ABANDONED MINES AND MERCURY,... OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING... SERIAL NO. 111-42... COM. ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION.
Title | ABANDONED MINES AND MERCURY,... OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING... SERIAL NO. 111-42... COM. ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION. PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources |
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Release | 2010* |
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THE DEEPWATER HORIZON INCIDENT:,... OVERSIGHT HRG... SERIAL NO. 111-58... COM. ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION
Title | THE DEEPWATER HORIZON INCIDENT:,... OVERSIGHT HRG... SERIAL NO. 111-58... COM. ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION PDF eBook |
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Release | 2011* |
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THE MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE'S,... OVERSIGHT HEARING... SERIAL NO. 110-32... COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 110TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION.
Title | THE MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE'S,... OVERSIGHT HEARING... SERIAL NO. 110-32... COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 110TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION. PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources |
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Release | 2009* |
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Critical Materials Strategy
Title | Critical Materials Strategy PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Chu |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 2011-05 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1437944183 |
This report examines the role of rare earth metals and other materials in the clean energy economy. It was prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) based on data collected and research performed during 2010. In the report, DoE describes plans to: (1) develop its first integrated research agenda addressing critical materials, building on three technical workshops convened by the DoE during November and December 2010; (2) strengthen its capacity for information-gathering on this topic; and (3) work closely with international partners, including Japan and Europe, to reduce vulnerability to supply disruptions and address critical material needs. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat
Title | American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome P. Bjelopera |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 2013 |
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ISBN | 1437940234 |
This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" and "domestic" are terms that describe terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The report also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyzes post-9/11 domestic jihadist terrorism and describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Fighting for the Speakership
Title | Fighting for the Speakership PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffery A. Jenkins |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0691156441 |
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the contemporary U.S. Congress. How this came to be, and how the majority party in the House has made control of the speakership a routine matter, is far from straightforward. Fighting for the Speakership provides a comprehensive history of how Speakers have been elected in the U.S. House since 1789, arguing that the organizational politics of these elections were critical to the construction of mass political parties in America and laid the groundwork for the role they play in setting the agenda of Congress today. Jeffery Jenkins and Charles Stewart show how the speakership began as a relatively weak office, and how votes for Speaker prior to the Civil War often favored regional interests over party loyalty. While struggle, contention, and deadlock over House organization were common in the antebellum era, such instability vanished with the outbreak of war, as the majority party became an "organizational cartel" capable of controlling with certainty the selection of the Speaker and other key House officers. This organizational cartel has survived Gilded Age partisan strife, Progressive Era challenge, and conservative coalition politics to guide speakership elections through the present day. Fighting for the Speakership reveals how struggles over House organization prior to the Civil War were among the most consequential turning points in American political history.
Racism in the 21st Century
Title | Racism in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald E. Hall |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2008-08-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0387790985 |
In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation to assume that racism is no longer the pressing social concern in the United States that it once was. The contributors show that racism has not fallen from the forefront of American society, but is manifest in a different way. According to the authors in this volume, in 21st century, skin color has come to replace race as an important cause of discrimination. This is evidenced in the increasing usage of the term “people of color” to encompass people of a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. The editor has compiled a diverse group of contributors to examine racism from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions range from the science of racism, from its perceived biological basis at the end of the 19th century, to sociological studies its new forms in the 21st century. The result is a work that will be invaluable to understanding the challenges of confronting Racism in the 21st Century.