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2015

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Facing Down The So-Called Agenda 21 'Conspiracy', John Dernbach Jan 2015

Facing Down The So-Called Agenda 21 'Conspiracy', John Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

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Can Shale Gas Help Accelerate The Transition To Sustainability?, John Dernbach, James May Dec 2014

Can Shale Gas Help Accelerate The Transition To Sustainability?, John Dernbach, James May

John C. Dernbach

The sudden and unexpected development of shale gas has the potential to accelerate or hinder the transition to sustainability, depending on how it is handled. Sustainable development is a useful evaluative framework for shale gas development. It would have us analyze its environmental, social, economic, and security dimensions at the same time, and look for ways to make all four dimensions mutually reinforcing. This article suggests that sustainable shale gas development: 1) requires a sophisticated and comprehensive regulatory system to protect the environment and public health as well as a legal and policy framework capable of both ensuring significant social …


Using Sustainability Criteria For Biomass, Evgenia Pavlovskaia Dec 2014

Using Sustainability Criteria For Biomass, Evgenia Pavlovskaia

Evgenia Pavlovskaia

This article explores the use of sustainability criteria for biomass as a tool to promote and safeguard sustainability of this product. Much attention is paid to the issues that sustainability criteria for biomass should consider. Among them the priority for food supply and food security, the emission reduction of green house gases (GHG) through the whole production chain, the preservation of areas of high ecological value, the protection of soil and water quality, and the requirements to the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are highlighted. In general, different issues relevant for sustainable biomass can be outlined and promoted. Their …