"Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclearmissile begets one in return; where the choreography of the world's end requires massive decisions made on seconds-notice, with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have. Annie Jacobsen's...

Many potential entrepreneurs in Scranton, Pennsylvania do not have access to conventional banking services and their financial needs are not being met by traditional financial institutions (J. Frank, September 6, 2013). They often have "Subprime credit scores with thin or nonexistent credit files. In the eyes of traditional credit reporting agencies, they basically all look the same and represent a perceived credit risk, so they are denied access...

In Vermont, noise pollution is currently assessed under multiple permitting processes that utilize different standards to evaluate impacts. This thesis explores the existing noise policies in Vermont and other states, the scientific literature on noise pollution impacts and the levels of noise that cause impacts, and obtains public input on what Vermont citizens are looking for in noise policy for protection from various types and extents of impacts....

The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a conservation program originally authorized in section 387 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. WHIP is a cost share assistance program aimed at incentivizing landowners to develop private land into protected wildlife habitat. This program has promising and positive goals, but many shortfalls and inefficiencies exist in its policies and execution. Current government regulation...

In 1979, the state of New Jersey and the federal government aligned their efforts in order to protect and enrich the natural and cultural resources of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. With the passage of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, the Pinelands National Reserve was established in combination with a governing body to manage it, namely the Pinelands Commission. Through its implementation of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan...