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- what about the future? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Pollution: from protest to good governance? -- Introduction -- Pressure … for pollution control -- Pollution problems -- The case of heavy metals -- Air pollution in China - a comparison with the … West -- Blue skies and red alerts in Beijing -- The anti-pollution campaigners -- The elite campaigners -- The 'official …
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Singapore had, by the 1980s, emerged as one of the world's great oil refining and trading centres, with the "East of Suez" region within its sphere of influence. The city-state's policy-making went against the grain in much of its practice of economic development. It ensured that energy products...
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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Framework -- 2 Sustainable Development in Taiwan and China -- 3 Sustainable Development Programs and Experiments -- 4 Directions for Future Study -- Conclusion --...
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Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970's, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security.?From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by...
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Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Property Rights and Sustainable Development - Terry L. Anderson -- 1. The Skeptical Environmentalist - Bjørn Lomborg -- 2. Economic Growth, Technological Change, and...
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pollution prevention strategies into the overall business plan. It is a company's responsibility to protect and control its … management of waste and pollution, and a company that fails to do so will ultimately inflict a negative impact on its bottom line …Front Cover -- Responsible Care: A New Strategy for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction through Environmental …
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Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- 1. Deconstructing the Trade and Environment Conflict: A Pluralistic Perspective -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TRADE-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS -- 1.3...
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The objective of this Handbook is to describe the basic synthesis route(s) for the manufacture of 687 pesticides … Intermediates: This Appendix lists all pesticides, the synthesis of which uses a given raw material or intermediate. IV. Synthesis … of pesticides in that category, whose synthesis is described. …
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Increasing concerns over the effects of climate change have heightened the importance of accelerating investments in green growth. The International Energy Agency, for example, estimates that to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2050, global investments in the energy sector alone...
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Consumption as a Problem for Environmental Science -- 2 Toward a Working Definition of Consumption for Environmental Research and Policy -- 3 Tracking the Flows of Energy and Materials -- 4 Examining the Driving Forces -- 5 Strategies for Setting Research...
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