Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 2001-09-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309062438
Information technology is a powerful tool for meeting environmental objectives and promoting sustainable development. This collection of papers by leaders in industry, government, and academia explores how information technology can improve environmental performance by individual firms, collaborations among firms, and collaborations among firms, government agencies, and academia. Information systems can also be used by nonprofit organizations and the government to inform the public about broad environmental issues and environmental conditions in their neighborhoods. Several papers address the challenges to information management posed by the explosive increase in information and knowledge about environmental issues and potential solutions, including determining what information is environmentally relevant and how it can be used in decision making. In addition, case studies are described and show how industry is using information systems to ensure sustainable development and meet environmental standards. The book also includes examples from the public sector showing how governments use information knowledge systems to disseminate "best practices" beyond big firms to small businesses, and from the world of the Internet showing how knowledge is shared among environmental advocates and the general public.
Author : Robert D. Bullard
Publisher : Avalon Publishing - (Westview Press)
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813344271
To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link environmentalism with issues of social justice. In the third edition, Bullard speaks to us from the front lines of the environmental justice movement about new developments in environmental racism, different organizing strategies, and success stories in the struggle for environmental equity.
Author : Norman J. Vig
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1506383475
Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s environmental politics. The Tenth Edition examines how policy has changed within federal institutions and state and local governments, as well as how environmental governance affects private sector policies and practices. The book provides in-depth examinations of public policy dilemmas including fracking, food production, urban sustainability, and the viability of using market solutions to address policy challenges. Students will also develop a deeper understanding of global issues such as climate change governance, the implications of the Paris Agreement, and the role of environmental policy in the developing world. Students walk away with a measured yet hopeful evaluation of the future challenges policymakers will confront as the American environmental movement continues to affect the political process.
Author : Gwen Ottinger
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 026201579X
Case studies exploring how experts' encounters with environmental justice are changing technical and scientific practice.
Author : Suzanne H. Reuben
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1437934218
Though overall cancer incidence and mortality have continued to decline in recent years, cancer continues to devastate the lives of far too many Americans. In 2009 alone, 1.5 million American men, women, and children were diagnosed with cancer, and 562,000 died from the disease. There is a growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to cancer. The Pres. Cancer Panel dedicated its 2008¿2009 activities to examining the impact of environmental factors on cancer risk. The Panel considered industrial, occupational, and agricultural exposures as well as exposures related to medical practice, military activities, modern lifestyles, and natural sources. This report presents the Panel¿s recommend. to mitigate or eliminate these barriers. Illus.
Author : Paul Portney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136524797
The first edition of Public Policies for Environmental Protection contributed significantly to the incorporation of economic analysis in the study of environmental policy. Fully revised to account for changes in the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework of environmental policy, the second edition features updated chapters on the EPA and federal regulation, air and water pollution policy, and hazardous and toxic substances. It includes entirely new chapters on market-based environmental policies, global climate change, solid waste, and, for the first time, coverage of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Portney, Stavins, and their contributors provide an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, and journalists---anyone who needs up-to-date information on U.S. environmental policy. With their careful explanation of policy alternatives, the authors provide an ideal book for students in courses about environmental economics or environmental politics.
Author : Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Cumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment)
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Toluene
ISBN :
Author : Michael S. Bank
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520951395
Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread, well documented, and continue to pose a public health concern in both developed and developing countries. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly to include the fields of biogeochemistry, economics, sociology, public health, decision sciences, physics, global change, and mathematics. Only recently have scientists begun to establish a holistic approach to studying mercury pollution that integrates chemistry, biology, and human health sciences. Mercury in the Environment follows the process of mercury cycling through the atmosphere, through terrestrial and aquatic food webs, and through human populations to develop a comprehensive perspective on this important environmental problem. This timely reference also provides recommendations on mercury remediation, risk communication, education, and monitoring.
