与限控CO2排放有关的若干指标分析

本文针对美国政府近来提出的未来10年问使其GDP的CO2排放强度下降18%的承诺，就与限控CO2排放相关的若干指标，包括GDP的CO2排放强度、CO2排放对GDP的弹性、能源消费弹性、能源消费的CO2排放强度、GDP的能源消费强度等相互间的关系以及其年变化率与GDP年增长率之间的关系，进行了定量的数学推导，并以确定的数学关系式为工具，对美国承诺所涉及的经济增长、能源消费等相关问题进行了分析。     

超声波-TiO_2光催化联合处理垃圾渗滤液

采用超声波强化TiO2光催化技术处理垃圾渗滤液。研究了TiO2催化剂用量、光照作用、超声波作用、pH值、曝气作用等因素对垃圾渗滤液中COD和氨氮去除率的影响。结果表明,在TiO2粉末的投加量为2 g/L、pH值为11时,先采用功率为292.5 W的超声波辐射3 min,再以高压汞灯(250 W)照射3 min,垃圾渗滤液中的COD和NH3-N去除率分别达到50.1%和75%。若在同一条件下进行饱和曝气可以使NH3-N去除率进一步达到85.3%,但会降低COD的去除率。     

Superstorm Sandy and voter vulnerability in the 2012 US Presidential Election: a case study of New Jersey and Connecticut

Superstorm Sandy was an unprecedented meteorological event that devastated the Caribbean and the Northeastern Coast of the USA in October 2012. While many research efforts will focus on the atmospheric conditions that led to the creation and unusual track of the storm, this study evaluates the impact of Sandy on voter turnout in the 2012 US Presidential Election. The goals of this paper are to (1) determine if any alterations in voter turnout occurred, (2) assess the extent to which Sandy was responsible for any voter turnout changes and (3) investigate if the influence of Sandy on voter turnout was contingent upon social vulnerability. To accomplish these goals, voter turnout change between the 2008 and 2012 US Presidential Elections was analysed at the county and municipal level for both New Jersey and Connecticut. The notable decreases in voter turnout discovered in both states were likely due to the election occurring in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The correlation, spatial clustering analysis, analysis of variance and multiple regression results all suggest that storm surge was more likely to be responsible for reduced voter turnout in New Jersey than in Connecticut. Specifically in New Jersey, the findings indicate that storm surge coverage, rather than height, was influential in reducing voter turnout and that this relationship was contingent upon the racial composition of the municipalities. Overall, understanding how Sandy affected voter turnout will help improve the resiliency of electoral systems to future natural disasters.     

Integrating environmental impact assessment with master planning: lessons from the US Army

The US National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires agencies to consider environmental impacts in the early stages of planning and decision-making. Despite this mandate, agencies typically conduct EIA for projects, rather than for earlier and more strategic decisions, such as plans. This research investigated the extent to which a large federal agency, the US Army, has integrated NEPA analyses with master planning for their installations. Using in-depth case studies of 16 installations, we investigated how and why EIA was (or was not) integrated with planning, and identified the factors that promote or impede integration. Typically, integration has been regarded as concurrence, meaning that the EIA and planning processes are conducted together. Results of this research show, however, that integration can occur, even if the NEPA documents and master plans are not concurrently prepared. In this sense, integration can be viewed as the influence of the EIA process on agency planning and decision-making. Results also indicate that regulations are only one factor, and that several other factors influence the extent of integration, such as agency leadership and organizational incentives. Lessons from this study can help improve both the integration and the substantive implementation of EIA.     

Prolepsis and the Environmental Rhetoric of Congressional Politics: Defeating the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003

As a device of argumentative anticipation, prolepsis use generally is considered a positive rhetorical strategy. Turning to the Climate Stewardship Act (CSA) of 2003, this article contributes to our understanding of environmental communication, political argumentation, and rhetorical theory by examining how proleptic miscalculation can actually produce devastating consequences against one's cause when used as a source of invention. Proponents of the CSA relied on creating proleptic arguments grounded in a scientific understanding of climate change to such an extent that they mistakenly downplayed the economic arguments against the Act. This orchestrated miscalculation was encouraged and strengthened by key US senators. This article concludes by discussing contributions to scholarly understanding of prolepsis use in public policymaking and offers practical suggestions for improving communication in future considerations of environmental legislation.     

超声波/零价铁协同降解氯苯类化合物的QSPR研究

在同一反应条件下测得超声波/零价铁(US/Fe)协同降解五种氯苯类化合物符合准一级反应,降解速率常数(k)呈现一定的规律性:1,2,4-TCB>M-DCB>P-DCB>O-DCBCB>CB。采用偏最小二乘法(PLS)建立氯苯类化合物定量结构-性质相关(QSPR)的数学模型,模型的主成分分析结果表明:在US/Fe体系中,影响氯苯类有机物降解的主要因素分别是物质的氯取代程度,分子极化率及亨利常数。     

中美能源权力的空间领域与均势区演化

随着美国“页岩气革命”取得重大突破,当前世界能源贸易版图和政治经济格局加速重塑,美国成为新的传统能源权力领导者,中国和平崛起下的能源安全问题愈发严峻。基于相互依赖理论和均势理论,构建了能源权力空间理论框架和能源权力静态模型,刻画出 2003—2018年间中美能源权力的空间范围及均势区变化：（1）随着国际能源权力体系和能源贸易网络的发展演变,中国和美国的能源权力空间发生巨大变化。（2）中美煤权力和天然气权力空间基本形成较为稳定的区域组团,中国原油权力空间保持强劲的全球扩展趋势,而美国原油权力空间面临转型重构。（3）中美能源权力的空间均势区不断碎片化成点状镶嵌,相对集中于欧洲大部、非洲南部和东亚,形成资源禀赋型、资源消费型、地缘通道型、政经倾向分离型、“第三国”控制型等五种类型。（4）中国对五种类型国家的能源合作政策宜因地制宜,有所侧重。通过政治和经济双重利益吸引资源禀赋型国家,与资源市场型国家加强能源技术合作,确保地缘通道型国家安全畅通,对政经倾向分离型国家加强经济合作以影响外交政治,合理安排与“第三国”主导型国家的能源合作。结论可为中国应对全球能源转型和能源格局重塑的复杂性变局,加强对外能源贸易合作与要素资源投放,确保国家能源安全提供理论和政策借鉴。     

Drawing the Battle Lines: Tracing the “Science War” in the Construction of the Chloroform and Human Health Risks Debate

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the Chlorine Chemistry Council, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and others have been embroiled in a legal challenge concerning the US EPA's “reversal” regarding the scientific assessment of chloroform's carcinogenicity. This issue arose during the US EPA's November 1998 promulgation of a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal for chloroform in the Stage 1 Final Rules for Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts in drinking water. In this paper we adopt a claimsmaking approach: to trace the development and outcome of the chloroform court challenge in the USA, to examine the construction of scientific knowledge claims concerning chloroform risk assessments, and to investigate how different interpretations of scientific uncertainties regarding the evidence are contested when such uncertainties are brought into a regulatory and judicial arena. This “science war” (Chlorine Chemistry Council and others v. US EPA and others) took place in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The scientific “authority” in the construction of scientific claims in this dispute is based on the International Life Sciences Institute expert panel report on chloroform. Examining these science wars is important because they signal critical shifts in science policy agendas. The regulatory outcome of the chloroform science war in the United States can have profound implications for the construction and acceptance of scientific claims regarding drinking water in other jurisdictions (e.g., Canada). In this challenge, we argue that the actors involved in the dispute constructed “boundaries” around accepted and credible scientific claims.     

超声波/零价铁联合降解间二氯苯的特性研究

研究了间二氯苯(M-DCB)在超声波/零价铁联合体系(US/Fe0)中的降解,考察了零价铁(Fe0)投加量、初始pH值、初始间二氯苯浓度(C0)、搅拌速度等控制参数对间二氯苯降解效率的影响。结果表明,其降解效率分别在Fe0投加量1.5 g/L,初始pH值为2和10时达最大值。随目标污染物初始浓度的提高,其降解效率降低,超声波和零价铁联合体系适合降解较低浓度的间二氯苯溶液,搅拌速度越大,污染物的去除率越高。