Author: United States. Congress. House. Select committee of inquiry into operations of the United States air services
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air Services
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select committee of inquiry into operations of the United States air services
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ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Don't Breathe the Air
Author: Scott Hamilton Dewey
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
With the menace of smog hanging over an increasing number of American cities in the 1960s, "Clean Air!" became a rallying cry for a new environmentalism. Citizen activists rallied passionately to force state and local governments to address problems that threatened human health and even survival. In Don't Breathe the Air, Scott H. Dewey traces the history of air pollution control efforts, focusing on the decade of the sixties, and describes how local efforts helped create both the modern environmental movement and federal environmental policy. Early in the fight against air pollution, activists recognized the need for intergovernmental solutions. Because air was mobile, no single jurisdiction could address problems alone. Dewey has chosen three case studies involving different sources of air pollution and different configurations of governments to discover how jurisdictional issues affected environmental organization and the ability to clean up the air. First, Dewey looks at Los Angeles, arguably the birthplace of modern air pollution. Because much of the city's air pollution was automobile-related, Los Angeles had to enlist help from the State of California to regulate both the industry and car owners. Relatively speaking, Los Angeles was a success story, one that set important precedents and illustrated a pattern of local concerns entailing action in a larger arena. Dewey then turns to New York City, a city plagued by air pollution problems that involved more than one state and required regional action. In its comparative lack of success in dealing with its atmospheric woes, compounded by the pollution descending on it from neighboring New Jersey, New York was more typical of the overall national pattern than was Los Angeles. Finally, Dewey examines central Florida, where a rural, agricultural area suffered from severe industrial air pollution that required a multi-jurisdictional solution and a confrontation with influential phosphate manufacturers that all levels of government were long reluctant to tackle. Don't Breathe the Air is a comprehensive look at the role of air pollution and citizen activism during the rise of environmentalism in the post-World War II United States. It clearly lays out the issues and strategies that prepared the way for the federal clean air legislation of the 1970s.
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ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
With the menace of smog hanging over an increasing number of American cities in the 1960s, "Clean Air!" became a rallying cry for a new environmentalism. Citizen activists rallied passionately to force state and local governments to address problems that threatened human health and even survival. In Don't Breathe the Air, Scott H. Dewey traces the history of air pollution control efforts, focusing on the decade of the sixties, and describes how local efforts helped create both the modern environmental movement and federal environmental policy. Early in the fight against air pollution, activists recognized the need for intergovernmental solutions. Because air was mobile, no single jurisdiction could address problems alone. Dewey has chosen three case studies involving different sources of air pollution and different configurations of governments to discover how jurisdictional issues affected environmental organization and the ability to clean up the air. First, Dewey looks at Los Angeles, arguably the birthplace of modern air pollution. Because much of the city's air pollution was automobile-related, Los Angeles had to enlist help from the State of California to regulate both the industry and car owners. Relatively speaking, Los Angeles was a success story, one that set important precedents and illustrated a pattern of local concerns entailing action in a larger arena. Dewey then turns to New York City, a city plagued by air pollution problems that involved more than one state and required regional action. In its comparative lack of success in dealing with its atmospheric woes, compounded by the pollution descending on it from neighboring New Jersey, New York was more typical of the overall national pattern than was Los Angeles. Finally, Dewey examines central Florida, where a rural, agricultural area suffered from severe industrial air pollution that required a multi-jurisdictional solution and a confrontation with influential phosphate manufacturers that all levels of government were long reluctant to tackle. Don't Breathe the Air is a comprehensive look at the role of air pollution and citizen activism during the rise of environmentalism in the post-World War II United States. It clearly lays out the issues and strategies that prepared the way for the federal clean air legislation of the 1970s.
The Mechanics' Magazine
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Do Not Air
Author: Nancy Plum
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ISBN: 9781686383472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In 1970s radio, the world of Top 40 and Rock music belonged to the boys...until Nancy Plum came along. She has written a delicious book about her radio journey and it is filled with fun. Talent, persistence and luck are only part of Nancy's story. There was not a revolution in the '70s that Nancy Plum did not excel in--Feminist or Sexual. Her journey is a wild, fun ride filled with empowerment, craziness, life lessons, rock stars, and everything that makes us miss being young. What's really awesome is that today, Nancy Plum continues to be one of America's most popular disc jockeys, heard nationwide on Passport Radio on the web.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781686383472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In 1970s radio, the world of Top 40 and Rock music belonged to the boys...until Nancy Plum came along. She has written a delicious book about her radio journey and it is filled with fun. Talent, persistence and luck are only part of Nancy's story. There was not a revolution in the '70s that Nancy Plum did not excel in--Feminist or Sexual. Her journey is a wild, fun ride filled with empowerment, craziness, life lessons, rock stars, and everything that makes us miss being young. What's really awesome is that today, Nancy Plum continues to be one of America's most popular disc jockeys, heard nationwide on Passport Radio on the web.
Air Ambulances
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Category : Airplane ambulances
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Publisher:
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Category : Airplane ambulances
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Air Mail
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Air travel and health
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780104011782
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This report is a follow-up to an earlier report published in 2000 (HLP 121-I, session 1999-2000, ISBN 9780104442005), on air travel and health. That report acted as a stimulus to further research into the health of air crew and passengers, and led to a broader examination of such issues. The report also led to the setting up of the Aviation Health Working Group in 2001, and later the Aviation Health Unit, in 2003, within the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which acts as a focal point for aviation health in the UK. In this report the Committee sets out the current situation, and still finds issues that remain of concern, particularly the risk to air travellers of venous thromboembolism (VTE). A WHO study is to examine VTE risk for individuals with existing risk factors, and the Committee urges the Government to continue to support this project. The Committee also believes that further investigation into the effects of fumes on pilots and others should be continued. The Committee has set out a number of recommendations, including: that jet lag should be studied as a confounding effect of DVT; that the Government should explore ways to increase the research capacity in aviation health; that the CAA should implement the recommendations of its own research into aircraft seating standards, and increase the minimum seat pitch to at least 28.2 inches; the Government should also review the level of air passenger duty levied on "premium economy" seating; also that the Government and airlines advise passengers on the proven benefits of good hygiene in the reduction of disease transmission, and that as part of their contingency plans airlines that are flying from areas affected by a pandemic, should provide bacterial wipes to passengers; that the Government and the AHU work together with airlines and others in providing consistent air travel advice to passengers on the risks associated with self-medicating with the intention of preventing DVT.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780104011782
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This report is a follow-up to an earlier report published in 2000 (HLP 121-I, session 1999-2000, ISBN 9780104442005), on air travel and health. That report acted as a stimulus to further research into the health of air crew and passengers, and led to a broader examination of such issues. The report also led to the setting up of the Aviation Health Working Group in 2001, and later the Aviation Health Unit, in 2003, within the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which acts as a focal point for aviation health in the UK. In this report the Committee sets out the current situation, and still finds issues that remain of concern, particularly the risk to air travellers of venous thromboembolism (VTE). A WHO study is to examine VTE risk for individuals with existing risk factors, and the Committee urges the Government to continue to support this project. The Committee also believes that further investigation into the effects of fumes on pilots and others should be continued. The Committee has set out a number of recommendations, including: that jet lag should be studied as a confounding effect of DVT; that the Government should explore ways to increase the research capacity in aviation health; that the CAA should implement the recommendations of its own research into aircraft seating standards, and increase the minimum seat pitch to at least 28.2 inches; the Government should also review the level of air passenger duty levied on "premium economy" seating; also that the Government and airlines advise passengers on the proven benefits of good hygiene in the reduction of disease transmission, and that as part of their contingency plans airlines that are flying from areas affected by a pandemic, should provide bacterial wipes to passengers; that the Government and the AHU work together with airlines and others in providing consistent air travel advice to passengers on the risks associated with self-medicating with the intention of preventing DVT.
The Decline of Supplemental Air Carriers in the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Language changes; Commander in Chief, Pacific Strategic air command; ATLAS and TITAN transportation; Nuclear fallout; Report on consultants; BOMARC Program; Nuclear propulsion for ships; Modification of defense budget; Statements of members of Congress, organizations, and interested individuals, [Monday, March 21, 1960
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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