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Even after two years of adjustment, it was apparent that the sharp drop in oil prices occurring during late 1985 and early 1986 would have a profound effect on the regional distribution of employment in the United States. In this paper, we develop and implement a procedure for quantifying the long‐term consequences of lower oil prices on employment in each of the 50 states. We use the estimates developed to determine how much of the variation in state employment growth during 1986 can be attributed to the oil price decline. We also use the estimates to gauge the feasibility of political action, such as an oil import tariff, to reverse the oil price decline.

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Understanding the consequence of sea-level rise for coastal cities has long lead times and huge political implications. Civilization has emerged and developed during a period of several thousand years over which sea level has been unusually stable in geological terms. We have now moved out of this period and the challenge will be to develop a long-term proactive assessment approach to manage this challenge. In 2005 there were 136 coastal cities with a population exceeding one million people and a collective population of 400 million people. All these coastal cities are threatened by flooding from the sea to varying degrees2 and these risks are increasing due to growing exposure (people and assets), rising sea levels due to climate change, and in some cities, significant coastal subsidence due to human agency (drainage and groundwater withdrawals from susceptible soils).

Objective. We test the central thesis of Hochschild's (1997) The Time Bind: people who are unsatisfied with housework, parenting, or their marriage work more hours, or at a minimum prefer to work more hours, especially if satisfaction with work is high. Methods. Using the data from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families & Households, we analyzed the influence of work & home satisfaction on the actual & desired work hours of 1,533 respondents who were employed, married to an employed spouse, & had one or more resident children under age 18. Results. We found that people who were more satisfied with work than home or who were dissatisfied with home life in general did not work more hours or even desire to do so. Conclusions. Contrary to Hochschild's assertions, there was little evidence that working parents dissatisfied with home life worked more hours or desired to spend more time at work. 4 Tables, 23 References. Adapted from the source document.

SAMPLES OF STUDENT RESPONDENTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES USED A 40-ITEM TRAIT BATTERY TO INDICATE THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THREE NATIONAL AND TWO OR THREE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURES, AS WELL AS THREE NONPOLITICAL PUBLIC FIGURES. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT CERTAIN KEY DIMENSIONS WERE CENTRAL FEATURES IN BOTH THE DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL FIGURES IN ALL THREE COUNTRIES. THERE WERE STRONG SIMILARITIES ACROSS THE THREE SAMPLES IN THE CRITERIA THEY USED TO EVALUATE THE MOST SALIENT LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. THE SAME COMMON MODEL OF EVALUATION WAS LESS USEFUL IN JUDGMENTS OF THE LESS SALIENT LEADERS, FOREIGN LEADERS, AND NONPOLITICAL PUBLIC FIGURES.

AbstractThe UK approach to pollution control in tidal waters places considerable emphasis on balancing the contrasting needs of utilization of the waters for the assimilation of effluents with the protection of all identified uses, i.e. the Environmental Quality Objective/Environmental Quality Standard (EQO/EQS) approach. In order to protect uses of the waters for bathing and general amenity, this approach in the design of improvement schemes necessary for marine sewage discharges is examined. However, recent guidelines for consent applications dealing with schemes designed to protect bathing use suggest a departure from the EQO/EQS approach towards an emission standard when dealing with the solid phase of the sewage effluent. The implications of these approaches are discussed from the design (scientific and engineering) viewpoints.A summary of headworks processes and the current practice for preliminary treatment at marine outfall sites in the UK is reviewed, together with comments on their effectiveness. The terms of reference and work of a joint working group to examine the efficiency of screening equipment at marine outfall headworks is described, together with a technical summary of results collected at a range of sites and with various types of equipment. Recommendations for future research are given, and a strategy for screening is developed.

Within the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has increasingly emphasized environmental public health activities. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH), one of nine major units of the CDC, was established as a focus for assessment and prevention of environmentally related diseases. Many new, legislatively mandated programs have been delegated to CEH. One such mandated responsibility in Public Laws 91-121 and 91-441 directs the Department of Health and Human Services or its designee to review the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to dispose of or to transport chemical warfare agents. The Chemical Munitions Demilitarization Program, CEH, reviews DOD plans and makes recommendations to ensure that hazards to public health and safety have been provided for in the plans. In addition, these CEH staffers periodically review approved activities at DOD facilities, assessing their monitoring and evaluation programs. CEH staffers also contact State and local health and environmental agencies to identify and evaluate any concerns of the agencies or the public relating to these activities.

Rooftop photovoltaics (PV) have become widely adopted by domestic customers in tandem with energy storage systems to generate clean energy and limit import from the grid, however most applications struggle to achieve profitability. The level at which energy storage is deployed, be it household energy storage (HES), or as a community energy storage (CES) system, can potentially increase the economic feasibility. Furthermore, the introduction of a Time-of-Use (TOU) tariff enables households to further reduce their energy costs through demand side management (DSM). Here we investigate and compare the performance of HES and CES with DSM. The results suggest that TOU tariffs can effectively shave peak demand by up to 30% and lower energy bills by at least 20%, but do not improve self-consumption or selfsufficiency rate. This study indicates that all cases considered are environmentally friendly and can pay back the total CO2 emissions associated with the manufacturing within 8 years. However, the levelised cost of storage (LCOS) is still beyond a household's affordability, ranging from £0.4 to £2.03 kWh-1, though CES is proven more effective at improving self-consumption for consumers and shaving peak demand for network operators. The feasibility can be improved by 1) combining different services and tariffs to obtain more revenues for households; 2) more legislative and financial support to reduce system costs; and 3) more innovative business models and policies to optimise revenues with existing resource

The conversion of forest lands to non-forest uses, especially conversion to residential development, is of significant concern to the Washington State Legislature and Washington Department of Natural Resources. As a result of a rapidly growing population, the risk of conversion is especially high in Puget Sound's watersheds. The objective of this study was to develop a regional characterization study for Washington State that defines residential development as it is implemented in the Puget Sound region to estimate the emissions associated with conversion of forested land for residential development.