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The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill: economic costs versus environmental benefits

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, proposed during the year 2009, has incurred considerable debate among all sectors of society. Most are against it and its projected economic costs to the country.

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Causes and effects of global warming on humanity

Global warming is an issue that concerns us all. It refers to the fact that the atmosphere is increasing in temperature. More correctly, global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of both the atmosphere and oceans, which is continuing to increase.

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Effects of recycled steel fiber on concrete sustainability and durability

The work of Wu, Lim and Li (1994) states that there has been much in the way of recent attention directed toward the United States in terms of its "rapidly deteriorating infrastructure." (p.1828) Stated as the main cause of the infrastructure decay is material deterioration with cracking behavior…

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Environmental sustainability and cost benefits in supply chain management

Sustainable growth and development is at the top of the news today, for a number of reasons. More people are developing an awareness of green issues and sustainability, and more people are demanding a greener footprint from the industries they do business with or purchase their products.

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Green branding strategies for organic clothing companies

Adamson, Allen. (2007). Brand against global warming. Landor. Retrieved March 1, 2009 at http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=thinking.article&storyid=536&bhcp=

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Nuclear power's role as a carbon-free energy alternative

Nuclear power has long been one of the world's major sources of energy, especially electricity. Touted as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, nuclear energy does create waste but its waste is not carbon-based and therefore not a greenhouse gas.

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Emergency shelter construction from natural materials and survival techniques

Firefly, 2004. A good, introductory text that is nevertheless not 'dumbed down' for meteorology students.

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Timothy Egan's The worst hard times and the Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan's book the Worst Hard Times is a chronicle of the American Dust Bowl, when drought combined over-farming and other poor agricultural practices lead to the complete depletion of the soil of the American West.

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Global warming and peak oil's impact on future human life

Each day I commute to school, travel to work, or take a short shopping trip, I tear away a little piece of the Ozone layer. Each time I turn up my air conditioner or power on my heater, I emit a little more CO2 into the atmosphere.

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Information technology and nanotechnology: convergence and interaction

The future of modem society is often referred to in terms of technology and particularly new and innovative technological discoveries.

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