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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"environmental harm"”.
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Prison Siting in Appalachia: Carceral Expansion, Neoliberalism, and Environmental Harm
… its promise of economic development, has on environmental harm and land exploitation in the region. The proposed federal prison would be built upon a former mountaintop removal site. This raises serious questions about the health impacts for incarcerated persons and prison employees, as well …
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A trans-national analysis of equitable utilisation and minimisation of environmental harm under environmental laws at international, federal and national levels
… the Anthropocene. To fill the gap, International Environmental Law (IEL) provides several principles for better management of these resources. Equitable utilisation and minimisation of environmental harm are among the most important principles of the IEL. From a theoretical perspective, these …
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The Case for Casein Fiber: Local Design Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing
… this paper examines the problem of environmental harm caused by the creation, use, and disposal of garments inherent in the current global system. Localizing the production of textiles using casein fiber sourced from waste milk offers a unique solution to the issues of sustainability …
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Chemical Valley: media representations of an inconvenient truth and a comforting lie
… narratives shape public understanding of environmental harm, maintaining neoliberal ideologies that prioritize industrial interests. Using content analysis of articles from the Sarnia Observer and the Sarnia Journal, key concepts such as fetishistic disavowal, special liberty, and …
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Seasonal correlations between Pueraria montana var. lobata and avian species diversity and relative abundance in Hamilton County, Tennessee
… outside of their native ranges and can cause environmental harm where they have been introduced. One such species is kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata), an invasive vine in the southeastern U.S. Although kudzu is one of the most common invasive species management concerns in the Southeast, …
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Environmental Transformative Justice: Responding to Ecocide
… and juridical responses to ecocide (i.e., grave environmental harm). More specifically, the work seeks to philosophically engage the ethical question of what is owed to human societies that are displaced due to intentional environmental destruction.</p> <p>The motivation behind the project stems …
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Reducing the global footprint in an anesthesia department : a quality improvement project
… sustainable practices. In addition to environmental harm, volatile agents generate significant financial burden and pose occupational health risks. Growing concerns have driven interest in alternatives such as Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA), though its cost-effectiveness remains …
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Early Plume Development and NOx Chemistry in LOx/H₂ and LOx/CH₄ Liquid Rocket Engines
… increase in launch frequency, the on-Earth environmental impacts of off-Earth missions is still understudied, partially due to the lack of combustion and emissions data for these vehicles. Existing rocket combustion and emission models do not account for altitude dependence on the formation …
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Marine Science Lesson Plans about the Pacific Marine National Monuments: Options for Enhancing Ocean Literacy in the 7th through 12th Grade Classroom
… and how an individual's actions contribute to environmental harm. In the United States, a low level of ocean-centered education in the K-12 classroom contributes to the lack of ocean literacy. This study presents a review of current levels of ocean literacy in the United States and highlights …
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Coastal restoration and management as a strategy for wealth creation in Louisiana
… have extracted from the coast at the direct environmental and economic expense of local residents. An examination of the economic history of Louisiana's coast reveals how this disparity between coastal residents and users has produced deleterious environmental consequences, which have grown …
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Navigating Corporate Accountability: Addressing Regulatory Challenges in the Face of Human Rights and Environmental Violations
… has reached a critical point. Instances of environmental degradation caused by these corporations have led to severe violations of human rights, resulting in complex challenges. Despite numerous cases brought to light through legal battles and media coverage, existing international and …
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Contested rationality: early regulation of GMO releases in Britain
… uncertainties about public unease and environmental harm. It serves as a case study of safety regulation as a constructed rationality, of national regulatory styles, and of environmental precaution. In anticipating hazards prior to evidence of harm, GMO regulation had a contested …
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Land Health as Culture and Law: A Challenge to the Contemporary Discourse on Private Property
… studies of private land-use disputes involving environmental harm. The conclusions of this study offer a wide-ranging critique of property rhetoric as it appears in journalist reporting, popular rhetoric, and in the policy stances of conservation organizations. The chief complaint is that too …
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Building nature conservation : masonry from alkali-activated industrial waste & the economics of ecosystem services
… energy manufacturing processes and pose serious environmental and human health hazards. Separately, the landfilling and illegal disposal of industrial waste is unsustainable and growing rapidly along with population. To address both of these issues, we have developed a brick composed of 90% …
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Approaches for the Implementation of Sustainability along the Pharmaceutical Life Cycle
… this, particularly through micropollutants and pharmaceutical residues in the environment. An ageing society with rising polymedication will further increase pharmaceutical inputs into the environment. Since pharmaceuticals are designed for efficacy at low doses and metabolic stability, these …
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Environmental resistance and Aboriginal development : a comparative study of mining ventures in the United States and Canada
… question: why do indigenous communities support environmental causes in certain cases of mining development and not in others, when technical indicators of environmental impact may in fact be comparable? The empirical research question I am trying to address is: When does environmental resistance …
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An analysis of foreign statutes dealing with environmental liability with a view to the drawing up and promulgating of an environmental liability statute in South Africa to deal with the legal problems of civil liability for environmental damage
This essay concerns civil liability for environmental damage and has as its focus, the drawing up of an Environmental Liability statute for South Africa. The approach taken in the essay is largely a comparative one, with topics being approached first from a general perspective and then with …
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Climate Torts and Ecocide in the Context of Proposals for an International Environmental Court
… nor lacking in exploration: Is an International Environmental Court (IEC) needed? Is such a court feasible? Proposals for an IEC have a rich history, are well founded and numerous. On the issue of necessity, this thesis attempts to pull together historical and current information on two distinct …
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Community change in the Northern forest
… structured by the local social, economic, and environmental contexts, emphasizing society-environment interactions.</p><p>The community became stigmatized on the basis of industrially-produced environmental harm, and this negative image has proven a subtle, though real obstacle to …
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Employee Motives for Engaging in Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors: A Multi-Study Analysis
This research examines motives for environmentally sustainable (or “green”) employee behavior. Although individuals’ motives for pro-environmental behavior were previously explored in non-workplace domains, systematic attempts to identify the barriers and motives of employee green behavior are …
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