Environmental Protection
PAGE 15Posters on Environmental Protection
In introducing the images, the curators of the site point out that this group of posters, produced at a time when Chinese authorities “became more aware of the impact of environmental problems on the country’s economic performance, ” don’t represent negative outcomes of industrialization (pollution, blight, acid rain). Instead, citizens are asked to attend to their immediate…
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New York City Dept of Environmental Protection
The New York City drinking water supply system is the largest unfiltered water supply in the United States (US). It provides approximately 1.2 billion gallons of high quality drinking water to nearly one-half the population of New York State every day. This includes eight million residents of the City and one million consumers located in Ulster, Orange, Putnam, and Westchester…
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Broward County Environmental Protection Department
Broward County, Florida—home to Ft. Lauderdale—is an urban coastal community that faces many environmental threats due to predicted climate change and variability over the next several decades, some of which are already beginning to be felt. Many of these threats are flood-related, and include sea level rise, an increase in the occurrence and magnitude of storm surge from tropical…
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Importance of Environmental Protection
Read this article to learn about the meaning, objectives, guiding principles, scope, importance and need of environmental studies: Environment literally means Surrounding in which we are living. Environment includes all those things on which we are directly or indirectly dependent for our survival, whether it is living component like animals, plants or non living component…
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Environmental Protection Act Western Australia
Used tyres pose an environmental pollution risk mainly due the potential discharges and emissions from tyre fires. In addition to pollution problems, tyres can create the following issues: Tyre fires can cause a great deal of expense relating to fire extinguishing, clean-up, dispose of wastes, and property damage Tyre fires can cause injury or loss of life at the fire location…
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Environmental Protection Companies
Systematic environmental protection worldwide For thyssenkrupp, environmental protection is a must. Our sites around the world utilize state-of-the-art environmental protection technologies. We invest continuously in equipment such as dust filters, wastewater treatment facilities, and oil separators. Our ongoing investment in environmental protection also includes measures…
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China Environmental Protection Law
STR/AFP/Getty A resident of China s Hubei province clears the Fuhe river of dead fish, thought to have been poisoned by high levels of ammonia. On 1 January, a new environmental protection law (EPL) took effect in China. It is the nation s first attempt to harmonize economic and social development with environmental protection. The EPL is perceived as the most progressive and…
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Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
This map has been compiled from datasets with a range of scales and quality. Species or ecological community distributions included in this map are only indicative and not meant for local assessment. Planning or investment decisions at a local scale should seek some form of ground-truthing to confirm the existence of the species or ecological community at locations of interest…
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Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act
Michigan has thousands of inland lakes. For over 40 years, Michigan’s lake board law has been used to implement lake improvement projects. This article provides an overview of lake board procedures and addresses some commonly asked questions regarding lake boards. What is the lake board law? Lake boards operate under provisions of Part 309, Inland Lake Improvements, of the…
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Minnesota Department of Environmental Protection
What is Source Water Protection? Source water refers to water from streams, rivers, lakes or underground aquifers—that is used for drinking. There are four primary parts to Minnesota s Source Water Protection Program as explained below: Wellhead Protection is designed to protect public water supply wells. States are required to have wellhead protection programs under the provisions…
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