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Coal Power Plant Database Now Available from DOE

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“The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released its 2007 Coal Power Plant Database, a new, updated version which contains the most current and comprehensive collection of coal-fired power plant data in the United States. The database consolidates large quantities of information on the nation’s existing coal-fired power plants in a single location. It covers 191 fields and provides information on more than 1,700 boilers and associated units. Emissions, generation, location, and firing data for all U.S. coal-power plants are located in the database, which supports DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and NETL project management and analysis studies.”

    NETL’s 2007 Coal Power Plant DataBase – including data from EIA-767 database: Plant generation, average water withdrawal and consumption, cooling water source, type of cooling water system, type of boiler, & type of FGD system.

  • Excel Database [8.6MB] (rt-click and save file locally; must have MS Access to run)
  • Excel Database Pivot Table [20.8MB] (rt-click and save file locally; must have MS Excel to run)
  • Access Database [24MB] (rt-click and save file locally; must have MS Access to run)
  • User’s Manual [PDF-764KB]

Declassified Histories of U.S. Nuclear War Plans Posted Online

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National Security Archive: “The first comprehensive U.S. nuclear war plan, produced in 1960, was controversial within the U.S. government because top commanders and White House scientists objected to its massive destructiveness—the “high level of damage and population casualties”—according to newly declassified histories published today by the National Security Archive. The war plan also appalled Secretary… Continue Reading

University of Michigan Library – Guide to Elections 2008

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Documents Center, University Library, University of Michigan, Guide to Elections 2008. Choose this web guide as your basis for any aspect of election related research. It is comprehensive, current, and presents a wide spectrum of state and federal resources, as well as annotated links to free and fee-based publications, subscription services, and online guides maintainted… Continue Reading

Strategic Petroleum Reserve 2006 Annual Report

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“The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. Established in the aftermath of the 1973-74 oil embargo, the SPR provides the President with a powerful response option should a disruption in commercial oil supplies threaten the U.S. economy. It also allows the United States to meet… Continue Reading

NEA Report: – To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence

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National Endowment for the Arts Report: To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence: “This report is a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers, and adults in the United States. To Read or Not To Read assembled data on reading trends from more than 40 sources, including federal… Continue Reading