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Climate Change and the Clean Air Act [PDF]
, 2007 In Massachusetts v. EPA, petitioners - twelve states, three cities, an American territory, and numerous health and environmental groups - have asked the Supreme Court to hold that the Clean Air Act gives EPA the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
Heinzerling, Lisa
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PHYTOREMEDIATION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO ELIMINATE POLLUTION
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2011 Phytoremediation consists of a set of technologies that exploit the ability of some plants to absorb, accumulate, metabolize, volatilize or stabilize pollutants that are present in soil, air, water or sediments such as: heavy metals, radioactive metals ...
Francisco Prieto Garcia +4 more
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Malargüe Site Remediation: A Successful Solution for Uranium Mill Tailings
Yuanzineng kexue jishuComisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA) has the responsibility for restoring uranium mining facilities once the operations have finished. CNEA, within its Environmental Program and in compliance with its legal responsibilities, decides to implement a
BARARI E, DÍAZ J G, GIOMIA, KEMPF R A
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Surface activity levels of 7Be, 210Pb, 40K and other atmospheric species and teh influence of African air mass intrusions [PDF]
, 2015 The high frequency of mineral dust plumes blown across from Africa to the Iberian Peninsula significantly affects dust levels in the atmosphere. Therefore, it is of great interest to analyse and quantify the African dust loading over the region due to ...
Cabello, María +6 more
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A Survey of Residual Cancer Risks Permitted by Health, Safety and Environmental Policy [PDF]
, 1995 The authors describe permitted U.S. residual cancer risks, focusing on numerical levels specifically and implicitly authorized by statute or regulation.
Graham, John D., Sadowitz, March
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Scientific Study & Research: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Industry, 2016 The mining exploration and exploitation, especially the activity of uranium mineralization exploration and exploitation has a negative impact on the environment by the alterations of the landscape and the degradation of the environmental factors' quality.
DIANA M. BANU +3 more
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Fushe yanjiu yu fushe gongyi xuebaoDuring the normal operation of cooling towers in nuclear power plants, water vapor with a certain temperature is discharged through the outlet of the cooling tower, which mixes with the surrounding air. A portion of this vapor condenses and forms visible
ZHAO Dan +4 more
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Towards a New International Law of the Atmosphere? [PDF]
, 2016 Inclusion of the topic ‘protection of the atmosphere’ in the current work programme of the UN International Law Commission (ILC) reflects the long overdue recognition of the fact that the scope of contemporary international law for the Earth’s atmosphere
Sand, Peter H., Wiener, Jonathan B.
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Environment and Global Climate Change [PDF]
This module is intended to convey a broad understanding of the nature of climate change and its potential impacts. Students will come to understand the effects of radiation imbalance in the Arctic, fluctuations in albedo, and ecological consequences of ...
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Assessment of mining activities with respect to the environmental protection [PDF]
, 2017 This paper deals with the impact of mining on the environment. Coal mining is still among the most widespread and most intense mining activity, which disturbs the landscape around us bringing regional environmental, economic and aesthetic problems ...
Dirner, Vojtech +3 more
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