Reports
Climate Change
U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2005. Global Change Program Office, Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin No. 1921. 159 pp. August, 2008.
The Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biobiversity
Renewable Energy
Biomass Supply From Corn Residues: Estimates and Critical Review of Procedures
Paul W. Gallagher,
Department of Economics and
Iowa State University,
Harry Baumes
Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses,
Office of the Chief Economist, USDA
Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation
Developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Christine Andresen, Christina Demuth, Austin Lange, Paul Stoick, Rudy Pruszko, September 2012
Occupational and Workforce Characteristics of Green Jobs, A Task-Based Approach to Defiing Green Jobs, David Peters and liesl Eathington, Iowa State University, June 25, 2012
Biobased Economony Indicators: A Report to the U.S. Congress, Prepared jointly by the Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses (OEPNU), USDA and the Center for Industrial Research and Service of Iowa State University.Content
Development of a Purchasing Managers’ Index for Biobased Products, Liesl Eathington and Dave Swenson
An Exploration of Green Job Policies, Theoretical Underpinnings, Measurement Approaches, and Job Growth Expectations, David J. Peters, Liesl Eathington, and David Swenson
Energy Life-Cycle Assessment of Soybean Biodiesel Revisited, A. Pradhan, D.S. Shrestha, A. McAloon, W. Yee, M. Haas, J.A. Duffield
Renewable Power Opportunities for Rural Communities
Solar Energy Use in U.S. Agriculture, Overview and Policy Issues, Irene M. Xiarchos and Brian Vick
2008 Energy Balance for the Corn-Ethanol Industry, H. Shapouri,Paul W. Gallagher, Ward Nefstead, Rosalie Schwartz, Stacey Noe, and Roger Conway.
Energy Life-Cycle Assessment of Soybean Biodiesel, A. Pradhan, D.S. Shrestha, A. McAloon, W. Yee, M. Haas, J.A. Duffield, H. Shapouri. 2009.
Ethanol Policy: Past, Present, and Future, James A. Duffield, Irene M. Xiarchos, Steve A. Halbrook. South Dakota Law Review, The University of South Dakota, p. 425-456. Volume 53, 2008.
New Techonolgies in Ethanol Production, C. Matthew Rendleman, Hosein Shapouri. 2007.
U.S. Biobased Products Market Potential and Projections Through 2025, 2008
Farm-Based Anaerobic Digesters as an Energy and Odor Control Technology, Background and Policy Issues William F. Lazarus. March 2008.
The Economic Feasibility of Ethanol Production from Sugar in the United States, 2006
Risk Assessment
Nano Risk Analysis: Advancing the Science for Nanomaterials Risk Management, Jo Anne Shatkin; Linda Carolyn Abbott; Ann E. Bradley, Richard Alan Canady; Tee Guidotti; Kristin Kulinowksi; Ragnar Löfstedt; Garrick Lewis; Margaret MacDonell; Andrew D. Maynard; Greg Paoli; Lorraine Sheremeta; Nigel Walker; Ronald White; and Richard Williams. 2010. Risk Analysis 30(11): 1680-1687
Analyzing the power and error of Listeria monocytogenes growth challenge studies, Powell, M.R., Int. J. Food Microbiol. (2009) doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.09.019.
Analyzing BSE surveillance in low perv ence countries. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 83(3-4): 337-346. Reprints available from Mark Powell. Powell, M., A. Scott, E. Ebel. 2008.
Risk Assessment for Invasive Plant Species, Mark Powell. 2004. Weed Technology. 18: 1305-1308.
Weather and Climate
Towards a Compendium on National Drought Policy Proceedings of an Expert Meeting, July 14-15, 2011 - Washington, DC, USA