Industrial America.

Regulating Industrial Water Pollution in America

The performance of the industrial point-source water pollution abatement program in the U.S. Clean Water Act is examined. I begin with a brief description of the statute and then turn to a description of the process used to develop the rules that govern effluent discharges. This is followed by a discussion of the outcomes resulting from efforts to apply these rules to industrial pollutant sourc...

Industrial and vehicular contamination in Central America.

s and Reports 89 Several general objectives have been established. The project will attempt to evaluate how much industrial and vehicular emissions and wastes are released in the subregion; identify the toxic products with the greatest impact; determine the magnitude of surface water pollution by industrial effluents; determine the nature and magnitude of the problems posed by unsuitable dispos...

The Adaptive Reuse of Churches in Post-industrial America

Building Industrial Clusters in Latin America Paddling Upstream

Analysis of more than 20 projects for clustering small and medium enterprises and supporting organizations in different Latin American countries has uncovered a number of barriers, activities, structures, strategies, policies and procedures that impact competitiveness. These factors mean that there are different appropriate industrial cluster and industrial business models appropriate for the s...

Industrial Hemp in North America: Production, Politics and Potential

Most of the Western World banned the cultivation of Cannabis sativa in the early 20th century because biotypes high in ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the principal intoxicant cannabinoid) are the source of marijuana. Nevertheless, since 1990, dozens of countries have authorized the licensed growth and processing of “industrial hemp” (cultivars with quite low levels of THC). Canada has concentrat...