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Fifty Years at the US Environmental Protection Agency

Author : A. James Barnes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538147130
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Fifty Years at the US Environmental Protection Agency by : A. James Barnes

Download or read book Fifty Years at the US Environmental Protection Agency written by A. James Barnes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, this book brings together leading scholars and EPA veterans to provide a comprehensive assessment of the agency’s key decisions and actions in the various areas of its responsibility. Themes across all chapters include the role of rulemaking, negotiation/compromise, partisan polarization, judicial impacts, relations with the White House and Congress, public opinion, interest group pressures, environmental enforcement, environmental justice, risk assessment, and interagency conflict. As no other book on the market currently discusses EPA with this focus or scope, the authors have set out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the agency’s rich 50-year history for academics, students, professional, and the environmental community.

The Environment Agency

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215028767
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Environment Agency by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Download or read book The Environment Agency written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With correction slip dated May 2006.

Environment Agency

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102932973
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (329 download)

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Book Synopsis Environment Agency by : Great Britain: National Audit Office

Download or read book Environment Agency written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Environment Agency spends about £114 million a year on water resources management in England and Wales, in order to ensure sufficient water is available to meet the needs of people and the environment, through network monitoring and by regulation using a system of water abstraction licences. This NAO report examines the scope for greater efficiency in the Agency's management of water resources across England. Findings include that, in general, the Agency provides a well-managed and professional service, but there is scope to improve efficiency and realise net savings of £450,000 a year, with a further potential saving of between £1 million to £2 million as a result of internal cost reallocation. Areas for improvements include cost allocation methods used in monitoring sites used jointly for water resource management and flood defence functions; the development of the monitoring network; and greater consistency in regional charges for the Operations Delivery Workforce.

Environment Agency

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215037770
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (377 download)

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Book Synopsis Environment Agency by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts

Download or read book Environment Agency written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (HC 528 2006-07) the Committee examined how well the Environment Agency carries out its role to protect people and properties from the risk of flooding and whether it adequately monitors and maintains the standards of existing flood defence systems. They concluded that the Agency was unable to show its maintenance teams were deployed efficiently or that they focused their resources on high risk flood defence systems. They could make more effective use of their existing funding by: better prioritisation, aided by enhanced management information systems; better targeting of resources based on flood risk in different parts of the country; and reducing the programme and project development costs of constructing defences.

HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate

Author : Charlotte Waters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526503247
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (265 download)

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Book Synopsis HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate by : Charlotte Waters

Download or read book HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate written by Charlotte Waters and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentencing guidelines impose tough penalties for health and safety and environmental offences: how can you avoid them? The introduction of the sentencing guidelines in February 2016 has seen health and safety prosecutions treble, particularly in relation to corporate manslaughter, with tougher penalties imposed and fines exceeding £20 million being handed down. With fines having a detrimental effect on both turnover and reputation, how can companies protect themselves? HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate is an accessible reference work that provides guidance to ensure that companies have the correct, stringent risk management and procedures in place in order to protect themselves against exposure to such fines. Through the use of worked cases studies, checklists and charts the expert advice provided is put into context, whether you are a practitioner needing to advise your client, a company director, an in-house lawyer, or a health and safety professional. Split into four sections, this new title covers: Managing Risk; The Law; Enforcement and Sentencing; Inquests and Claims.

Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management

Author : Edmund Penning-Rowsell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135074534
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management by : Edmund Penning-Rowsell

Download or read book Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management written by Edmund Penning-Rowsell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new ‘Multi-Coloured Manual' This book is a successor to and replacement for the highly respected manual and handbook on the benefits of flood and coastal risk management, produced by the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University, UK, with support from Defra and the Environment Agency. It builds upon a previous book known as the "multi-coloured manual" (2005), which itself was a synthesis of the blue (1977), red (1987) and yellow manuals (1992). As such it expands and updates this work, to provide a manual of assessment techniques of flood risk management benefits, indirect benefits, and coastal erosion risk management benefits. It has three key aims. First it provides methods and data which can be used for the practical assessment of schemes and policies. Secondly it describes new research to update the data and improve techniques. Thirdly it explains the limitations and complications of Benefit-Cost Analysis, to guide decision-making on investment in river and coastal risk management schemes.

Flood Risk Science and Management

Author : Gareth Pender
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 144434076X
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Book Synopsis Flood Risk Science and Management by : Gareth Pender

Download or read book Flood Risk Science and Management written by Gareth Pender and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches to avoid loss of life and limit disruption and damage from flooding have changed significantly in recent years. Worldwide, there has been a move from a strategy of flood defence to one of flood risk management. Flood risk management includes flood prevention using hard defences, where appropriate, but also requires that society learns to live with floods and that stakeholders living in flood prone areas develop coping strategies to increase their resilience to flood impacts when these occur. This change in approach represents a paradigm shift which stems from the realisation that continuing to strengthen and extend conventional flood defences is unsustainable economically, environmentally, and in terms of social equity. Flood risk management recognises that a sustainable approach must rest on integrated measures that reduce not only the probability of flooding, but also the consequences. This is essential as increases in the probability of inundation are inevitable in many areas of the world due to climate change, while socio-economic development will lead to spiralling increases in the consequences of flooding unless land use in floodplains is carefully planned. Flood Risk Science and Management provides an extensive and comprehensive synthesis of current research in flood management; providing a multi-disciplinary reference text covering a wide range of flood management topics. Its targeted readership is the international research community (from research students through to senior staff) and flood management professionals, such as engineers, planners, government officials and those with flood management responsibility in the public sector. By using the concept of case study chapters, international coverage is given to the topic, ensuring a world-wide relevance.

Fundamentals of Environmental Law and Compliance

Author : Daniel T. Rogers
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000635082
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Environmental Law and Compliance written by Daniel T. Rogers and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides readers with the fundamentals and the intent of environmental regulations so that compliance can be greatly improved and streamlined. Through numerous examples and case studies, it explains concepts from how environmental laws are applied and work to why pollution prevention and sustainability are critical for the future of all life on Earth. It is organized to accommodate different needs of students with different backgrounds and career choices. It is also useful for site safety and environmental managers, researchers, technicians, and other young professionals with a desire to apply environmental regulations and sustainability measures to their facilities and stay up to date on recently changed regulations. FEATURES Introduces students to issues of global environmental and sustainability challenges and policy Explains the science behind issues such as climate change, how environmental policy is made at the national and international levels, and what role politics play in determining environmental resource use Focuses on fundamental principles that are applicable in all nations and legal contexts Addresses the planet as one biosphere and briefly discusses environmental laws and regulations of more than 50 countries Provides numerous case studies that demonstrate major concepts and themes, examples, questions, and exercises to strengthen understanding and promote critical thinking, discussion, and debate This book will benefit students in advanced undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental sciences and environmental engineering. It will also be of use to new practitioners who are entering the field of environmental management and need an introduction to environmental regulations.

Planning and Environmental Protection

Author : Chris E Miller
Publisher : Hart Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1841131814
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Planning and Environmental Protection by : Chris E Miller

Download or read book Planning and Environmental Protection written by Chris E Miller and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the roles which land use planning can play in the protection of the environment. The subjects covered range from traditional concerns like pollution,nuisance and contaminated land to biodiversity and the pursuit of sustainable development, which forms the defining element of current environmental policy across the European Community and in most other developed economies. Environmental assessment is discussed, along with the succession of public law actions (Twyford Down included) by environmental activists which were necessary to convince the English courts of the full implications (and the 'direct effect') of the EC Directive 85/337. The later chapters become progressively more concerned with the planning system as the forum of negotiation and more participatory approaches (as distinct from fiscal instruments and command and control regulation) to encouraging sustainability. The contributors represent a variety of academic disciplines (law, geography, planning, environmental management) offering complementary insights into the planner's role in allocating land uses so as to minimise waste generation and energy consumption as well as maximising local amenity.

Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law

Author : Susan Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135334544
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Book Synopsis Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law by : Susan Wolf

Download or read book Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law written by Susan Wolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law provides law students, non-law students and professionals, such as Environmental Health Officers, with detailed but accessible coverage of environmental law in England and Wales.

Environmental Management in Organizations

Author : John Brady
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135072469
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Environmental Management in Organizations by : John Brady

Download or read book Environmental Management in Organizations written by John Brady and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental issues can present some daunting operational concerns for all types of organization, whether in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Managing them requires environmental professionals with a working knowledge of the rapidly developing body of regulatory measures. This new edition of Environmental Management in Organizations provides all the management tools, performance measures and communication strategies that organizations need to manage their environmental responsibilities effectively. Leading experts on each topic provide focused explanations and clear practical guidance, as well as setting out the context and the key environmental and management drivers. This edition significantly updates the original handbook to take account of developments in the environmental agenda, including new dedicated chapters on climate change, energy, transport, biodiversity and chemicals. Published with IEMA.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Author : George Ware
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387217290
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology by : George Ware

Download or read book Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology written by George Ware and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

External Works, Roads and Drainage

Author : Phil Pitman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203301749
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis External Works, Roads and Drainage by : Phil Pitman

Download or read book External Works, Roads and Drainage written by Phil Pitman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: External Works Roads and Drainage: A Practical Guide bridges the gap between theory and practice in building, construction and civil engineering, providing practical guidance, and the knowledge required 'on the job'. This comprehensive book includes sections on legislation, environmental issues, surface water, highway and foul drainage design, road and pavement design, and external works.

Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States

Author : Miranda A. Schreurs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139434926
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States by : Miranda A. Schreurs

Download or read book Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States written by Miranda A. Schreurs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade of climate change negotiations almost ended in failure because of the different policy approaches of the industrialized states. Japan, Germany, and the United States exemplify the deep divisions that exist among states in their approaches to environmental protection. Germany is following what could be called the green social welfare state approach to environmental protection, which is increasingly guided by what is known as the precautionary principle. In contrast, the US is increasingly leaning away from the use of environmental regulations, towards the use of market-based mechanisms to control pollution and cost-benefit analysis to determine when environmental protection should take precedence over economic activities. Internal political divisions mean that Japan sits uneasily between these two approaches. Miranda A. Schreurs uses a variety of case studies to explore why these different policy approaches emerged and what their implications are, examining the differing ideas, actors, and institutions in each state.

The Science of Bureaucracy

Author : David Demortain
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026253794X
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Bureaucracy written by David Demortain and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the US Environmental Protection Agency designed the governance of risk and forged its legitimacy over the course of four decades. The US Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1970 to protect the public health and environment, administering and enforcing a range of statutes and programs. Over four decades, the EPA has been a risk bureaucracy, formalizing many of the methods of the scientific governance of risk, from quantitative risk assessment to risk ranking. Demortain traces the creation of these methods for the governance of risk, the controversies to which they responded, and the controversies that they aroused in turn. He discusses the professional networks in which they were conceived; how they were used; and how they served to legitimize the EPA. Demortain argues that the EPA is structurally embedded in controversy, resulting in constant reevaluation of its credibility and fueling the evolution of the knowledge and technologies it uses to produce decisions and to create a legitimate image of how and why it acts on the environment. He describes the emergence and institutionalization of the risk assessment–risk management framework codified in the National Research Council's Red Book, and its subsequent unraveling as the agency's mission evolved toward environmental justice, ecological restoration, and sustainability, and as controversies over determining risk gained vigor in the 1990s. Through its rise and fall at the EPA, risk decision-making enshrines the science of a bureaucracy that learns how to make credible decisions and to reform itself, amid constant conflicts about the environment, risk, and its own legitimacy.

Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Author : Riki Therivel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317236513
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment written by Riki Therivel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practice from experienced practitioners to ensure an ESIA is carried out effectively and efficiently. This new edition: • explains how an ESIA works and how it should be carried out • demonstrates the links between socio-economic, cultural, environmental and ecological systems and assessments • incorporates the World Bank’s IFC performance standards, and best practice examples from developing as well as developed countries • includes new chapters on emerging ESIA topics such as climate change, ecosystem services, cultural impacts, resource efficiency, land acquisition and involuntary resettlement. Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc students of ESIA on planning, ecology, geography and environment courses, this internationally oriented fourth edition of Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is also of great use to planners, ESIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update their skills.

A-Z of Corporate Environmental Management

Author : Kit Sadgrove
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134173628
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book A-Z of Corporate Environmental Management written by Kit Sadgrove and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is aluminium bad for you? What is an Environment Management System? Is there an effective substitute for Chlorine Bleach? The A - Z of Corporate Environmental Management provides answers to these and many other questions, and is an invaluable guide to managing a company's environmental impact. This practical directory assesses hundreds of products in common use, from aerosols to zinc, via formaldehyde and phosphates. Using an easy-to-understand format it: explains each product's use, its benefits and its environmental risks; recommends safer alternative choices where available; explains issues such as animal testing, eco-labels and recycling; and examines the main impacts of major industries, from aerospace to zoos. Its compact, jargon-free definitions will enable you to produce safer products and communicate your needs more effectively to suppliers. Making extensive use of figures and cross-referencing, this book is ideal for managers who are introducing corporate environmental programmes and risk assessments, and for anyone who needs an objective view of environmental issues in business. With over 800 entries, the A-Z of Corporate Environmental Management provides a clear and authoritative summary of the subject. Its encyclopedic coverage includes: * Management strategies such as ISO 14001 * UK, EU and international legislation * General issues, eg timber * Toxic substances, eg organochlorines * Waste management, eg landfill * Disasters, eg contamination at the Union Carbide plant, Bhopal * Water pollutants, eg chlorine * Air pollutants, eg carbon monoxide The A-Z will help you to: * Reduce your organisation's impacts * Understand major issues * Decide which chemicals to use * Assess whether you are complying with legislation * Communicate with staff and customers * Implement an environmental management system With hundreds of best practice points, the A-Z shows how to reduce pollution, cut costs, improve staff motivation, increase sales and avoid litigation. Its checklists, charts and tables make it a highly practical tool for anyone needing to understand and implement environmental management.