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The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

Creator:: Aljets, Paul
Abstract:: Despite a great deal of attention paid to state renewable energy potential, there has been relatively little research on specific energy policies and their effect on the generation of renewable energy. This study seeks greater understanding of the state energy policies and how they individually affect the generation of wind,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Science Brent Steel, representing Political Science Amy Below, representing Political

The Missing Link: Use of Renewable Energy Codification in U.S. Cities

Creator:: Mathur, Shivani
Abstract:: Cities of the world today house more than half the world’s population, contribute to 80 percent of the global GDP, consume approximately 70 percent of the global energy and produce 70 percent of the greenhouse gases produced worldwide (Floater et al., 2014; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014). City governments...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Steel, Director of the Master of Public Policy Graduate Program Amy Below, representing

Science, Policymaking and the Politics of Climate Change in the U.S. and the E.U.: The co-production of consensus and controversy

Creator:: Martins Marcos, Patricia
Abstract:: Climate change policies present multiple quandaries to the field of public policy and science studies. Despite the prevalent scientific consensus, approaches demonstrate great heterogeneity. With one side advocating for the facticity of climate change and a pro-active stance, while the other argues about negative economic trade-offs, viewpoints diverge. Between controversy...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Steel, Political Science Dr. Amy Below, Political Science Patrícia Martins

Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in LNG Siting in Coos Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Gaustad, Brittany V.
Abstract:: Selecting locations for large energy facilities represents a land use dilemma: The beneficiaries of such facilities often are not the ones to suffer from adverse local impacts. As a result, it is not uncommon for local opposition groups to form in response to such proposals, and although opportunities for public...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Science Dr. Amy Below, representing Political Science I understand that my thesis will

Microgrids and the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

Creator:: Ajaz, Warda
Abstract:: The last decade has seen a drastic interest in microgrids throughout the world. Even though this trend might seem to be just another technological solution in the energy sector, it is a part of a greater transition from a centralized energy system to a more decentralized one. However, unlike most...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my earnest gratitude to my committee members, Dr. Brent Steel, Dr. Hilary Boudet, Dr. Amy Below

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Creator:: MacQuarrie, Patrick R.
Abstract:: River basins provide essential services for both humans and ecosystems. Understanding the connections between ecosystems and society and their function has been at the heart of resilience studies and has become an increasing important endeavor in research and practice. In this dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ” friendship; and to Elina Lin, Paris Edwards, Amy McNally, Olivia Odom, James Duncan, and Kendra Hatcher for

Predicting the Relationships between High School Characteristics and High School Community College Enrollment Rate Using the Oregon Promise.

Creator:: Murray-Jensen, Julie
Abstract:: Background: Legislators, policy-makers, and leaders in higher education and within communities, are increasingly turning to place-based scholarships, or “promise programs”, to encourage college enrollment and address growing public concerns regarding college affordability. One such program, the Oregon Promise, was implemented across the state of Oregon in the fall of 2016....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school gender demographics, (e) high school counselor-to-student ratio, (f) high school size, and (g

Investigating Factors that Influence an Ecological Attitude- Behavior Gap among Oregonians

Creator:: Schultz, Sayard
Abstract:: This study examines the determinants of food consumption behaviors, such as purchasing less meat products, paying attention to how and where food is produced, and reducing food waste within the household. Food consumption is particularly important given that it can often comprise between 10% to 30% of the total household...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ). According to Van Lange, Joireman, Parks, and Van Dijk (2013), Social dilemmas are conflicts between

Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

Creator:: Naimoli, Stephen
Abstract:: Increasing renewable energy development is often seen as an essential tool for combating global climate change, yet despite widespread support in theory, renewable energy often faces problems at the implementation stage. In the state of Washington, where voters have expressed a desire for greater renewable energy by mandating that 15%...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

Creator:: Hansen, Jeanette
Abstract:: Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

The Missing Link: Use of Renewable Energy Codification in U.S. Cities

Science, Policymaking and the Politics of Climate Change in the U.S. and the E.U.: The co-production of consensus and controversy

Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in LNG Siting in Coos Bay, Oregon

Microgrids and the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Predicting the Relationships between High School Characteristics and High School Community College Enrollment Rate Using the Oregon Promise.

Investigating Factors that Influence an Ecological Attitude- Behavior Gap among Oregonians

Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

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