Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency or EPA is the official agency tasked by the United States government to develop and enforce regulations concerning the protection of the environment and natural resources.
Environmental management system
An environmental management system is a method or tool for systematically working with environmental questions within an organisation.
Environmental damage from hydroelectric, mining, energy and forestry projects, chemical pollution from industry, nuclear energy and weapons testing, toxic waste mismanagement, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming, ...
Environmental Issues: Environmental Events
What really happened at Chernobyl and Bhopol? How do different countries celebrate Earth Day?
ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOCRISY (pt. 2) (Environmental Issue #177)
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Environmental Hypocrisy - The Too-Clever Ways of
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Environmental Health Glossary
The glossary includes some of the vocabulary used in the study of how the environment and environmental agents affect human health.
Environmental Health and Safety Glossary
Hundreds of Environmental Health and Safety terms and definitions are located below.
Environmental Health Glossary
This glossary is intended to help people become familiar with the terms they may see in various government reports, engineering studies and health literature online and off.
Environmental Equity/Justice: Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.
Environmental Debt is the cost of restoring previous environmental damage as well as the cost of recurring restoration measures.
environmental audit : An independent assessment (not conducted by EPA) of a facility's compliance policies, practices, and controls.
E Environmental Policy Review Group
Definition (english only)
The Environmental Policy Review Group (EPRG) has its origin in the fifth Community environmental action programme, 'Towards sustainability'.
E environmental impact of energy
Definition (english only)
Energy and environmental problems are closely related, since it is nearly impossible to produce, transport, or consume energy without significant environmental impact.
E environmental headline indicator
Definition (english only)
An indicator in a very limited set of indicators (maximum 10), selected by policy-makers with the advice of information providers.
Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking
Joint EPA, NOAA, ...
Environmental controls
Put in place to meet or exceed legal requirements and to minimise impact on environment.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ...
Environmental Engineering Glossary
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Environmental Terms
Abandoned Well: A well whose use has been permanently discontinued or which is in a state of such disrepair that it cannot be used for its intended purpose.
Abatement Debris: Waste from remediation activities.
Environmental Justice
The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING Environmental auditing is a process used mainly in commerce and industry to measure how well environmental policies, programmes and plans are being implemented in practice.
BACT-Best Available Control Technology: An emission limitation based on the maximum degree of emission reduction (considering energy, environmental, and economic impacts) achievable through application of production processes and available ...
Environmental Terms
Absorption (of light) A process by which light is taken-up by another material.
Environmentally preferable - products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on the environment.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): The critical appraisal, both positive and negative, of the likely effects of a proposed project, ,development, activity or policy on the environment.
An environmentally-persistent insecticide banned for most uses by the U.S. EPA in 1972. It accumulates in fatty tissues of animals, and has lead to serious environmental problems such as thinning of shells of certain birds and their resulting die-off.
Microenvironmental Method
A method for sequentially assessing exposure for a series of microenvironments that can be approximated by constant concentrations of a stressor.
Source: Terms of the Environment ...
Glossary of Environmental Terms The use of these terms and definitions varies largely from one author to another. The list below relies on definitions used by internationally recognized organizations (e.g. ISO, SCC, SETAC), environmental agencies (e.
Glossary of Environmental Health Terms
This glossary is intended to help people become familiar with the terms they are likely to see in government reports, engineering studies and health literature. It is divided into four sections: ...
equity - in the environmental sense, the planned dispersement of toxic or waste facilities in regions throughout the socioeconomic strata.
Chapter 7 - Environmental Barriers
Chapter 8 - Rural Water Supplies and Water-quality Issues
Chapter 9 - Plumbing
Chapter 10 - On-site Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 11 - Electricity
Chapter 12 - Heating, Air Conditioning, and Ventilating ...
Contaminant: An undesirable substance (physical, chemical, biological, or radiological) not normally present, or an unusually high concentration of a naturally occurring substance, in water, soil, or other environmental medium.
Environmental Sciences
Degradability & Biodegradability
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Environmental Engineering and Technology Glossary
A-scale sound level A measurement of sound approximating the sensitivity of the human ear, used to note the intensity or annoyance level of sounds.
Environmental Health & Safety
EH&S Site Policies & Procedures UChicago
About Us
Emergency Procedures
Training
Resources & Tools
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Environmental Health WebMaps
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Environmental Goods - Are typically non-marketed goods produced by ecosystems and ecosystems processes. Non-marketed goods means they are not openly sold or traded.
Environmental Footprint - For an industrial setting, this is a company's environmental impact determined by the amount of depletable raw materials and nonrenewable resources it consumes to make its products, ...
Environmental monitoring: The process of checking, observing, or keeping track of something for a specified period of time or at specified intervals.
EPA: Environmental protection agency.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS): Detailed analysis of the impacts of a project on all aspects of the natural environment required by federal National Environmental Policy Act for federal permitting or use of federal funds.
environmental hygiene
environmental sanitation
Practical control measures used to improve the basic environmental conditions affecting human health, for example clean water supply, human and animal waste disposal, ...
Environmental Protection Agency - Commonly referred to as the EPA, a government agency founded in 1970 that protects human health and the environment through programs for consumers and businesses.
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Environmental Coordinator - An associate who leads the hotels environmental committee and is responsible for developing an environmental green plan for energy, water, and solid waste use.
Environmental Equity (Environmental Justice): Environmental protection for all citizens so that no segment of the population, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, or income, ...
environmental audit: an assessment the environmental impacts of an organisation’s operations.
Environmental Factors: Conditions other than indoor air contaminants that cause stress, comfort, and/or health problems (e.g., humidity extremes, drafts, lack of air circulation, noise, and over-crowding).
Environmental refugees
The termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan- Himalaya. Glacial lakes have been rapidly forming on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers in this region during the last few decades.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Primarily a combination of sidestream smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, and exhaled mainstream smoke from the smoker.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
A Federal agency charged with enforcing numerous environmental laws (including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the State Drinking Water Act) and supporting state and local governments in ...
State Environmental Goals and Indication Project
Program to assist state environmental agencies by providing technical and financial assistance in the development of environmental goals and indicators.
State Implementation Plans (SIP) ...
ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS - DAYLENGTH
The main environmental signal which triggers the onset of dormancy is daylength. For most temperate woody plants, long days promote vegetative growth and short days trigger dormancy.
Environmental/Recycling Acronyms and Definitions
Glossary of Terms
Acronyms are listed prior to definitions.
As provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and several other sources.
Environmental Websites
Environment Glossary by Sheri Amsel
aquifer: Aquifers are places underground through which water flows, like sand, gravel, or even clay. People drill wells hoping to hit an aquifer for a good course of water.
Environmentalist Elizabeth Rogers provides definitions of the most common green-related terms.
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Environmental Emissions & Odour Laboratory
Centre for Water & Waste Techology
The University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052, Australia
Tel: 61-2-9385 5452 Fax: 61-2-9313 8624
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Environmental damage
Damage to a coin resulting from exposure to environmental conditions.
E. Pluribus Unum ...
environmental media or in human or other biological
tissues.
monomer (MON-o-MER). A molecule of low molecular ...
Environmental Glossary
Alternative Fuels- Substitutes for traditional liquid, oil-derived motor vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel.
Usually environmentally friendly, this is energy from uncommon sources such as wind power or solar energy, not fossil fuels.
Alliance to Save Energy ...
National Environmental Training Association (NETA). A professional organization devoted to serving the environmental trainer and promoting better operation of waterworks and pollution control facilities.
"Glossary of Environmental Health Terms." Department of Health. 2006. New York State. 18 Jan. 2008.
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