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Julie B. Zimmerman
Environment
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Green chemistry as just chemistry
Environmental injustices have exposed our current system of reliance on polluting and toxic chemicals and chemistries as untenable and one whose risks and burdens are disproportionately borne by those who are ...
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Author Correction: Flexibility and intensity of global water use
In the version of this Analysis originally published, in the section ‘Trends in global water demand’, the percentage increase in agricultural area equipped for irrigation was incorrect: the text ‘rose by 48% f...
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Flexibility and intensity of global water use
Water stress is often evaluated by scarcity: the share of available water supply being consumed by humans. However, some consumptive uses of water are more or less flexible than others, depending on the costs ...
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Estimates of solid waste disposal rates and reduction targets for landfill gas emissions
Landfill disposal of solid waste is one of the largest sources of methane emissions. Analysis of gas collection systems at more than 850 US landfill sites suggests that emissions have been underestimated by as...
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A system dynamics approach for urban water reuse planning: a case study from the Great Lakes region
Water reclamation and reuse practices are recently receiving growing attention due to increasing water scarcity, concerns about the effect of wastewater discharges on receiving water, and availability of high-...
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Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Introduction
The goal of Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is to minimize waste, totally eliminate the toxicity of waste, minimize energy use, and utilize green energy (solar thermal, solar electric, wind, geotherma...
