http://markey.house.gov/sites/markey.house.gov/files/documents/Markey%20Grid%20Report_05.21.13.pdf
Report authored by two Democratic Congressmen on the cyber threat to the U.S. electrical grid. Calls for the government to create an entity with authority to protect the grid against cyber attack or geomagnetic storms. From the U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.eia.gov/countries/analysisbriefs/East_Africa/eeae.pdf
Describes efforts to search for and develop energy resources in Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Uganda. From the Energy Information Administration
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44223_Carbon_0.pdf
This study examines how a carbon tax, combined with alternative uses of the revenues–such as reducing budget deficits, decreasing existing marginal tax rates, or offsetting the costs that a carbon tax would impose on certain people—might affect the economy and the environment. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/pdfs/2013_potentiallypollutingwrecks.pdf
Warns of the danger to coastal and marine resources from 36 sunken ships across the U.S. seafloor that could leak fuel oil or oil cargo. The most comprehensive assessment to date of the potential for oil pollution from shipwrecks in U.S. waters. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New proposed regulations for public comment on hydraulic fracturing which would require wider disclosure of chemicals used in drilling and greater assurances against toxic fluids leaking into groundwater. From the Bureau of Land Management of the U.S. Interior Department
http://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/analysis/pdf/stateanalysis.pdf
Presents a basic analysis of the factors that contribute to a state’s carbon dioxide profile. Over the decade, emissions rose in 18 states and fell in 32 states. From the Energy Information Administration
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41912.pdf
Discusses World Bank plans to emphasize access to energy, especially electricity, as central to development strategies in less developed countries. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/
Latest in an annual series. To be released in stages through May 2013. Cover energy production, consumption, technology, and market trends. From the Energy Information Administration