Document summary This article describes a new institutional and community strategy called a Sustainability Energy Utility. The SEU looks to reduce energy use and seeks to support remaining energy needs by community-scale renewables. To accomplish deep energy change, the authors show how an SEU can move society from an energy commodity to energy commons regime. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Relocating Energy in the Social Commons: Ideas for a Sustainable Energy Utility	John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Colin Ruggero	April 1, 2009
202k Document summary This article describes a new institutional and community strategy called a Sustainability Energy Utility. The SEU looks to reduce energy use and seeks to support remaining energy needs by community-scale renewables. To accomplish deep energy change, the authors show how an SEU can move society from an energy commodity to energy commons regime. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Relocating Energy in the Social Commons: Ideas for a Sustainable Energy Utility	John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Colin Ruggero	April 1, 2009
202k Document summary This article describes a new institutional and community strategy called a Sustainability Energy Utility. The SEU looks to reduce energy use and seeks to support remaining energy needs by community-scale renewables. To accomplish deep energy change, the authors show how an SEU can move society from an energy commodity to energy commons regime. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Relocating Energy in the Social Commons: Ideas for a Sustainable Energy Utility	John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Colin Ruggero	April 1, 2009
202k Document summary This article describes a new institutional and community strategy called a Sustainability Energy Utility. The SEU looks to reduce energy use and seeks to support remaining energy needs by community-scale renewables. To accomplish deep energy change, the authors show how an SEU can move society from an energy commodity to energy commons regime. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Introduction to the Special Issue of the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society	Harris B. McDowell and Sean Finnigan	April 1, 2009
64k Document summary This issue of Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society explores how the Sustainable Energy Utility and its tenets can serve energy and carbon reduction goals and, at the same time, address the development concerns in places such as Africa and India.
A Framework for Sustainable Energy Development Beyond the Grid: Meeting the Needs of Rural and Remote Populations	Lawrence Agbemabiese	April 1, 2009
397k Document summary Drawing on recent theoretical advances regarding the meaning of development and the role of energy with empirical evidence from case studies, the article suggests an alternative energy and development paradigm to guide efforts toward meeting current and future needs for modern energy services internationally.
The Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) Model for Energy Service Delivery	Jason Houck and Wilson Rickerson	April 1, 2009
114k Document summary This study outlines the concept of a new energy administration model, a sustainable energy utility (SEU), with the potential to achieve deep energy efficiency savings and a high penetration of customer-sited renewable energy.
An Applied Local Sustainable Energy Model: The Case of Austin, Texas	Kristen Hughes	April 1, 2009
272k Document summary This paper looks to Austin, Texas, where elements of energy service compatible with an SEU have currently been adopted and implemented. Kristen Hughes assesses Austin's utilization of an alternative energy pathway and the outcomes observed to date, considering technical, economic, social and environmental dimensions of change.
Elements of an Alternative to Nuclear Power as a Response to the Energy-Environment Crisis in India: Development as Freedom and a Sustainable Energy Utility	Manu V. Mathai	April 1, 2009
535k Document summary Surveying the development of nuclear power in India, this article finds that it is predisposed to centralization and secrecy, and its institutionalization has tended to reduce deliberations on energy policy and human well-being to narrowly technocratic terms. Given such proclivities, nuclear power, as evaluated in this article, is considered unlikely to facilitate a viable response to the energy-environment crisis. Alternatives are thus surveyed here to include the sustainable energy utility and the capability approach as well as synergies between them, to challenge the offer of nuclear power as a response to the energy-environment crisis.
The Restoration of a Local Energy Regime Amid Trends of Power Liberalization in East Asia: The Seoul Sustainable Energy Utility	Jung-Min Yu	April 1, 2009
416k Document summary As an alternative to the power liberalization strategy, this paper proposes a restoration of local energy regimes based on the model of an energy commons and a decentralization paradigm. The innovative energy-policy model of the Sustainable energy Utility, as applied in the case of Seoul, Korea, is explored as a possible option for a local energy strategy for east Asian countries.
Affordable and Sustainable Energy in the Borough of Woking in the United Kingdom	John P. Thorp and Lara Curran	April 1, 2009
100k Document summary Woking Borough Council in the United Kingdom has long been committed to protecting the environment, a goal explicitly stated as one of the borough’s top three priorities. Various initiatives are providing a practical framework for advancing a more equitable, clean, decentralized, and socially cooperative energy system in service to Woking’s inhabitants.
The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project	IATP	March 24, 2009
1695k Document summary A description of the Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market project.
Voices From Africa: African Farmers & Environmentalists Speak Out Against a New Green Revolution in Africa	Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore	March 2, 2009
1059k Document summary A new report from the Oakland Institute on threat of a new Green Revolution in Africa.
Voices From Africa: African Farmers & Environmentalists Speak Out Against a New Green Revolution in Africa	Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore	March 2, 2009
1059k Document summary A new report from the Oakland Institute on threat of a new Green Revolution in Africa.
Testimony of John D. Podesta at Vice President Biden's Middle Class Task Force	Center for American Progress	February 6, 2009
59k Document summary John Podesta, former Chief of Staff under President Clinton, presents the case for investing in efficiency and an SEU financing structure to the Vice President�s Middle Class Task Force.
SEU 101 - Dr. John Byrne and Trenton Allen	Dr. John Byrne and Trenton Allen	February 3, 2009
1966k Document summary Presentation by Dr. John Byrne (Center for Energy and Environmental Policy University of Delaware) and Trenton Allen (Vice President, Public Finance Department, Citi) to the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility Oversight Board. Provides an overview of energy. economics and jobs potential.
Greening Wisconsin’s Workforce	Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)	January 1, 2009
224k Document summary Training, Recovery, and the Clean Energy Economy in Wisconsin.
Greening Wisconsin’s Workforce	Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)	January 1, 2009
224k Document summary Training, Recovery, and the Clean Energy Economy in Wisconsin.
Michigan Farm-to-School Procurement Act	State of Michigan	December 1, 2008
70k Document summary The newly enacted Farm-to-School Procurement Act directs the Michigan Department of Agriculture, and Education to work with school food-service providers to help them locate and use local farm products.
Local Foods and Climate Change: An Annotated List of Resources	Jenny Edwards/IATP	October 24, 2008
316k Document summary An annotated list of recent studies related to climate change and food systems.
Farmer in Chief	Michael Pollan	October 12, 2008
81k Document summary Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have had to give much thought to, at least since the Nixon administration — the last time high food prices presented a serious political peril. Since then, federal policies to promote maximum production of the commodity crops (corn, soybeans, wheat and rice) from which most of our supermarket foods are derived have succeeded impressively in keeping prices low and food more or less off the national political agenda. But with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that the health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national security. Food is about to demand your attention.
Washington D.C. SEU - SEU Policy Summary		October 6, 2008
22k Document summary In 2008, Washington DC enacted the Clean and Affordable Energy Act which authorized the creation of a Sustainable Energy Utility(SEU). To fund the SEU the DC Council created a non-lapsing Sustainable Energy Trust Fund.
Washington, D.C. SEU - Full Language of SEU Act		October 3, 2008
122k Document summary In 2008, Washington DC enacted the Clean and Affordable Energy Act which authorized the creation of a Sustainable Energy Utility(SEU). To fund the SEU the DC Council created a non-lapsing Sustainable Energy Trust Fund.
Biomass Crops for Renewable Energy: Opportunities and Challenges	UW Extension/IATP	October 1, 2008
2520k Document summary Biomass Crops for Renewable Energy – October 8 – Spooner, WI This field tour and bioenergy discussion is for farmers, rural landowners, greenhouse owners, and others interested in growing, harvesting, and/or utilizing bioenergy crops for renewable energy. The focus will be on non-oil seed perennial crops including switchgrass, miscanthus, and short rotation woody crops. IATP is co-sponsoring this event along with University of Wisconsin, Agriculture Extension and North Central Region SARE. You can find more details here.
Skillful Means: The Challenges of China's Encounter with Factory Farming	Brighter Green	August 25, 2008
3563k Document summary Until relatively recently in human history, regular consumption of meat was limited to the wealthy elite. The poor ate it only on special occasions, since their animals—pigs, sheep, goats, cows, chickens, and other birds—were more valuable alive than dead. But over the past sixty years, vast changes in agricultural production in industrialized countries, including use of chemical-based fertilizers and adoption of large, confined, factory-like facilities that house thousands of animals, have made meat widely available and affordable. In recent decades, this “livestock revolution” has spread to Latin America, Asia, and to a lesser extent, Africa.
Minnesota Memorandum of Understanding on Organic Agriculture	Minnesota Legislature	May 30, 2008
60k Document summary Ten state and federal agencies Wednesday signed a commitment to Minnesota’s organic agriculture sector, promising to increase the impact of each agency’s organic programs and foster innovative partnerships.
Summary of the 2008 Farm Bill’s Energy Title and Other New Clean Energy Development Provisions	Environmental Law and Policy Center	May 22, 2008
118k Document summary With the Senate's veto override of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the new Farm Bill is now law. It builds upon the first-ever Energy Title of the 2002 Farm Bill, providing new programs and a stronger federal commitment to farm-based energy.
Beating Up On Ethanol	Ana Palmer	May 14, 2008
170k Document summary Glover Park and the Grocery Manufacturers Association frame the debate. From Roll Call
Food, Water and Climate Challenges	Shiney Varghese/IATP	May 8, 2008
100k Document summary It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change.
The Rise of the Energy Efficiency Utility	Susan Arterian Chang	May 7, 2008
128k Document summary Susan Arterian Chang discusses various state models to curb electricity demand, highlighting Delaware's SEU. IEEE Spectrum Online.
Biomass-to-Liquid Biofuel Plant Opens in Germany	USDA -- GAIN	April 23, 2008
24k Document summary On April 17, 2008, the world's reportedly first commercial biomass-to-liquid (BtL) plant opened in Freiberg, Saxony in Eastern Germany. The owner company Choren Industries GmbH projects that it will take 8 to 12 months for the plant to reach its full annual capacity of 18 million liters. The plant will run on forest residue wood and waste timber. While BtL can be produced from cellulosic material, it is distinctly different from cellulosic ethanol, another second generation biofuel.
The Effects of Ethanol on Texas Food and Feed	David P. Anderson, Joe L. Outlaw, Henry L. Bryant, James W. Richardson, David P. Ernstes, J. Marc Raulston,	April 10, 2008
2285k Document summary A study by Texas A&M’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center illustrates corn prices have had little to do with rising food costs.
Minnesota vs. $100 Barrel Oil	Don Arnosti/IATP	February 26, 2008
60k Document summary Minnesota has a chance to break away from $100 oil toward greener fuel and energy that creates jobs, protects the environment, slows climate change, and establishes the state as a national and international leader.
Ethanol and Land Use Changes	David Morris	February 1, 2008
448k Document summary Dr. Morris challenges the findings of two reports published February 7 in Science that examined the greenhouse gas impact of land use changes caused by the growing demand for biofuels.
Ethanol and Land Use Changes	David Morris	February 1, 2008
448k Document summary Dr. Morris challenges the findings of two reports published February 7 in Science that examined the greenhouse gas impact of land use changes caused by the growing demand for biofuels.
Lower Emissions, Cleaner Cars, Better Fuel Crops	Clean Energy Minnesota	January 23, 2008
188k Document summary Clean Energy Minnesota, a coalition of 12 nonprofit organizations working for Minnesota’s global warming solutions and energy independence, today announced its top legislative priorities to reduce global warming pollution.
Lower Emissions, Cleaner Cars, Better Fuel Crops	Clean Energy Minnesota	January 23, 2008
188k Document summary Clean Energy Minnesota, a coalition of 12 nonprofit organizations working for Minnesota’s global warming solutions and energy independence, today announced its top legislative priorities to reduce global warming pollution.
Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural	Mariann Fischer Boel	January 18, 2008
30k Document summary , the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, gave an important speech to the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Ernährungsindustrie (German Food Industry Association) on January 18, 2008 at the beginning of Gruene Woche (Green Week), the large annual food fair in Berlin, Germany. Her topic was 'Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural markets'. In her remarks, Commissioner Fischer Boel called for tough policy choices: on changes in food prices.
Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural	Mariann Fischer Boel	January 18, 2008
30k Document summary , the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, gave an important speech to the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Ernährungsindustrie (German Food Industry Association) on January 18, 2008 at the beginning of Gruene Woche (Green Week), the large annual food fair in Berlin, Germany. Her topic was 'Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural markets'. In her remarks, Commissioner Fischer Boel called for tough policy choices: on changes in food prices.
Letter on Bioenergy Crop Amendment	Over 90 organizations	December 6, 2007
58k Document summary A letter to Senators supporting the Wyden-Harkin Amendment to the Farm Bill, which would establish sustainability criteria for the growing of cellulosic bioenergy crops.
Saving the Poor and the Planet with Biofuels	Cliff Bradley	November 14, 2007
79k Document summary Arguments supporting the production of biofuels from a producer concerend about world hunger and the future of the planet.
Saving the Poor and the Planet with Biofuels	Cliff Bradley	November 14, 2007
79k Document summary Arguments supporting the production of biofuels from a producer concerend about world hunger and the future of the planet.
New Policy for New Weather - A Sustainable Energy Utility	Dr. John Byrne	November 8, 2007
2102k Document summary Dr. John Byrne's seminar to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the Department of Energy (DOE) where he digs deeper into the economic and global warming emissions case for an SEU. November 8, 2007.