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Science and Technology to Support Fresh Water Availability in the United States

Description: This report describes issues regarding water use, conservation, and management. Many parts of the United States are expected to face water shortages in the near future.
Date: November 2004
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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UNEP in 2002

Description: The UNEP annual report for 2002 looks back over the past year and highlights various UNEP activities. The report summarizes various events, including the Johannesburg (South Africa) meeting on leadership for a sustainable future, which states that good governance within each country and at the international level is essential for sustainable development.
Date: 2003
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
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Fate and Effects of N-, O-, and S- Heterocycles (NOSHs) from Petroleum and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments

Description: This work focuses on the examination of the chemistry of N-, O-, and S- heterocycles (NOSHs) from fossil fuels and pyrogenic sources in estuarine sediment-water. In addition to the experiments conducted is a characterization of NOSH transformation products using various methods.
Date: February 1995
Creator: Catallo, W. James & Gambrell, Robert P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drinking Water Management Act

Description: This law was passed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) to safeguard public health by protecting drinking water resources from pollution by dumping, logging, industry, nuclear waste, ranching, recreation, mineral exploration and extraction, transportation, and other activities.
Date: January 27, 2006
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
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Earth System Governance: People, Places, and the Planet

Description: This science plan elaborates upon the concept of Earth system governance, defined as the interrelated systems of formal and informal rules and actor-networks that are set up to steer societies towards preventing, mitigating, and adapting to environmental change within the normative context of sustainable development. The notion of governance here refers to a less hierarchical and more decentralized system than traditional governmental policy-making, inclusive of non-state actors such as non-go… more
Date: 2009
Creator: Earth System Governance Project
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