Professor Barry Solomon (SS) was the lead author of the first chapter in a new book titled “Compendium of Bioenergy Plants: Corn,” Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014, pp. 1-32. The chapter is titled “Basic Information on Maize,” with co-authors James Birchler (University of Missouri), Stephen L. Goldman (University of Toledo), and Qiong Zhang (University of South Florida).
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Chelsea Schelly (SS) has published the following papers: Schelly, C. “Implementing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in a Two State Comparison.” Energy Policy. Article in press; Corrected proof available online.
Schelly, C., and Price, J. (2014). “Utilizing GIS to Examine the Relationship Between State Renewable Portfolio Standards and the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies.” ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3(1), 1-17.
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Professor Nancy Langston (SS) produced a webinar to help educate the public about new recommendations for mining in the Lake Superior Basin, issued by the Lake Superior Binational Forum, of which she is a US member.
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Mining Recommendations Webinar with Nancy Langston
Dr. Nancy Langston explains the Lake Superior Binational Forum’s recommendations for responsible mining in the Lake Superior basin in this webinar produced in December 2013.
Watch the video from the Lake Superior Binational Forum.
Responsible Mining Recommendations from the Lake Superior Binational Forum
For two years, the Lake Superior Binational Forum has been examining all aspects of mining operations in the Lake Superior basin to see how mining affects water and land resources and whether mine operations can be responsibly conducted to minimize impacts.
Read more at the Lake Superior Binational Forum.
Sawyer Newman, a 2013 alumna in anthropology, has published a brief summary of her senior thesis in The Chronicle, the quarterly magazine of the Historical Society of Michigan. Her thesis was a study of the Copper Country’s Chinese community.
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Assistant Professor Chelsea Schelly (SS) was interviewed by Dutch newspaper Weekendavisen about the social implications of 3D printing.
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Adam Wellstead (SS) has published “Beyond the black box: Forest sector vulnerability assessments and adaptation to climate change in North America” in the journal Environmental Science and Policy Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Professor Barry Solomon (SS) has published a new book, “Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean,” New York: Springer, 2013.
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Professor Barry Solomon (SS) along with Tapio Litmanen and Mika Kari (University of Jyväskylä) have published a paper, “The Utmost Ends of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Finnish Perceptions of the Risks of Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Management,” in Journal of Risk Research.
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Emma S. Norman (SS and GLRC) just published the co-edited volume, Water without Borders? Canada, the United States and Shared Waters through University of Toronto Press.
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Adam Wellstead (SS) has published “The neglect of governance in forest sector vulnerability assessments: structural-functionalism and ‘black box’ problems in climate change adaptation planning,” in Ecology and Society 18(3): 23 (2013).http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art23/
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