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Bank of England
Bank of England central bank and note-issuing institution of Great Britain. Popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, its main office stands on the street of that name in London. The bank has eight branches, all of which are located in the British Isles. Although Bank of England notes... Read more
writ
writ in law, written order issued in the name of the sovereign or the state in connection with a judicial or an administrative proceeding. Usually the writ requires the person to whom the command is issued to report at a fixed time (the return day) with proof of compliance or a justification for di... Read more
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol (11 Dec. 1997) The first international agreement in which the world's industrial nations concluded a verifiable agreement to reduce their emissions of six greenhouse gasses in order to prevent global warming. By 2012, the 174 signatory states agreed to reduce emissions by 5.2 per cent... Read more
consols
consols contraction of consol idated annuitie s, a bond issue designed to consolidate two or more outstanding issues, used in reference to British government stock. Public borrowing began in England with the establishment of the Bank of England and the national debt (1693-94), and the growth of t... Read more
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), independent U.S. government corporate agency, created in 1933 by act of Congress; it is responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. The history of TVA began in the early 1920s, when Senator George William Norris sponsored a plan to ha... Read more
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution , noise pollution , and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and disposal of toxic substances. Th... Read more
acid rain
acid rain or acid deposition, form of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) containing high levels of sulfuric or nitric acids ( p H below 5.5-5.6). Produced when sulfur dioxide and various nitrogen oxides combine with atmospheric moisture, acid rain can contaminate drinking water, damage ... Read more
puffball
puffball or smokeball, fungus in which the aboveground portion is typically a stemless brownish sac with an opening at the top through which issues the dustlike mass of ripe spores. The common puffball is Lycoperdon gemmatum. The giant puffball ( L. giganteum ) may reach a diameter of 1 ft (3... Read more
pollution
pollution contamination of the environment as a result of human activities. The term pollution refers primarily to the fouling of air, water, and land by wastes (see air pollution ; water pollution ; solid waste ). In recent years it has come to signify a wider range of disruptions to environm... Read more
satrap
satrap , governor of a province (satrapy) of the ancient Persian Empire. He was nominated by the king and given extensive powers. Darius I reorganized the privileges and duties of his satraps in the 6th cent. BC; the number of satraps varied from 20 to 28 during his reign. To prevent the concentra... Read more

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Pollution haunts Blackstone; Nutrients rampant at some checkpoints in watershed.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/9/2007; 574 words ; ...nutrients in the water, prompting the Blackstone River Coalition to issue a number of poor grades in its annual report card. Tammy Gilpatrick...Blackstone River Coalition, said solving that problem is a longer-term fix. We need to get stricter limits through the permitting process... Read more
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/27/2004; 700+ words ; ...Coburg doesn't need power plant My Coburg neighbors tried...on the proposed power plant. The threat they thought...The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority official admitted...out that power from the plant would be sold to California...construction workers for the plant typically come from ... Read more
Candidates point out possible health risk.(Environment)(A fire at J.H. Baxter and the ensuing delay of action by officials raiseconcerns)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/29/2008; 608 words ; ...criticized the J.H. Baxter plant in west Eugene and the...a February fire at the plant. The move draws into the election campaign an issue that has been highly controversial...creosoting and wood treating plant, and their impact on neighbors...conference at a home near the plant, landscape ... Read more
A nuclear Phoenix? Concern about climate change is spurring an atomic renaissance.(benefits of nuclear power to climate change)
Magazine article from: E; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...000-megawatt Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, Connecticut...energy supplies; low prices; no pollution; less global warming; no new...visited New York's Indian Point plant and praised its climate role...nuclear as only a temporary fix. There's no questioning the...although 30 new nuclear ... Read more
Health care is focus for House candidate.(Politics)(Rep. Bruce Hanna, who is running unopposed, wants to boost capacity of the Oregon Health Plan)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 10/12/2006; 658 words ; ...with ideas about how to fix the state's health care...and the most important issue facing the Legislature...Roseburg Coca-Cola bottling plant - to provide uninsured...said. And Hanna said Pollution Control Tax Credits should...buy certain types of pollution control equipment. We... Read more
The Beat.
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...plastic from the carbon stored in plant sugars that is environmentally...convert the process so that plant materials such as rice, wheat...that Phoslock is not a quick fix for affected bodies of water...published in the 27 January 2000 issue of Nature, suggests that a...tributaries, the Jialing. ... Read more
Be An Earth Dog Reporter!
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 4/1/1999; 700+ words ; ...an environmental issue in their own homes...rivers, lakes, air pollution etc. Others may...Warming and Air Pollution. * Energy * Economy...where no recycling plant exists or can afford...statements. To fix this problem, I...ever. Choking air pollution, polluted water...breathe. ... Read more
The nitrogen cycle is out of balance.
Magazine article from: World Watch; 9/1/1997; ; 588 words ; ...ecosystems. Soil microbes and lightning fix just 90 to 140 million tons of nitrogen...types of local, regional, and global pollution that tend to be studied separately. However...whose findings appear in the August issue of Ecological Applications, has reviewed...panel acknowledges that curbing nitrogen ... Read more
CLEARING THE AIR.(environmentally-minded changes to design and management of cruise ships)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Caribbean, the gas-turbine plant burns clean distillate fuel...that the combination power-plant will help to reduce emissions...smokestack emissions have become an issue of late, with several lines...impact in Juneau, where air pollution created by idling vessels...based hydroelectric power ... Read more
Follow the salesmen: how industry insiders challenged the car lobby.(CURRENTS)
Magazine article from: E; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Side, and got his nature fix by carrying a Sierra...than an environmental issue. It's a good business...all the societal costs [pollution, war] of gasoline are...way to save a Ranger plant in Highland Park, Minnesota. It wasn't. The plant is scheduled to dose... Read more