Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Handbook for State/EPA Agreements
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Interim Guidance on Determination and Use of Water-effect Ratios for Metals
Author: How EPA Works
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Management and Organization DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements
Author: Aaditya MattooPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464815542
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 821
Book Description
Deep trade agreements (DTAs) cover not just trade but additional policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor and the protection of intellectual property rights and the environment. Their goal is integration beyond trade or deep integration. These agreements matter for economic development. Their rules influence how countries (and hence, the people and firms that live and operate within them) transact, invest, work, and ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent of economic integration, competition rules affect economic efficiency, intellectual property rights matter for innovation, and environmental and labor rules contribute to environmental and social outcomes. This Handbook provides the tools and data needed to analyze these new dimensions of integration and to assess the content and consequences of DTAs. The Handbook and the accompanying database are the result of collaboration between experts in different policy areas from academia and other international organizations, including the International Trade Centre (ITC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and World Trade Organization (WTO).
EPA-540/R.
Author: Consumer's Resource Handbook
Author: Handbook for State/EPA Agreements
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages :
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.
Considering Cumulative Effects Under the National Environmental Policy Act
Author: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
CERCLA/superfund Orientation Manual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description