Driven by community-based organizations and supported by a growing body of literature, the environmental justice movement contends that poor and minority populations are burdened with more than their share of toxic waste, pesticide runoff, and other hazardous byproducts of our modern economic life.
Rejecting the assumption that housing and cities are separate from nature, David Clapham advances a new research framework that integrates housing with the rest of the natural world.
The primary human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere are the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) to generate electricity, the provision of energy for transportation, and as a consequence of some industrial processes.
Tetrachloroethylene is a volatile, chlorinated organic hydrocarbon that is widely used as a solvent in the dry-cleaning and textile-processing industries and as an agent for degreasing metal parts.
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs.
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs.
In the past decade, officials responsible for clean-up of contaminated groundwater have increasingly turned to natural attenuation-essentially allowing naturally occurring processes to reduce the toxic potential of contaminants-versus engineered solutions.
The accuracy of chemical oceanographic measurements depends on calibration against reference materials to ensure comparability over time and among laboratories.
Hitzeperioden, Unwetter, neue Krankheitserreger und Allergene sind deutliche Signale des um sich greifenden Klimawandels; Ärztinnen und Ärzte bekommen u.
President Carter's 1980 declaration of a state of emergency at Love Canal, New York, recognized that residents' health had been affected by nearby chemical waste sites.
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, "e;negative emissions technologies"e; (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change.
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs.
The United States Navy has been concerned for some time with protecting its military and civilian personnel from reproductive and developmental hazards in the workplace.
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end.
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d' Alene River Basin has been known as "e;The Silver Valley"e; for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States.
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d' Alene River Basin has been known as "e;The Silver Valley"e; for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States.
The Water Science and Technology Board has released the first report of the Committee on PublicWater Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, which is studying water quality issuesassociated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers.
Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth's crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed.
The Water Science and Technology Board has released the first report of the Committee on PublicWater Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, which is studying water quality issuesassociated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers.
National interests in greater energy independence, concurrent with favorable market forces, have driven increased production of corn-based ethanol in the United States and research into the next generation of biofuels.
Rejecting the assumption that housing and cities are separate from nature, David Clapham advances a new research framework that integrates housing with the rest of the natural world.
Microfibers, synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon, are emerging contaminants widely distributed in air, water, and soil, posing significant ecological risks.
This book opens up a critical dimension of energy transition taking in account multidimensional challenges on economic, social and environmental fields.
This book questions the use of salvage law as legal regulatory framework for the remuneration of environmental services in salvage operations, proposing that such services should be based on direct contracting between commercial salvors and coastal States.
Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight inGone.
This book is devoted to strengthening the theoretical and methodological basis, systematization of international experience, and scientific elaboration of prospects for developing a climate-smart economy and business as a vector of the sustainable development of Industry 4.
