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Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Overview & Potential Impact to Bay Area Economy Report prepared by: Samanta Alvarez, BPC Intern under the guidance of BPC Staff UMASS Amherst Political Economy Research Institute released this 2009 study of infrastructure investment and the US economy by James Heintz, Robert Pollin, and Heidi Garrett-Peltier. Key finding: “infrastructure investment spending will create about 18,000 total jobs for every $1 billion in new investment spending, including direct, indirect, and induce jobs.” For the full report, click [.....] Continue reading How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment, Productivity and Growth Pacific Institute released a study on, “Water for Energy: Future Water Needs for Electricity in the Intermountain West.” The study evaluates water requirements for electricity generation, discusses the conflicts between water and energy in the Intermountain West, identifies the direction of future research, and provides several key recommendations. Continue reading New Study: Pacific Institute: Water for Energy The study has been published to the SPN Navigation Program website at: http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/project_programs/documents_notices.html The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center announces the publication of a new document: Bioaccumulation Models: State of the Application at Large Superfund Sites by Karl Gustavson, Trina von Stackelberg, Igor Linkov, and Todd Bridges If you wish to access/download the document (31 pages, 474 kb) in pdf format, the address [.....] Continue reading U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announces Publication of New Study David H. Schoellhamer with the U.S. Geological Survey published earlier this year a study on “Sudden Clearing of Estuarine Waters upon Crossing the Threshold from Transport to Supply Regulation of Sediment Transport as an Erodible Sediment Pool is Depleted: San Francisco Bay, 1999.” Click here to download a PDF of the report.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the August edition of Delta News, a look at Corps activities affecting the Delta including first full public draft of “Delta Plan” released by the Delta Stewardship Council . . . Download and read the PDF of the Delta_News_Issue 65. Continue reading U.S. Army Corps DELTA NEWS August 2011 What is it? Why is it a concern? Is it harming San Francisco Bay? Find out more . . . Just released is the National Economic Trends report by the St Louis Federal Reserve. Considered it a chartbook for the US economy.Overall picture is of an economy that is slowly working its way out of a very deep hole. Year to date it seems that inventory restocking and exports have been the main drivers of [.....] Continue reading Feds just released the National Economic Trends report
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