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Book SynopsisBook on Environmental Awareness And Protection covers various topics including man and the environment, tribals and urbanization, forests and biodiversity, national parks, climate change, conservation initiatives, and individual actions for environmental protection. Recommended for students as a study material.

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Book SynopsisPari tries to overcome her insecurities by losing weight but accidentally stumbles upon a documentary about nuclear power featuring her grandmother leading a protest. This leads her to write a prize-winning project sparking a public debate on nuclear energy.

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Book SynopsisRapid irreversible loss of biodiversity, sudden and unpredictable climate changes, water pollution, ozone layer depletion, and land degradation are a few crucial areas of concern for scientists and environmentalists world over.

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Book SynopsisXiaoxiao Xu took these photos in October 2014, while she was staying in Ravenna. Almost all taken in the Piallassa and in the chemical hub located between the city and thesea, Xu''s photos explore the contrast between the natural landscape ofthe pinewood areas, and the wideindustrial area comprising of Hamon cooling-towers - symbolising the peak of the city'seconomic development -, which have now been abandoned for decades. (curated by Silvia Loddo and Cesare Fabbri forOsservatorio Fotograficowithin the framework of theprojectDove Viviamo, book design Emilio Macchia)lli.

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Book SynopsisMany books have been written about how we might save life on Earth. Some people believe that saving the Earth will cost 125 billion dollars while others claim that 1000 billion dollars will not be enough to achieve that goal. The solution as described in this book will not cost a penny! Indeed, all people will get the possibility for enlarging inner wisdom and material welfare. Forming a better future requires a different way of thinking, a different way of living together. That is the message of this book. On scrutinising the history of the world, one may discover a number of remarkable issues which are typical for human development. It determines the state of affairs in our present society and reveals a number of serious problems putting our entire world at risk. This situation is giving rise to a number of possible future scenarios which do not seem to be all that bright and shining. Are we going to let this happen? Does mankind want to evolve like plants and animals or do we want to show that we are intelligent creatures determined to shape our own future? Look at the positive developments in our current society and look at the results a spiritual society may offer. The spiritual society may provide different objectives and principles and might genuinely solve problems. Thus, it might be a world of love in which people strive to be in balance with our planet as well as with the universe. This ideal future might become a real world in which the term ''together'' refers to warm human values instead of purely economic ones. Your future, our world?

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Book SynopsisOriginally published as Snakeman over thirty years ago to great acclaim.

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Book SynopsisREIMAGINING A CLEANER, GREENER, CARBON-FREE WORLD! The current global energy use, with its overwhelming dependence on fossil fuels, has taken global warming to dangerous levels. Climate change is already hitting us hard, through adverse effects on global food availability, biodiversity, rising sea levels and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and floods. In the last decade, a major transformation the transition to clean, affordable and sustainable energy from the sun and the wind is beginning to address these challenges. Fossil Free provides a concise introduction to the challenges, realities and complexities of the global and local energy industry, as well as the trends and forces driving the energy transition. It explains how improved electricity infrastructure, decentralized smart grids, electric vehicles, energy storage and market design are already providing clear pathways for the transition towards green, efficient, affordable and secure renewable energy across the energy-use chain: extraction, conversion, transmission, distribution and end use. For over a decade, Sumant Sinha has had a ringside view of the energy scenario. Having founded and helmed India''s leading clean energy company, his understanding of the global energy landscape and climate change brings a unique, holistic perspective on energy. With Fossil Free, Sinha shares his vision for energy which is not only clean, but also practical and affordable.

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Book SynopsisThe book makes a systematic attempt to explore the environmental history of Darjeeling during the British colonial period (1835-1947), which profoundly transformed the environment of Darjeeling by introducing commercial control over the natural resources. After the foundation of Darjeeling as the hill station for the low-income groups of British administration living in Bengal and Burma, the place was transformed into a social, recreational and commercial centre for the British authorities. The railway construction boom, introduction of tea plantation, the growth of a commercial market for timber and increasing demands for fuel and building materials depleted the forest cover. The less explored regions of Darjeeling attracted the adventure-thirsty Britons. A series of investigations were made on the marketable products, the condition of roads, and quality of soil of these regions. The ethnographic, geological, botanical and zoological study of the Darjeeling was started by the colonial officials in the nineteenth century.

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Book SynopsisTrophic Verses explores the life and phenomena in and around the Earth's body of soil in a dialogue between art and science. The soil reader brings together artists, curators, researchers and farmers involved in the long-term project initiated by artist Teemu Lehmusruusu. The book maps an ongoing process through the participants' approaches, knowledges, experiences and artworks.

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Book SynopsisExploring Kristina Ollek's marine and coastal ecological interest, the publication Filter Feeders, Double Binds & Other Blooms invites us to think with her four year long working process, based on research and personal observations around anthropocentric influences on marine ecology. Focusing on the North Sea and its filter feeders: blue mussels, oysters and the expanding jellyfish population; as well as on the Baltic Sea and its cyanobacteria, blue green algal blooms and dead zones. The publication includes a letter correspondence between Kristina Õllek and curator Angeliki Tzortzakaki, as well a collaborative visual essay by Kristina Õllek, Angeliki Tzortzakaki and Kert Viiart, and an essay by theorist Jeff Diamanti. The publication includes a wide range of exhibition views from her three recent solo exhibitions at Draakon Gallery (Tallinn), A Tale of A Tub (Rotterdam) and ISSP gallery (Riga).

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Book SynopsisNobody really likes to think about rubbish (pee-ew!). But whether you know it or not, waste is part of everyones lives. Where does waste come from? Where does it end up? And what can we do to help our planet? Get set to take your first steps on a path towards changing the way you contemplate and combat household waste.

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Book SynopsisIn Anthropogenic Mineral Collection, Los Angeles-based artist Colleen Hargaden catalogs mineral byproducts of human geological intervention, spanning from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Evolving out of mines, furnaces, dumps, and nuclear test sites, these specimens point towards often obscured global systems of production, systems which are implicated within the production of the work itself. Comprised of still life portraits, microscopic views, and data regarding the origins, sources, and elemental makeup of 17 anthropogenic minerals, this publication is one manifestation of a larger project by the artist, taking the form of a geologic field guide. Packaged in mylar bag with companion fold out poster. Exterior: Textured Tech-Weave Cover with Metallic Foil DebossInterior: 100lb Satin Coated Text

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Book SynopsisSince the appearance of Homo sapiens on the planet hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings have sought to exploit their environments, extracting as many resources as their technological ingenuity has allowed. As technologies have advanced in recent centuries, that impulse has remained largely unchecked, exponentially accelerating the human impact on the environment. Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Nature is cast as an active protagonist, rather than a mere backdrop or victim of human malfeasance. Daniel R. Headrick shows how environmental changes--epidemics, climate shocks, and volcanic eruptions--have molded human societies and cultures, sometimes overwhelming them. At the same time, he traces the history of anthropogenic changes in the environment--species extinctions, global warming, deforestation, and resource depletion--back to the age of hunters and gatherers and the first farmers and herders. He shows how human interventions such as irrigation systems, over-fishing, and the Industrial Revolution have in turn harmed the very societies that initiated them. Throughout, Headrick examines how human-driven environmental changes are interwoven with larger global systems, dramatically reshaping the complex relationship between people and the natural world. In doing so, he roots the current environmental crisis in the deep past.Trade ReviewThose of us who teach world environmental history will find this a nearly essential textbook, yet the work is valuable to anyone teaching world history. It may allow whole new environmental units to be placed easily into an existing course framework. At the very least, practitioners can consult chapters to incorporate specific examples or ideas more fully into their surveys. In the end, Headrick's work is the best textbook on global environmental history to date. * Thomas Anderson, World History Connected *...the ultimate reference work on global environmental history. * Eric L. Jones, University of Buckingham, EH.net *Headrick's book is the most comprehensive global environmental history in existence. It synthesizes vast knowledge from several scholarly disciplines into a coherent story of the 300,000-year human adventure on -- and with -- Earth. If one has time to read only one environmental history book, this should be the one. * J.R. McNeill, author of Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World *Humans versus Nature is a gift to students and teachers of environmental history: a single volume that captures the vast scope and scale of nature's role in human history and humanity's accelerating impact on the natural world. * Sam White, author of A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Global Environmental History Chapter 1 The Foragers Chapter 2 Farmers and Herders Chapter 3 Early Civilizations Chapter 4 Eurasia in the Classical Age Chapter 5 Medieval Eurasia and Africa Chapter 6 The Invasion of America Chapter 7 The Transformation of the Old World Chapter 8 The Transition to an Industrial World Chapter 9 The West and the Non-West in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 10 War and Developmentalism in the Twentieth Century Chapter 11 Peace and Consumerism in the Twentieth Century Chapter 12 Climate Change and Climate Wars Chapter 13 Plundering the Oceans Chapter 14 Extinctions and Survivals Chapter 15 Environmentalism Epilogue One Past, Many Futures Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John Gatta argues that the religious import of American environmental literature has yet to be fully recognized or understood. Making Nature Sacred explores how the quest for ''natural revelation'' has been pursued through successive phases of American literary and intellectual history. It shows how the imaginative challenge of ''reading'' landscapes has been influenced by biblical hermeneutics. Though focused on adaptations of Judeo-Christian religious traditions, it also samples Native American, African American, and Buddhist forms of ecospirituality. It begins with Colonial New England writers such as Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards, re-examines pivotal figures such as Henry Thoreau and John Muir, and takes account of writings by Mary Austin, Rachel Carson, and many others along the way. The book concludes with an assessment of the spiritual renaissance underway in current environmental writing, as represented by five noteworthy poets and by authors such as WendelTrade Review...outstanding merits. At times, the scope of the work attains the encyclopedic. The discussion of lesser known authors and poets opens spaces of interest somewhat removed from a purely religious dimension. * Consciousness , Literature and the Arts *

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Book SynopsisThe environmental movement has often been accused of being overly negative--trying to stop progress. The Nature of Design, on the other hand, is about starting things, specifically an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter, energy, materials, and livelihood, and how we deal with waste. Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. Design in this sense is a large concept having to do as much with politics and ethics as with buildings and technology. The book begins by describing the scope of design, comparing it to the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Subsequent chapters describe barriers to a design revolution inherent in our misuse of language, the clockspeed of technological society, and shortsighted politics. Orr goes on to describe the critical role educational institutions might play in fostering design intelligence and what he calls a higher Trade Review"David Orr backs his talk with tactics and deeds that include his own actions. He convinced Oberlin College to construct a science building that 'did not impair human or ecological health somewhere else or at some later time.' That was a big order and not easily done, but he attracted and organized the multi-talented team that did it.... The chapter labeled 'Education, Careers, and Callings' is particularly fine, and presents...solid suggestions for doable changes in education that will be considered radical by many ecologically illiterate educators, but are certainly the way to go. Good stuff, easily read." --J. Baldwin, Whole Earth, Fall 2002"The creativity of thought displayed is refreshing when compared to the hundreds of texts that criticise current practice without offering substitutes. And Orr's understanding of the role pysical surroundings play in human thinking inspires a vital alternative to the technological fundamentalism constricting so much current thought."--EcologistTable of ContentsI. THE PROBLEM OF ECOLOGICAL DESIGN ; II. PATHOLOGIES AND BARRIERS ; III. THE POLITICS OF DESIGN ; IV. DESIGN AS PEDAGOGY ; V. CHARITY, WILDNESS, AND CHILDREN

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Book SynopsisYou will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved electronics; they also take apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. With an astounding array of economic, environmental and historical facts, Greening the Media debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ITC) are clean and ecologically benign. In this compassionate and sharply argued book, the authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media-from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the wTrade ReviewAs a brief, well-referenced work that pulls tohether many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection. * P.L. Kantor, CHOICE *An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields ... [Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains. * Garrett M. Broad, International Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. CONSUMERS; 2. WORDS; 3. SCREENS; 4. WORKERS; 5. BUREAUCRATS; 6. CITIZENS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThe Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the cradle of civilization. In their long and volatile political history, the sixteenth century ushered in a rare era of stability and integration. A series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf brought the entirety of their flow under the institutional control of the Ottoman Empire, then at the peak of its power and wealth. Rivers of the Sultan tells the history of the Tigris and Euphrates during the early modern period. Under the leadership of Sultan Süleyman I, the rivers became Ottoman from mountain to ocean, managed by a political elite that pledged allegiance to a single household, professed a common religion, spoke a lingua franca, and received orders from a central administration based in Istanbul. Faisal Husain details how Ottoman unification institutionalized cooperation among the rivers'' dominant users and improved the expTrade ReviewIn this superb study, Husain attributes the Ottoman success in capturing and controlling this vast region in part to the empire's ability to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates and manage the ecology of the area.... To write on such a complex topic with authority and clarity, Husain performed extensive research...[and is] well versed in the intricacies of environmental science, including hydrology, botany, and the study of germs and diseases. He demonstrates that a proper understanding of how environmental conditions influenced historical change requires studying the interaction between humans, rivers, climate, and disease. The utility of his interdisciplinary approach is in full display....Husain is able to tackle long-term and large-scale questions even though he starts from a well-focused time and place. His excellent work opens paths and provides a model for other scholars. * Reşat Kasaba, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *An empirically rich and methodologically sophisticated study that makes high-stakes contributions to various historiographies...In certain cases, the strength of some of Husain's arguments come from his ability to situate Ottoman practices of environmental management within larger contexts that non- specialists can appreciate....Husain deserves much credit for being able to weave such a remarkably complex (and fascinating) story for a region of the Ottoman Empire whose history is notoriously difficult to examine on account of a dearth of archival sources, particularly in Iraq—one of the many unfortunate results of wars in recent decades....Written in lucid and accessible prose, Rivers of the Sultan also serves as a model for how to write the environmental history of rivers. * Isacar Bolaños, Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies *Faisal Husain redresses the silence on the first two centuries of Ottoman rule, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with this impressive study....Husain relates this fascinating tale of environmental control and ecological disaster in a clear and compelling style. His marshalling of diverse sources is impressive and convincing. Although this is ostensibly on the Ottoman administration of Iraq, its value transcends that region in providing key insights into how the empire managed its diverse and far-flung territories. It is also a cautionary tale for the present, arguing that the ecological future of climatically challenged regions requires, if not an overarching imperial control, then multinational cooperation. * Bruce Masters, American Historical Review *Husain is able to tackle long-term and large-scale questions even though he starts from a well-focused time and place. His excellent work opens paths and provides a model for other scholars. * Reşat Kasaba, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Rivers of the Sultan... offers a fascinating glimpse into the political, social and economic histories of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. * Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor *Faisal Husain sets himself a truly formidable goal: to write an integrated history of the Ottoman Empire in the Tigris-Euphrates watershed. To succeed requires a polymath's grasp of hydrology, botany, irrigation, grazing, shipping, climate, fiscal affairs, and political structures. Against the odds, he triumphs and with a verve and elegance of exposition that makes this a model of interdisciplinary, environmental history. * James C. Scott, Yale University *Original and deeply researched, Rivers of the Sultan is both an important new history of Ottoman Iraq and a major contribution to Middle East environmental history. Combining ecological, social, and political perspectives, it offers vital insights into the nature and transformation of Ottoman rule. * Sam White, author of The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire *In this exemplary study, Faisal H. Husain analyzes the Ottoman Empire's management of the Tigris and Euphrates. Rivers of the Sultan reconstructs insightfully the ecological relations between the imperial center and its Eastern periphery and brings to life a lively history of various historical actors, from Ottoman governors, to cultivators of crops, to tribal confederations, who benefited from the rivers and their management. The book reminds us how the maintenance of law and order, the control of wealth, the politics of infrastructure, and the movements of grains and arms were deeply intertwined into the history of water itself. A fascinating exploration of irrigation, wetland exploitation as well as of natural disaster, famine and floods, this book changes the ways in which we evaluate Iraq's past and present. * Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago *Rivers of the Sultan is a significant contribution to defining intra-imperial relations by grounding the analysis in environmental studies. * Annie Greene, University of Chicago, USA, International Journal of Maritime History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Amphibious State Chapter 1: Fortresses Chapter 2: Shipyards Part II: The Water Wide Web Chapter 3: Arable Lands Chapter 4: Grasslands Chapter 5: Wetlands Part III: The Rumblings of Nature Chapter 6: Havoc Chapter 7: After the Flood Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking study open the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries. The book identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ''ecological modernization'' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation. Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, the author illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. The book concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.Trade ReviewHajer establishes once and for all the importance of attending to the discourse dimension of public policy, and in this respect his is a truly pathbreaking work. * Policy Sciences *This superb book is one of the few successful attempts to apply contemporary sociological thinking to a detailed empirical case-study in the environmental sphere in a way which is genuinely enlightening for policy-makers as well as for academic social science disciplines ... Such challenging questions are a fitting conclusion to an excellent book. * Global Environmental Change *Maarten Hajer has delivered a book that is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and its incisiveness ... this volume establishes a firm foundation for the study of ecological modernisation and serious scholars of environmental policy will derive immense benefit from the author's astute insights. * Environmental Values *this is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable. * Stephen C. Young, University of Manchester, Political Studies *

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Book SynopsisDr Hajer''s path-breaking study opens the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries. The author identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ''ecological modernization'' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation. Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, Martin Hajer illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. He concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.Trade Reviewthis is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable. * Stephen C. Young, University of Manchester, Political Studies *This superb book is one of the few successful attempts to apply contemporary sociological thinking to a detailed empirical case-study in the environmental sphere in a way which is genuinely enlightening for policy makers as well as for academic scoial science disciplines ... an excellent book * Simon Shackley, Global Environmental Change, vol.7 no.2 1997 *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The New Environmental Conflict ; 2. Discourse Analysis ; 3. The Historical Roots of Ecological Modernization ; 4. Accumulating Knowledge, Accumulating Pollution? Ecological Modernization in the United Kingdom ; 5. The Micro-Powers of Apocalypse: Ecological Modernization in the Netherlands ; 6. Ecological Modernization: Discourse and Institutional Change

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Book SynopsisNow thoroughly updated in its second edition, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles addresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales.Authors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. Fay and Golomb also analyze the source of toxic emissions to air, water, and land that arise from energy uses and their effects on environmental quality. They pay special attention to global climate change, the contribution made to it by energy uses, and the salient technologies that are being developed to mitigate this effect.Ideal for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students, as well as professionals in the fields of energy and environmental sciences and technology, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles, Second Edition, equips readers with the basic factual knowledge needed to develop solutions to these environmental problems.New to this Edition* Updated data reflecting the profound changes in energy supply and demand and in technologies* A completely rewritten chapter on renewable energies including major technological advances of recent years* A new chapter on Thermochemistry, Fossil Fuel Combustion, Synfuels, and Hydrogen Economy* Expanded coverage of global warming and possible measures for mitigating this environmental threatTrade Review"In its particular niche this is the best book of which I am aware. I would like to compliment the authors for their concise and sure-handed discussion of a host of difficult topics."--Russ Houldin, University of Toronto "The strength of this book may lie in the fact that it presents concise and accurate information with very well-organized chapters covering almost all aspects of energy and the environment. The chapters on topics such as fossil-fueled power plants and nuclear-fueled power plants as well as transportation, are well-written."--Chunbao (Charles) Xu, Lakehead UniversityTable of ContentsContents 1 Energy and the Environment 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 An Overview of this Text 1.2 Energy 1.2.1 Electric Power 1.2.2 Transportation Energy 1.2.3 Energy as a Commodity 1.3 The Environment 1.3.1 Managing Industrial Pollution Bibliography 2 Global Energy Use and Supply 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global Energy Consumption 2.3 Global Carbon Emissions 2.4 Global Energy Sources 2.5 Global Electricity Consumption 2.6 End-Use Energy Consumption in the United States 2.6.1 Industrial Sector 2.6.2 Residential Sector 2.6.3 Commercial Sector 2.6.4 Transportation Sector 2.7 Global Energy Supply 2.7.1 Coal Reserves 2.7.2 Petroleum Reserves 2.7.3 Unconventional Petroleum Resources 2.7.4 Natural Gas Reserves 2.7.5 Unconventional Gas Resources 2.7.6 Summary of Fossil Reserves 2.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 3 Thermodynamic Principles of Energy Conversion 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Forms of Energy 3.2.1 The Mechanical Energy of Macroscopic Bodies 3.2.2 The Energy of Atoms and Molecules 3.2.3 Chemical and Nuclear Energy 3.2.4 Electric and Magnetic Energy 3.2.5 Total Energy 3.3 Work and Heat Interactions 3.3.1 Work Interaction 3.3.2 Heat Interaction 3.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3.5 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 3.6 Thermodynamic Properties 3.7 Steady Flow 3.8 Heat Transfer and Heat Exchange 3.9 Ideal Heat Engine Cycles 3.9.1 The Carnot Cycle 3.9.2 The Rankine Cycle 3.9.3 The Otto Cycle 3.9.4 The Brayton Cycle 3.9.5 Combined Brayton and Rankine Cycles 3.10 The Vapor Compression Cycle: Refrigeration and Heat Pumps 3.11 Energy Processing: First and Second Law Constraints 3.11.1 Fuel Heating Value 3.11.2 Free Energy Change 3.11.3 Separating Gases 3.12 Fuel (Thermal) Efficiency 3.13 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 4 Thermodynamics of Fossil, Biomass, and Synthetic Fuels 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Fossil Fuels 4.3 Combustion of Fossil Fuel 4.3.1 Fuel Heating Value 4.4 Biomass Fuels 4.5 Synthetic Fuels 4.5.1 Examples of Fossil Fuel Synthesis 4.5.1.1 Coal to Gas 4.5.2 Examples of Biochemical Synthesis 4.6 Biochemical Production of Ethanol from Biomass 4.7 Electrochemical Reactions 4.7.1 Fuel Cells 4.7.2 Practical Fuel Cell Systems 4.8 The Hydrogen Economy 4.8.1 Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicle Propulsion 4.8.2 Synthetic Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Storage 4.8.3 Hydrogen as Energy Storage for Intermittent Electric Power Plants 4.8.4 Hydrogen as a Substitute for Pipeline Natural Gas 4.9 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 5 Electrical Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Electromechanical Power Transformation 5.3 Electric Power Transmission 5.3.1 AC/DC Conversion 5.4 Energy Storage 5.4.1 Electrostatic Energy Storage 5.4.2 Magnetic Energy Storage 5.4.3 Electrochemical Energy Storage 5.4.3.1 Lead-Acid Storage Battery 5.4.3.2 Lithium-Ion Storage Battery 5.4.3.3 Other Storage Batteries 5.4.4 Mechanical Energy Storage 5.4.4.1 Pumped Hydropower 5.4.4.2 Flywheel Energy Storage 5.4.5 Properties of Energy Storage Systems 5.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 6 Fossil-Fueled Power Plants 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fossil-Fueled Power Plant Components 6.2.1 Fuel Storage and Preparation 6.2.2 Burner 6.2.3 Boiler 6.2.4 Steam Turbine 6.2.4.1 Impulse Turbine 6.2.4.2 Reaction Turbine 6.2.5 Gas Turbine 6.2.6 Condenser 6.2.7 Cooling Tower 6.2.7.1 Wet Cooling Tower 6.2.7.2 Dry Cooling Tower 6.2.8 Generator 6.2.9 Combustion Stoichiometry 6.2.10 Emission Control 6.2.10.1 Control of Products of Incomplete Combustion and Carbon Monoxide 6.2.10.2 Control of Particles 6.2.10.3 Sulfur Control 6.2.10.4 Nitrogen Oxide Control 6.2.10.5 Mercury Control 6.2.10.6 Toxic Metals 6.2.11 Waste Disposal 6.3 Advanced Cycles 6.3.1 Combined Cycle 6.3.2 Coal Gasification Combined Cycle 6.3.3 Cogeneration 6.3.4 Fuel Cell 6.4 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 7 Nuclear-Fueled Power Plants 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Nuclear Energy 7.2.1 Nuclear Energy from Fission 7.3 Radioactivity 7.3.1 Decay Rates and Half-Lives 7.3.2 Units and Dosage 7.3.2.1 Health Effects of Radiation 7.3.2.2 Radiation Protection Standards 7.4 Nuclear Reactors 7.4.1 Boiling Water Reactor 7.4.2 Pressurized Water Reactor 7.4.3 Gas Cooled Reactor 7.4.4 Breeder Reactor 7.5 Nuclear Fuel Cycle 7.5.1 Mining and Refining 7.5.2 Gasification and Enrichment 7.5.3 Spent Fuel Reprocessing 7.5.4 Temporary Waste Storage 7.5.5 Permanent Waste Storage 7.6 Fusion 7.6.1 Magnetic Confinement 7.6.2 Laser Fusion 7.7 Energy Evolvement in Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions 7.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 8 Renewable Energy 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Hydropower 8.2.1 Environmental Effects 8.3 Biomass Energy 8.3.1 Photosynthesis 8.3.2 Biofuels 8.3.2.1 Bioethanol 8.3.2.2 Biodiesel 8.3.3 Wood as Biofuel 8.3.4 Environmental Effects 8.4 Geothermal Energy 8.4.1 Environmental Effects 8.5 Solar Energy 8.5.1 Flat Plate Collector 8.5.2 Focusing Collectors 8.5.2.1 Solar Thermal Farms 8.5.3 Photovoltaic Cells 8.5.3.1 Photovoltaic Farms 8.5.4 Environmental Effects 8.6 Wind Power 8.6.1 Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Operation 8.6.2 Mechanical and Electrical Components 8.6.3 Wind Resources 8.6.3.1 Capacity Factor 8.6.3.2 Effectiveness 8.6.3.3 Wind Variability and Predictability 8.6.4 Economical Turbine Designs 8.6.5 Wind Farms 8.6.6 Integrating Wind Farms into the Electric Power Network 8.6.6.1 Averaging An Array of Wind Farms 8.6.7 Environmental Effects 8.7 Tidal Power 8.7.1 Tidal Current Power 8.7.2 Environmental Effects 8.8 Ocean Wave Power 8.8.1 Ocean Wave Energy and Power 8.8.2 Ocean Wave Power Systems 8.8.3 Wave Power Farms 8.8.4 Environmental Impacts 8.9 Ocean Thermal Power 8.10 Capital Cost of Renewable Electric Power 8.11 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 9 Automotive Transportation 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Internal Combustion Engines for Highway Vehicles 9.2.1 Combustion in SI and CI engines 9.3 Engine Power and Performance 9.3.1 Engine Efficiency 9.4 Vehicle Power and Performance 9.4.1 Connecting the Engine to the Wheels 9.5 Vehicle Fuel Efficiency 9.5.1 U.S. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Regulations and Test Cycles 9.5.2 Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy 9.5.2.1 Improving Vehicle Performance 9.5.2.2 Improving Engine Performance 9.6 Electric Drive Vehicles 9.6.1 Vehicles Powered by Storage Batteries 9.6.2 Hybrid Vehicles 9.6.3 Fuel Cell Vehicles 9.7 Vehicle Emissions 9.7.1 U.S. Vehicle Emission Standards 9.7.2 Reducing Vehicle Emissions 9.7.2.1 Reducing Engine-Out Emissions 9.7.2.2 Catalytic Converters for Exhaust Gas Treatment 9.7.2.3 Evaporative Emissions 9.7.2.4 Reducing CI Engine Emissions 9.7.2.5 Fuel Quality and its Regulation 9.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 10 Environmental Effects of Fossil Fuel Use 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Air Pollution 10.2.1 U.S. Emission Standards 10.2.2 U.S. Ambient Standards 10.2.3 Health and Environmental Effects of Fossil-Fuel-Related Air Pollutants 10.2.4 Air Pollution Meteorology 10.2.5 Air Quality Modeling 10.2.5.1 Modeling of Steady-State Point Source 10.2.5.2 Plume Rise 10.2.5.3 Steady State Line Source 10.2.5.4 Steady State Area Source 10.2.6 Photo-oxidants 10.2.6.1 Photo-oxidant Modeling 10.2.7 Acid Deposition 10.2.7.1 Acid Deposition Modeling 10.2.8 Regional Haze and Visibility Impairment 10.3 Water Pollution 10.3.1 Acid Mine Drainage and Coal Washing 10.3.3 Water Use and Thermal Pollution from Power Plants 10.3.4 Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Pollutants onto Surface Waters 10.3.4.1 Toxic Metals 10.3.4.2 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 10.4 Land Pollution 10.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 11 GlobalWarming and Climate Change 11.1 Introduction 11.2 What is the Greenhouse Effect? 11.2.1 Solar and Terrestrial Radiation 11.2.2 Sun-Earth-Space Radiative Equilibrium 11.2.3 Modeling Global Warming 11.2.4 Global Warming Potential 11.2.5 Radiative Forcing 11.2.6 Results of Global Warming Modeling 11.2.7 Observed Trend of Global Warming 11.3 Associated Effects of Global Warming 11.3.1 Sea Level Rise. 11.3.2 Water Vapor and Precipitation Changes 11.3.3 Hurricanes and Typhoons 11.3.4 Climate Changes 11.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11.4.1 Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Carbon Cycle 11.4.2 Methane 11.4.3 Nitrous Oxide . 11.4.4 Chlorofluorocarbons 11.4.5 Ozone 11.5 Conclusion. Bibliography Problems 12 Mitigating GlobalWarming 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Controlling Halocarbon Emissions 12.3 Controlling Nitrous Oxide Emissions 12.4 Controlling Methane Emissions 12.4.1 Controlling Methane Generated by Coal Mining 12.4.2 Controlling Methane from Petroleum and Natural Gas Operations 12.4.3 Controlling Landfill Methane 12.5 Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions 12.5.1 Controlling CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fueled Electric Power Plants 12.5.1.1 Shift from Coal or Oil to Natural Gas Fuel 12.5.1.2 Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Plants 12.5.1.3 Capturing CO2 from the Flue Gas by Chemical Absorption 12.5.1.4 Oxyfuel Combustion with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.5 Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle Plants with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.6 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Physical Absorption 12.5.1.7 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Membrane Separation 12.6 Thermal Efficiency and Cost of Controlling CO2 Emissions from Power Plants 12.7 CO2 Sequestration 12.7.1 Sequestration in Oil and Gas Reservoirs 12.7.2 Sequestration in Coal Seams 12.7.3 Sequestration in Deep Sedimentary Basins 12.7.4 Sequestration in the Deep Ocean 12.7.5 CO2 Removal from the Atmosphere 12.7.5.1 Afforestation 12.7.5.2 Ocean Fertilization 12.7.5.3 Mineral Sequestration 12.7.5.4 CO2 Utilization 12.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 13 Concluding Remarks 13.1 Energy Resources 13.2 Regulating the Environmental Effects of Energy Use 13.3 Global Climate Change 13.3.1 Coping with Climate Change 13.4 Conclusion

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