Monthly Archives: April 2010

Environmental Justice — “yearling” journal

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Environmental Justice is offering free full text access until May 15th, of their special issue in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Environmental Justice

MaryAnn Liebert is the publisher. This is Vol. 2, issue 4:

What Did Environmental Justice Look Like in 1970?
Author: M. Egan

Remembering April 22, 1970
Author: L. Mighetto

Reflections on Earth Day
Author: D.N. Pellow

Reflections on Earth Day 1970 and Beyond
Author: P.C. Rosier

The Environment versus the Poor: Personal Reflections on Earth Day 1970
Author: K. Shrader-Frechette

Earth Day at 40
Author: P. Wapner

A Reflection on Earth Day Celebrations: What Exactly Are We Celebrating?
Author: L.W. Da

Birth of a Sustainable Nation, The Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Movements in the United States
Author: S. Hood Washington

GreenFILE — free database from EBSCO

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“EBSCO’s GreenFILE is a free database offering access to research-related information on human impacts to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general interest titles include content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local /national governments and what can be done on each level to minimize the negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling. Articles are retrieved from 600 titles with nearly 300,000 articles, including full-text access from more than 4,600 open access titles. The same general search of terms and concepts related to green or sustainable buildings (including libraries), architecture, design, etc., provides nearly 3,900 records from academic journals, magazines, books/monographs, book reviews, reports, and government documents.”

Online, Mar/Apr 2010, p. 23 or http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?index=8&did=1980426771&SrchMode=3&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1272476313&clientId=17210&aid=1
Libraries Taking the ‘LEED’: GREEN LIBRARIES LEADING IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Frederick Stoss. Online. Medford: Mar/Apr 2010. Vol. 34, Iss. 2; pg. 20, 8 pgs

Green Energy Portal from the DOE

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To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has opened the Green Energy Portal. It offers to all — scientists, students and the public — quick access to research and development in the area of renewable energy. There are thousands of full-text documents.

"The DOE Green Energy portal is part of the DOE Open Government Plan, which furthers the Administration’s Open Government Initiative. DOE Green Energy contains both current and historical research, including bibliographic citations, technical reports and patent information on different types of renewable energy resources and energy conservation. Subject areas include but are not limited to solar, wind, bioenergy, hydroelectric, geothermal, tidal and wave power, and energy storage."

Source: Email from Tim Byrne at OSTI byrnet@osti.gov

This is most likely a just a short cut, but I trust that most all of these documents and their indexing is available via NTIS, NTRL, Science.gov and/or the DOE’s Information Bridge.

Green Chemistry & Techology funding from EPA & NSF

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EPA’s Office of Research and Development is currently requesting proposals for Phase I SBIR funding. Green chemistry technologies may be submitted under "Innovation in Manufacturing" or other topics, as appropriate. EPA will accept proposals from March 25 to May 11, 2010. Information is available at www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/

In addition, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be accepting proposals for SBIR funding for Environ-mental Technologies. NSF will accept proposals from May 9 to June 9, 2010. Information is available at www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/

A notice from the EPA’s Green Chemistry Program