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WEB SITES Looking for news about companies that provide environmental services? Try Envirobiz News (http://www. envirobiz.com/news.htm). From strictly business news, such as company takeovers, to news with business implications, such as EPA announcements, the site provides timely and pertinent information. In addition to worldwide news coverag,, the site also links to press releases primarily from companies but also regarding major legal cases. Current stories are listed by week. A useful feature is a searchable archive of stories for 1996 The National Academy Press Web site (http://www.nap.edu) offers the complete text of books from the National Academy of Sciences and its affiliate institutions: National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. More than 1000 health, science, and technology books are online at the site, and more than 4000 volumes are to go online this year. Current topics include volumes on acid rain, strategies for remediating groundwater, and the health effects of radon. The environmental subject index is subdivided into three categories: environmental health environmental quality and waste disposal and storage The site can be searched by keyword Books can also be ordered from the site To find out what's happening in bioremediation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, go to http://www.ornl.gov/orcmt/ dtin_lst.html. The Web page contains summaries of about 45 reports on bioremediation studies that either have been done or are under way at Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge lab and the Centers for Manufacturing Technology are represented in this searchable archive. From constructed wetlands to using surfactants to improve in situ bioremedia-
tion of contaminated soils, the entries provide a summary, a list of references, and the names of principal investigators. However, the site provides few links to other information on the Internet; to obtain more information, you must write or phone.
LISTSERVS ELI-Wetlands is a new listserv for discussion of all aspects of the law; policy science; and management of wetlands, flood plains, and coastal water resources. Topics discussed include Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting, wetiands restoration, mitigation banking, and major wetland protection efforts. Postings to ELI-Wetlands will be archived in a conference entided "eli.wedands" on the IGC "Econet" network. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to
[email protected] with "subscribe eli-wetlands " as the only text in the body of the The forum is hosted by the Environmental Law Institute an independent center for research and development on environmental law policy and management
BOOKS Environmental Management and Governance, Peter May and Raymond Burby, Eds. (Routledge, 1996, 254 pp., $74.95, $24.95 soft-cover). This examination of intergovernmental approaches to land use, natural hazard management, and sustainability contrasts policy initiatives in New Zealand and Australia with those in the United States. 100 Modern Environmentalism: An Introduction, David Pepper (Routledge, 1996, 376 pp., $22.95 soft-cover.. An historical overview of Western attitudes toward nature and the environment, this work focuses
on current green ideologies and "radical environmentalism." 101 Pest Management at the Crossroads, Charles M. Benbrook (Consumers Union, 1996, 272 pp., $35.95 soft-cover). The product of original data analysis and policy research, this book chronicles the benefits of biologically based integrated pest management (IPM). It examines pesticide risks, regulations, institutional barriers, and the Clinton administration's IPM strategy. 102 Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes, David T. Allen and Kirsten S. Ross (John Wiley & Sons, 199,, 434 pp., $69.95). This introductory text reviews pollution prevention fundamentals on a macroscale (industrial ecology, life-cycle assessment), mesoscale (emission inventories, fugitive emissions, flowsheet analysis), and microscale (molecular-level reaction pathway synthesis). 103 Practical Handbook of Estuarine and Marine Pollution, Michael J. Kennish (CRC Press, Inc., 1997, 524 pp., $85.00). A detailed reference work on anthropogenic effects on estuarine and marine ecosystems from local, regional, and global perspectives, this handbook includes international data on eutrophication, organic loading, trace metals, and dredged-spoil disposal. 104 Theory and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Ronald L. Droste (John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 800 pp., $86.95). This undergraduate text for civil engineering students covers basic theory of treatment processes and design with an emphasis on the mechanics of these processes. 105
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