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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conductive pitch‐based porous carbon materials were synthesized and systematically investigated as high‐performance electrode materials for supercapacitors. Petroleum‐derived pitch was thermally treated and chemically activated using KOH and NaOH at different pitch: activating agent molar ratio (1:1, 1:2, and 1:4) to optimize the pore ...
Sang Wan Seo +3 more
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Assessing the Risk of Oil Spills in the Mediterranean: the Case of the Route from the Black Sea to Italy [PDF]
Recent major spills on European coasts have highlighted the primary policy relevance for the EU of oil spills. This paper assesses the risks related to carrying oil to the EU along the route from the Russian Black Sea coast to Sicily, Italy (one of the ...
Andrea Bigano, Paul Sheehan
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Greater New Orleans Foundation 2009 Annual Report [PDF]
, 2010 Contains mission statement; donor and grantee profiles; program information; timeline of GNOF's response to the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill; fund information; lists of donors, funds, and advisors; financial summary; and lists of board members and ...
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu +3 more
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VOS-net: real-time oil spill detection in uav videos via lightweight adapter tuning
International Journal of Digital EarthDeep learning has attracted increasing attention for oil spill detection, and the rapid detection of oil spill areas can significantly reduce economic losses and environmental damage.
Zhenqi Liu +6 more
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Insurance and Financial Hedging of Oil Pollution Risks [PDF]
The current international regime that regulates maritime oil transport calls for financial contributions by oil firms once an oil spill has occurred. Their percentage contribution to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund depends only on their
André Schmitt, Sandrine Spaeter
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Degradation of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil [PDF]
, 2011 Chemical oil dispersants are proprietary mixtures of surfactants and solvents which are directly applied to a spill in order to reduce the natural attractive forces of the oil. When oil treated with dispersants is exposed to mixing energy, typically from
Lee, Kenneth
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment [PDF]
, 2010 Presents survey results on Californians' views of the federal Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, offshore drilling, the effects of global warming, the impact of emissions regulation on the economy, and other energy and environmental policy ...
Dean Bonner +3 more
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