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发帖数: 337 | 2 WINNERS
China: Spent at least $40 billion, staged most memorable Games.
Beijing: Pollution? What pollution? Those were blue skies over Olympic Green
on some days.
IOC: Decision seven years ago to award Games to country with one-fifth of
the world's population: vindicated. The IOC, spokeswoman Giselle Davies said
at a closing news conference, leaves holding "very firmly in the belief it
was the right choice to come to China and ... these Games have been
enormously successful on a number of fronts |
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发帖数: 11530 | 3 Flood Control and Drainage
The Chicago area is topographically dominated by the glacial Lake Chicago
plain. This plain encompasses the Chicago River, Des Plaines River, and the
Calumet River. Early explorers discovered the Chicago Portage, an area
within Mud Lake that was only 15 feet above the level of Lake Michigan and
on the watershed divide between the Mississippi River basin and the Great
Lakes basin.
The Chicago area experienced many early drainage challenges. The natural
condition was swa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9290 | 5 You did not count the new-generated pollution.
Unlike the USA, it has huge land.
China has no more space to absorb and restore the system.
CO2 is not really a pollution. It is a weapon. |
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发帖数: 10233 | 6 what makes you even draw the connection between Clacier retreat and human
being polluting the world?
heck, what do you mean by polluting anyway? co2? |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 左派=专制：加州的左派们创造了数百个独立委员会，养活左派官僚们。他们不必向选
民负责，不需要州长
或议会批准就可以制定各种规则。其中的空气资源会，被揭发伪造污染数据
BREAKING: SFO Chronicle says “Faulty science behind state’s landmark
diesel
law” – an error of 340%
Posted on October 7, 2010 by Anthony Watts
I wouldn’t have believed it if it were in any other newspaper but the very
liberal San Francisco Chronicle – h/t to WUWT reader “crosspatch” who
writes:
Was AB32 based on any data provided by the Air Resources Board?
According to various articles:
http://www.globalclimatela... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 8 By John F. Di Leo
We think of the world of transportation -- especially trucking and
automobile manufacturing -- as being one of the most fundamental of
Democratic Party constituencies. Detroit has long been a party stronghold,
with the UAW and Teamsters among Democrats' most powerful union supporters.
From the worker at the DMV to the driver he licenses, this is one solid
chain of Democrats.
But is this political loyalty deserved today, if indeed it ever was? Since
the Democratic Party was t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 9 Tuesday I try very hard to like Barack Obama. And sometimes he helps me out
. For example, at the beginning of his State of the Union address yesterday,
he made what seemed to me to be some sense about the budget. And he offered
excellent free advice to the GOP. Why, he asked, should we hamstring all of
our other attempts to work on the budget crisis because some of the GOP are
trying to protect the tax breaks of the very richest among us? Why is the
GOP going to the mat to defend the richest p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1041 | 10 英文原文:
The Price of ‘Made in China’
By PETER NAVARRO
HERE is a symbol of China’s assault on the American economy: the Verrazano-
Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. This landmark,
which opened in 1964, is North America’s longest suspension bridge. It’s
also in urgent need of renovation. Unfortunately, $34 million in steel
production and fabrication work has been outsourced to China.
How did this happen? The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says a
Chinese fabricator was... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8800 | 11 Kerry: Starving Africa Shouldn’t Build More Farms Because It Would
Contribute to Global Warming
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/165792-kerry-starving-africans-
Speaking at the U.S.-Africa Summit earlier this week, Secretary of State
John Kerry had a bit of astonishing advice for African leaders. While noting
that Africa faces a starvation problem, he also admonished its leaders not
to create more farms or farmland.
The reason? Adding more farms would contribute to global warming.
“Certain ag... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 Climate change plan faces high-profile legal test
April 15, 2015 - 1:06 PM
By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The centerpiece of the Obama administration's effort to
tackle climate change is facing a high-profile legal test as a federal
appeals court considers a plan that has triggered furious opposition from
Republicans, industry figures and coal-reliant states.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hears arguments Thursday in
two cases challenging the Environmental Pro... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 The Latest: Navajo Nation demands action on mine spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times
local):
11:50 a.m.
Davis Filfred, a Navajo Nation Council delegate, says residents on the
reservation near the Four Corners area who depend on drinking water from a
river contaminated by mine waste have 90 days' worth of water in reserve.
Filfred said Tuesday in Utah that he doesn't know how long the reservation
could truck in water and that farmers depend on the San Juan... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 Why I'm Never Going to "Two-Bit" China
I would never go to China, even if someone paid for the trip and all
expenses.
My reason can be explained in one headline: China Arrests US Citizen for '
Endangering National Security'.
An American businesswoman has been formally arrested in China on
suspicion of “endangering national security” just days before Chinese
President Xi Jinping arrives in the US for his first official state visit.
Phan Phan-Gillis, 55, who also uses the name Sandy, disap... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 UN report raises ceiling for greenhouse gas pollution
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The U.N.'s environmental authority has quietly raised its
assessment of the level at which global greenhouse gas emissions must peak
to avoid dangerous climate change, as governments seek a new accord to fight
global warming.
In its first four annual emissions reports in 2010-2013, the United Nations
Environment Program said emissions must not exceed 44 billion tons in 2020
for the world to limit global warming to 2 degrees C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16479 | 16 OK，来看下种族问题
As president, Hillary will:
Reform our broken criminal justice system by reforming
sentencing laws and policies, ending racial profiling by law enforcement,
strengthening the bonds of trust between communities and police, and more.
Read more here.
Protect the right to vote by fighting to repair the Voting
Rights Act and implementing universal, automatic voter registration so that
every American will be registered to vote when they turn 18, unless they opt
out. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 空气污染最厉害的是LA。
污染当然是要控制的。
但是EPA把CO2也规类成POLLUTION ，而且是最可怕的POLLUTION。 |
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发帖数: 1528 | 18 "Since becoming Oklahoma’s top legal officer in 2011, Pruitt has sued the
EPA to stop vital protections for public health – including standards for
reducing soot and smog pollution that crosses interstate lines; protections
against emissions of mercury, arsenic, acid gases and other toxic pollutants
from power plants; and standards to improve air quality in national parks
and wilderness areas."
This guy isn't just dangerous to climate change; he's dangerous to our
fucking nationwide health. His ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3158 | 19
These would be all business decisions. IBM and MS are investing in China
on air pollution control, why would they leave? Even they leave, there
is just no such an air pollution issue for them to invest in the US. |
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发帖数: 61690 | 21 California regulators are exploring ways to eventually ban the sale of
vehicles powered by internal-combustion engines, a top official told
Bloomberg News.
California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols said the state, led by
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, is interested in following the example set by
China, which said earlier this month that it would move toward banning
internal-combustion engines in the country.
“I’ve gotten messages from the governor asking, ‘Why haven’t we done
something al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 22 这是2017年的旧闻
By Dylan Matthews on September 12, 2017 5:00 pm
希拉里·克林顿（Hillary Clinton）在竞选回忆录《发生了什么》（What Happened）
中最令人震惊的一段话中，揭示了她与员工共同制定但从未实际发布的竞选建议：由碳
和金融交易税资助的美国人的普遍基本收入。
她在接受Vox的埃兹拉·克莱因（Ezra Klein）采访时说：“我非常想传达一个承诺，
试图找出增加收入的方法。” “阿拉斯加模型每年都会根据有关石油和天然气收入的
公式向每一个阿拉斯加人写一张支票，这对我来说真的很有趣。”
这是本书的相关段落，第239页：
在竞选总统之前，我读过一本书，作者是彼得·巴恩斯（Peter Barnes）着的《为所有
人带来自由和红利：如何在工作不足时挽救我们的中产阶级》一书，探讨了创建一个新
基金的想法，该基金将利用共享国家资源以向每个公民派发红利，就像阿拉斯加常设基
金每年如何分配该州的石油使用费一样。共享的国家资源包括从公共土地中提取的石油
和天然气以及广播公司和移动电话公司使用的公共无线电波，但这只能使您走得... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10009 | 23 大众被抓到作弊超排40倍。草，那都是致癌的。让你还装壁，一家人在吸毒还捧它的臭脚
Volkswagen could face $18 billion penalties from EPA
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/epa-california-probing-volkswagen
The feature in question, which the EPA called a "defeat device," masks the
true emissions only during testing and therefore when the cars are on the
road they emit as much as 40 times the level of pollutants allowed under
clean air rules meant to ensure public health is protected, Giles said.
The EPA accused Volkswagen of using software in ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1782 | 24 重点在这里“ In 2007, a report commissioned by an auto industry trade group
insisted that when you factor in the waste generated during production, the
notoriously gas-guzzling Hummer is actually greener than the Prius”
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Does hybrid car production waste offset hybrid benefits?
The hybrid car has been touted as the green savior of the automobile
industry. A decade after the Toyota Prius debuted worldwide, issues like
climate change and energy security have helped push the p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 169 | 25 是有一帮人自做聪明， 大众几年都缓不过来，没有比声誉最重要了，而且是破坏环境
的polluter,比GM的ignition switch严重多了。 老美跟欧洲人很多是死脑筋，要是个
ignition switch, 甚至是air bag,他们会觉得这是个零件厂商的问题，局限在某几个
车型，换了零件就好了， 也不会太影响resale value，毕竟车是由几万个零件组成，
车厂最多是把关不严。大家都能理解，这种事也会发生在其他车厂。大众可完全不一样
，故意欺骗，还拿这个polluter作为销售卖点，"clean diesel technology". 消费者
不会买账的，不光以前的消费者上当受骗，以后也不会有人买了，谁知到你其他的车，
包括汽油车没问题？人家根本不会walk-in你的dealership. |
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发帖数: 8995 | 26 首先排放超标的，
也就是电脑作弊的是Nox，这个东西号称link to lung cancer
但所谓的研究就是看看住在路边的人得lung cancer的比列是不是更高，样本量一版
10000左右，
这不废话么。
马路上的废气剁了去了，烟大灰大，还吵，你能赖光赖NoX
最近的一个比较负责的研究，统计乐大约30万人得出的结论是
With full adjustment for all measured confounders, the pooled results from
the cohorts showed that each increase in concentration of PM10 (each 10
micrometers/m3 increase) led to a corresponding increase in lung cancer risk
(hazard ratio 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03 to 1.45).
注意啊。。。。
However, for the other types of pollutan... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2436 | 28 cat fish has many types
swai = one type of shark catfish = fish raised in Vietnam fish farms that
might be polluted
Catfish farmed in the US are mostly channel catfish. Other native catfish
you can catch in rivers and lakes include blue catfish and flathead catfish.
Sometimes Chinese Americans call a type of small catfish, the bullhead
catfish 鲶鱼 because it is the closest thing to chinese 鲶鱼
Fish from clean nice rivers without pollution will always taste good.
Sometimes people skin the catfish t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2221 | 30 I use a corded electric mower on 0.4 acre of lawn.
No exhaust to inhale, no worry about mixing oil.
pollution from gas lawn mowers is much worse than pollution from cars. |
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发帖数: 36252 | 31 Seafood is good. Its the heavy metal pollution that's not good.
Too much red meat is bad for your health even without pollution.
[发表自未名空间手机版 - m.mitbbs.com] |
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发帖数: 2573 | 32 发信人: CBOE (CBOE), 信区: Food
标 题: Re: 居家用电磁炉最好。
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 24 16:08:03 2015, 美东)
wiki比较general，一般很难找到具体问题的答案。
美国国立环境卫生研究院的专业科普和研究文，附索引。
Take Care in the Kitchen: Avoiding Cooking-Related Pollutants
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/122-a154/
Pollutant Exposures from Natural Gas Cooking Burners: A Simulation-Based
Assessment for Southern California
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306673/
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发帖数: 4445 | 33 There are 2 types of DHA supplements: fish-oil and algae-derived. According
to their website, Life's is the latter.
The former is cheaper, also contains EPA, but contains some amount of
environmental pollutants like mercury and PCB (so you need to check the type
of fish they use). The latter is more expensive, usually doesn't contain
EPA, but cleaner in pollutants. |
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发帖数: 2994 | 34 put in details: Those wild caught in the sea far from the coast line is
best with the minimal pollution. farm raised are allowed to use drugs to
control diseases due to high density; suspected to hormone use to boost
growth; plus heavy water pollution along the coast. |
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发帖数: 6973 | 35 Jonathan Watts, WikiLeaks Reveals China's Failure to Measure Dangerous
Pollution. The Guardian, Aug 26, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/26/wikileaks-chi
(A cable dated Aug 16, 2006 from US consulate at Guangzhou noted that "small
-particulate matter known as PM2.5, was five to 10 times higher than
suggested by World Health Organisation guidelines. It said the findings were
'alarming,' because PM2.5 is not on the government index of air pollutants
yet it is deemed to be of hig... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9094 | 36 我就不操心孩子那么多事。学校的事有老师管。家里的事有孩他妈管。街上的事有总统
管。推孩子的事有家教管。床上的事？？？这只好我管了。要是这也外包，那我还叫“
北大”吗！
P.S. The following is an argument written by my kid and printed by me today.
Whenever I hate myself, I will read some of my kid's articles and encourage
myself: If only I had half of my kid's genes . . .
Living on the Edge
The phrase “Living on the Edge” can be interpreted in several
different ways, both literally and metaphorically. One particular meaning is
to be in danger or at a critical point. After all, whe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1223 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: TradeSmarter (Smarter), 信区: Military
标 题: 国人之愚蠢，看看这个稀土报告就知道了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Oct 14 22:22:08 2010, 美东)
http://web.stratfor.com/images/writers/CHINA_RARE_EARTH_ELEMENTS.pdf?fn=9617327557
China and the Future of Rare Earth Elements
October 14, 2010
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A recent diplomatic spat between China and Japan has heightened territorial
tensions and called attention to China’s growing... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3065 | 39 If I have a bunch of money to invest, I would rather invest in the technologies which are oriented to Chinese domestic market. I believe the development of economy during the globalization era is market-driven. There is still huge potential for Chinese market.
1. Chinese government holds huge amount of US dollars. Knowing that US government will continue to debase its dollar, Chinese government will spend more and more to purchase overseas assets and technologies. Therefore, doing business with ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1223 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: TradeSmarter (Smarter), 信区: Military
标 题: 国人之愚蠢，看看这个稀土报告就知道了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Oct 14 22:22:08 2010, 美东)
http://web.stratfor.com/images/writers/CHINA_RARE_EARTH_ELEMENTS.pdf?fn=9617327557
China and the Future of Rare Earth Elements
October 14, 2010
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tensions and called attention to China’s growing... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3065 | 41 Dull and dusty rhodium has its charms
martin mittelstaedt
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2011 5:42PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 8:41AM EDT
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While many investors clamour to buy gold and silver, there is a little-
known precious metal that may deserve a look: rhodium.
Widely used in automobile pollution-control devices, rhodium holds the
distinction of being the rarest and most expensiv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16971 | 42 美国驻华使馆发布北京空气污染资料供在京美国人参考，被指责干涉中国内政
中国当局要求外国驻中国使领馆停止发布驻地的空气污染监测结果，在国际媒体间
造成逗乐效应。这种逗乐效应在继续扩散。
读者哪怕仅仅是浏览国际媒体有关报道的标题，就大致会感到在报道这一消息的时
候国际媒体记者们想不笑都难。
《今日美国报》的标题是：“中国要美国停止通过推特报告北京恶劣的空气。”该
报配发这条消息所用的图片是，一个男子骑电动车横穿大白天暗无天日的北京街道。
英国大报《独立报》的标题是：“中国警告外国使馆：公布空气污染数据非法。”
配发的图片是，北京一所高层建筑几乎消失在浓重的阴霾背景中，中国的五星红旗在前
景中懒懒地飘扬。
印尼英文《雅加达邮报》的标题是：“北京正告外国使馆：不要发布空气质量读数
。”
印度英文大报《印度时报》的标题是：“北京向外国使馆发出警告：不要监测我们
的污染。”
法新社的标题是：“中国要求外国使馆停止发布（空气）污染数据。”
美国《大西洋》杂志网络版的标题是：“中国要全世界停止注意其严重的空气污染
。”
美国有线电视新闻网CNN的标题是：“中国要求外国使馆不要招惹污染迷雾，China
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发帖数: 3056 | 43 I did say this due to the pollution issue. However, big profit now can cover
the pollution cost.. |
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发帖数: 6206 | 44 NASDAQ Hearings Panel Denies SmartHeat Appeal of NASDAQ
SmartHeat Inc., (NASDAQ: HEAT; website: www.smartheatinc.com) received
notification from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Hearings Panel that it
affirmed the determination made by the staff of the NASDAQ's Listing
Qualifications Department to delist the company's shares of common stock
from the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ"). As a result, the company's shares
of common stock, which were subject to a trading halt since May 30, 2012,
have be... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 290 | 45 Here,
"
It’s not just oil and natural gas production that’s booming; we’re
becoming a global leader in solar, too. Every four minutes, another
American home or business goes solar; every panel pounded into place by a
worker whose job can’t be outsourced. Let’s continue that progress with a
smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel
industries that don’t need it, so that we can invest more in fuels of the
future that do.
And even as we’ve increased energy production, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3464 | 46 And if you rank the air pollution level, GDP/air pollution level, China
could be the last 5 |
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发帖数: 3464 | 47 I am facing the problem, you think this is kidding?
Firstly, are you also "hiding" in America and doing nothing? if so, shut up
Secondly, you wrote in Chinese commenting another one's English poor, either
you shut up or also write in English to say so, otherwise, who knows
whether you understand English? This is not wise
Thirdly, I did not say anything stupid, why you say the followings are
stupid facts:
(1)countries behind China are mostly from Africa, tropical monkeys and at
wars?
(2)if GDP di... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 536 | 48 不管中国还是美国，发电，尤其是煤电，产生的污染都远远超过汽油。核电水电风力电
有些地区可以但是总体上算发电量的百分比还是不行。美国貌似可再生发电占全部发电
量的18%？
这还不算提炼电池，报废老机动车产生的污染。
那时候top gear就有个货说过一句话： you can drive your 1956 Chevy for the
rest of your life, the pollution it produces is still much less than the
pollution produced from making a new car. |
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发帖数: 26 | 49 Environmental Engineering of course deals with environmental problems,
it includes three major areas: water and wastewater, air pollution, and
hazardous waste. In a word, environmental engineering is aiming to
clean up polluted stuff in water (surface water or groundwater), in
atmosphere, and underground.
As far as the job market goes, it is moderate good.
personal opinion, not necessarily represents the general. |
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发帖数: 32 | 50 稿件的题目是“ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF E-WASTES AND IT’S
MANAGEMENT”，
ABSTRACT:
Human civilization witnessed rapid changes from time to time with the
technological advancements. E wastes are becoming the primary concern due to
their health hazards and environment pollution. E waste consists of
electronic
goods which are not fit for their originally intended use, and irreparable
which
includes TVs, computers, washing machines, mobile phones etc. Global e waste
is
about 40 million tons a ye... 阅读全帖 |
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