Barry D Solomon
Biographic Data
| ID | 284272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry D Solomon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry D |
| FAMILY NAME | Solomon |
| SIGNATURE | SOLOMON B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4961-3775 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Global disparities in renewable energy development: Where they exist and why
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Do Voluntary Goals vs. Mandatory Standards Make a Difference
This research investigates whether an obligation to meet a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) target in U.S. states affects the policy effectiveness, which is defined as the RPS-related renewable electricity capacity additions. A voluntary RPS target can serve as a political device for signaling commitment to certain goals, though there is no penalty if the goal is not met. Alternatively, mandatory RPS targets have varying stringency and uneven e…
Deciphering support for woody biomass production for electric power using an ecosystem service framework
Shooting for Perfection: Hawaii’s Goal of 100% Renewable Energy Use
In the United States, 29 states, Washington, D.C. and three territories have adopted a mandatory Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for their electric power systems, while eight states and one territory have set renewable energy goals. Many foreign nations have adopted an RPS as well. Thus far, almost all RPSs across the United States have met their interim goals with targets and timetables that vary widely. Hawaii’s RPS is the most ambitious, wi…
From Kyoto to Paris: Measuring renewable energy policy regimes in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States
A historical analysis of US climate change policy in the Pan-American context
Handbook on the Geographies of Energy
This extensive Handbook captures a range of expertise and perspectives on the changing geographies and landscapes of energy production, distribution, and use. Combining established and emerging scholarship from across disciplines, the expert contributions provide a broad overview of research frontiers for the changing geographies of energy worldwide. Interdisciplinary in nature and broad in scope, it serves to answer a range of questions and prov…
Is there a Nordic model of final disposal of spent nuclear fuel? Governance insights from Finland and Sweden
The utmost ends of the nuclear fuel cycle: Finnish perceptions of the risks of uranium mining and nuclear waste management
There has been substantial social scientific research to determine how people perceive the risks of nuclear power, wastes, and waste management, but not much attention has been given to risk perceptions of other types of nuclear activities. Knowledge about attitudes towards uranium mining and exploitation is increasing, and more attention should be paid to how people perceive the risks of both ends of the nuclear fuel cycle. Therefore, the aim of…
The coming sustainable energy transition: History, strategies, and outlook
Grantocracy: Conservation grant-making and the territorialization of neoliberalism in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula
Integrity of the Emerging Global Markets in Greenhouse Gases
This article considers the integrity of the emerging emissions allowance markets for greenhouse gases (GHG) under the international emissions trading system created by the Kyoto Protocol and the parallel European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. In particular, we suggest that accepted definitions of emissions baselines, initial allocation of emission credits, verification of “additionality” for GHG reduction beyond what would have occurred without…
Valuing climate protection through willingness to pay for biomass ethanol
High‐level radioactive waste management in the USA
High-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal policy in the USA since 1987 has focused on a site in volcanic tuffs 305 meters beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with current plans calling for the repository to be opened in 2017 subject to approval by the Obama Administration. Yet the offsite radiation release standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency are still being finalized, and there is significant doubt over whether a repository at Yucca…
Upper Midwestern USA Ethanol Potential from Cellulosic Materials
There is substantial interest in alternative fuels and vehicles for the transportation sector. One readily available alternative is grain ethanol with U.S. production largely based on corn. Since this supply-constrained crop has significant environmental costs, shifting toward ethanol based on cellulosic materials may be beneficial. We assess the technical potential for cellulosic ethanol using the upper Midwest states of Minnesota, Michigan, and…
Economic valuation of environmental services sustained by water flows in the Yaqui River Delta
The ecological and consumption themes of the films of Hayao Miyazaki
The Florida manatee and eco-tourism: Toward a safe minimum standard
Power to the People: Electric Utility Restructuring and the Commitment to Renewable Energy
With electric generation responsible for 41 percent of U.S anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use, development of clean energy sources is essential if the United States is to reduce release of greenhouse gases and slow global warming. Many proponents of sustainable energy anticipate that electric generation from renewable sources would thrive in a deregulated market, driven by consumer demand for “green” energy and the end o…
Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming
The Origins and Practice of Emissions Trading
An important development in the field of environmental policy has been the growing acceptance and use of emissions trading as a cost-effective means to meet and maintain environmental quality standards. In the first half of the twentieth century, emissions trading programs not only would have been seen as unnecessary; they would have been inconceivable. The legal, bureaucratic, and technological infrastructure necessary to support such systems si…
New directions in emissions trading: The potential contribution of new institutional economics
Public support for endangered species recovery: An exploratory study of the Kirtland's Warbler
This study examines public awareness, attitudes, and support for recovery of the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (KW). This bird species breeds only in Michigan in a fairly well‐defined area of jack pines. The recovery program focuses on expansion of habitat and control of cowbirds, which parasitize nests. Despite a 40‐year effort, the KW did not begin to recover until the 1990s when sufficient habitat finally became available. Local public sentime…
Point-nonpoint effluent trading in watersheds: A review and critique
International reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions
Power to the People: Electric Utility Restructuring and the Commitment to Renewable Energy
With electric generation responsible for 41 percent of U.S anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use, development of clean energy sources is essential if the United States is to reduce release of greenhouse gases and slow global warming. Many proponents of sustainable energy anticipate that electric generation from renewable sources would thrive in a deregulated market, driven by consumer demand for “green” energy and the end o…
The Origins and Practice of Emissions Trading
An important development in the field of environmental policy has been the growing acceptance and use of emissions trading as a cost-effective means to meet and maintain environmental quality standards. In the first half of the twentieth century, emissions trading programs not only would have been seen as unnecessary; they would have been inconceivable. The legal, bureaucratic, and technological infrastructure necessary to support such systems si…
The ecological and consumption themes of the films of Hayao Miyazaki
Is there a Nordic model of final disposal of spent nuclear fuel? Governance insights from Finland and Sweden
From Kyoto to Paris: Measuring renewable energy policy regimes in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States
A historical analysis of US climate change policy in the Pan-American context
Grantocracy: Conservation grant-making and the territorialization of neoliberalism in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula
Radioactive waste management policies in seven industrialized democracies∗
Geographical Dimensions of Energy
Delineating Coal Market Regions
This study addresses the delineation of US coal market regions and their evolution since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Dichotomizing into compliance (low sulfur) and high sulfur coal deliveries, market regions are generated for 1973, 1977, and 1983. Focus is restricted to steam coal shipments to electric utilities, which currently account for over 80% of the total domestic market. A two-stage method is used. First, cluster analyses are performed on …
Farmland protection: A case of quality not quantity
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Do Voluntary Goals vs. Mandatory Standards Make a Difference
This research investigates whether an obligation to meet a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) target in U.S. states affects the policy effectiveness, which is defined as the RPS-related renewable electricity capacity additions. A voluntary RPS target can serve as a political device for signaling commitment to certain goals, though there is no penalty if the goal is not met. Alternatively, mandatory RPS targets have varying stringency and uneven e…
The utmost ends of the nuclear fuel cycle: Finnish perceptions of the risks of uranium mining and nuclear waste management
There has been substantial social scientific research to determine how people perceive the risks of nuclear power, wastes, and waste management, but not much attention has been given to risk perceptions of other types of nuclear activities. Knowledge about attitudes towards uranium mining and exploitation is increasing, and more attention should be paid to how people perceive the risks of both ends of the nuclear fuel cycle. Therefore, the aim of…
Integrity of the Emerging Global Markets in Greenhouse Gases
This article considers the integrity of the emerging emissions allowance markets for greenhouse gases (GHG) under the international emissions trading system created by the Kyoto Protocol and the parallel European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. In particular, we suggest that accepted definitions of emissions baselines, initial allocation of emission credits, verification of “additionality” for GHG reduction beyond what would have occurred without…
International reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions
Protecting farmlands
A Coal Industry Distribution Planning Model under Environmental Constraints
A multiperiod mixed integer linear programming model is proposed as a guide to the expansion of the production and interregional distribution of United States coal. A generalized network approach is utilized to incorporate public and private interest group perspectives into the planning framework. The model should serve as an indicator of the possible performance of the industry, a guide to the impact of legislation, and as an outline for a progr…
A Coal Industry Distribution Planning Model under Environmental Constraints
A multiperiod mixed integer linear programming model is proposed as a guide to the expansion of the production and interregional distribution of United States coal. A generalized network approach is utilized to incorporate public and private interest group perspectives into the planning framework. The model should serve as an indicator of the possible performance of the industry, a guide to the impact of legislation, and as an outline for a progr…
Farmland protection: A case of quality not quantity
Geographical Dimensions of Energy
Regional Econometric Models for Environmental Impact Assessment
Protecting farmlands
State of the world 1985 a worldwatch institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Geographical Dimensions of Energy
Delineating Coal Market Regions
This study addresses the delineation of US coal market regions and their evolution since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Dichotomizing into compliance (low sulfur) and high sulfur coal deliveries, market regions are generated for 1973, 1977, and 1983. Focus is restricted to steam coal shipments to electric utilities, which currently account for over 80% of the total domestic market. A two-stage method is used. First, cluster analyses are performed on …
Paradoxes of western energy development
Energy and land use
Radioactive waste management policies in seven industrialized democracies∗
Nuclear power: Siting and safety
Land use and nuclear power: An introduction
International reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions
Public support for endangered species recovery: An exploratory study of the Kirtland's Warbler
This study examines public awareness, attitudes, and support for recovery of the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (KW). This bird species breeds only in Michigan in a fairly well‐defined area of jack pines. The recovery program focuses on expansion of habitat and control of cowbirds, which parasitize nests. Despite a 40‐year effort, the KW did not begin to recover until the 1990s when sufficient habitat finally became available. Local public sentime…
Point-nonpoint effluent trading in watersheds: A review and critique
New directions in emissions trading: The potential contribution of new institutional economics
The Origins and Practice of Emissions Trading
An important development in the field of environmental policy has been the growing acceptance and use of emissions trading as a cost-effective means to meet and maintain environmental quality standards. In the first half of the twentieth century, emissions trading programs not only would have been seen as unnecessary; they would have been inconceivable. The legal, bureaucratic, and technological infrastructure necessary to support such systems si…
Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming
The Florida manatee and eco-tourism: Toward a safe minimum standard
Power to the People: Electric Utility Restructuring and the Commitment to Renewable Energy
With electric generation responsible for 41 percent of U.S anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use, development of clean energy sources is essential if the United States is to reduce release of greenhouse gases and slow global warming. Many proponents of sustainable energy anticipate that electric generation from renewable sources would thrive in a deregulated market, driven by consumer demand for “green” energy and the end o…
The ecological and consumption themes of the films of Hayao Miyazaki
Economic valuation of environmental services sustained by water flows in the Yaqui River Delta
Valuing climate protection through willingness to pay for biomass ethanol
High‐level radioactive waste management in the USA
High-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal policy in the USA since 1987 has focused on a site in volcanic tuffs 305 meters beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with current plans calling for the repository to be opened in 2017 subject to approval by the Obama Administration. Yet the offsite radiation release standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency are still being finalized, and there is significant doubt over whether a repository at Yucca…
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