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radioactive materials (TENORM) and/or NORM waste from oil and gas operations to evaluate which states have developed the most … protective practices when regulating NORM and TENORM waste from unconventional oil and gas operations to reduce adverse … and health measures in states where inadequacies could potentially harm humans, animals, and the environment …
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The present affluence in the industrial world is the result of a long process starting 300 years ago with the invention of the steam engine and the gradual replacement of fire-wood by coal. Together with the later combustion engine the steam engine now sup-plies 80 percent of the power...
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The only significant road pricing scheme in the UK is that introduced by Ken Livingstone in London. But the technology now exists to develop a nationwide scheme of road user charging, with prices to road users varying with the level of congestion in a given area at a given time. The only...
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For a very long time, the areas available for continuous long-distance trade were limited to territories the size of Braudel's Mediterranée (1949). Whatever the commercial organizations (merchants in the Roman or the Fatimid Empires, the Hanseatic League, the Florentine Companies), their trade...
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A recent literature explores the nature and causes of the collapse in international trade during 2008 and 2009. The decline was particularly great for automobiles and industrial supplies; it occurred largely along the intensive margin; quantities fell by more than prices; and prices fell less...
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Energy consumption is critical to economic growth and quality of life. America's energy system, however, is malfunctioning. The status quo is characterized by a tilted playing field, where energy choices are based on the visible costs that appear on utility bills and at gas pumps. This system...
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This paper explores the extent to which emissions limits on stack concentrations under the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal power stations in the European Union. We take advantage of the discontinuities in regulation status to show...
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