Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the AtmospherePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
The Organization and Management of EPA's Office of Research and Development
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the AtmospherePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Sustainability and the U.S. EPA
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309212553
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Recognizing the importance of sustainability to its work, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to create programs and applications in a variety of areas to better incorporate sustainability into decision-making at the agency. To further strengthen the scientific basis for sustainability as it applies to human health and environmental protection, the EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to provide a framework for incorporating sustainability into the EPA's principles and decision-making. This framework, Sustainability and the U.S. EPA, provides recommendations for a sustainability approach that both incorporates and goes beyond an approach based on assessing and managing the risks posed by pollutants that has largely shaped environmental policy since the 1980s. Although risk-based methods have led to many successes and remain important tools, the report concludes that they are not adequate to address many of the complex problems that put current and future generations at risk, such as depletion of natural resources, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. Moreover, sophisticated tools are increasingly available to address cross-cutting, complex, and challenging issues that go beyond risk management. The report recommends that EPA formally adopt as its sustainability paradigm the widely used "three pillars" approach, which means considering the environmental, social, and economic impacts of an action or decision. Health should be expressly included in the "social" pillar. EPA should also articulate its vision for sustainability and develop a set of sustainability principles that would underlie all agency policies and programs.
How EPA Works
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Management and Organization DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An Overview Inquiry of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental PollutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Protecting Our Nation's Groundwater
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism, and the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Managing, and Reviewing Environmental Risk Assessment Reports
Author: Sally L. BenjaminPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000687554
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Managing and Reviewing Environmental Risk Assessment Reports provides team leaders and team members with a strategy for developing the elements of risk assessment into a readable and beneficial report. The authors believe that successful management of the risk assessment team is a key factor is quality repor
Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--National Research Council (NRC) Findings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental laboratories
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Environmental Protection Affairs of the Ninety-third Congress, a Report Prepared by the Environmental Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for the ..., Feb. 1975
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Access EPA.
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Environmental Protection Affairs of the Ninety-fourth Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Environment and Natural Resources Policy DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description