The role of social, political, and economic interests in promoting state green electricity policies

State governments in the United States have adopted a number of policies to encourage the production of electricity from “green” energy sources. While these state-level policies have been shown to stimulate green electricity development, the rate at which such policies have been adopted by the states differs significantly. This paper examines the potential influence of a state's particular social, political, and economic interests on its propensity to adopt green electricity policies. We use an empirical model that combines various social, political and economic indicators as explanatory variables of a state's likelihood to adopt four specific green electricity policies: renewable portfolio standards, net metering rules, public benefits funds, and generation disclosure rules. Using binary logistics regressions, the results suggest that social interests, measured by the level of income, the level of education, and the degree of participation in environmental lobbying groups, are positively linked to the adoption of green electricity policies. Similarly, political interests as measured by the pro-environment voting by states’ representatives in the U.S. Congress, also play a positive role in the adoption of such policies.     

Cleaner production: profit for future generations

The fate of the environment, currently endangered by human arrogance and oversight, is one of the most pressing problems of our times. This problem cannot be tackled unless cleaner production, cleaner products and cleaner values evolve into a more expansive concept and become part and parcel of the dominant social paradigm. Since its inception in 1985, the Biopolitics International Organisation (B.I.O.) has been raising awareness of the urgent need to develop and adopt biocentric values and ethics in society, and has been promoting a series of initiatives to increase bio-environmental appreciation. This paper presents the conceptual framework of these initiatives, as well as a general overview of the fundamental principles of the Biopolitics International Organisation.     

绿色会计在可持续发展中的应用

文章分析了可持续发展与绿色会计的关系，绿色会计是实现可持续发展的重要的科学工具，同时，对绿色会计的产生原因和最新的发展，绿色会计的计量技术，算方法和报告方式等问题作了研究，最后，分析了当前我国开展绿色会计存在的问题，并提出了相应的对策。     

论"绿色GDP"核算体系及其面临的问题

阐述了"绿色GDP"理论的形成与发展,结合中国国情,探讨了"绿色GDP"核算体系,进而分析了当前中国实现"绿色GDP"核算所面临的主要问题,提出了实现"绿色GDP"核算的主要对策和措施.从而让人们放弃传统的经济发展模式,采用循环经济发展模式,走新型工业化道路.     

绿色产品及技术研究

绿色产品及技术的开发应用是实现人类的可持续发展战略关键技术。本文从产品寿命循环周期出发 ,论述了绿色产品的评价指标 ,绿色制造的体系结构以及绿色集成制造系统。     

绿色化学教育的探讨

当今全球十大环境问题几乎每都直接与化学和化学工业污染污染有关，如何减少化学和化学工业所造成的污染是许多环境保护工作者所研究的重要课题，本文介绍了绿色化学的内涵，提出了实施绿色化学理论教育和绿色化学实验教育的具体措施，绿色化学及绿色化学教育对环境保护具有重大而深远的意义。     

望花地区生态环境现状分析及绿化生态工程

通过刘辽宁省重点污染控制区——望花区进行区域件生态现状调查,查明了区域内植被分布特征和生长状况,确定了大气特异污染物氟、氯对植物的影响程度及其相关性分析,并为改善该区生态环境提出了绿化生态工程措施。     

柿树被日本龟蜡蚧危害后挥发物的变化及其对红点唇瓢虫的引诱作用

研究了柿树(DiospyroskakiL.f.)受日本龟蜡蚧(CeroplastesjaponicusGreen)危害后,体内释放出的挥发性物质对天敌昆虫红点唇瓢虫(ChilocoruskuwanaeSilvestri)的招引作用.Y形嗅觉仪测定结果表明,瓢虫趋向受害枝叶的百分率为74.17%,明显大于趋向未受害枝叶的20.00%,t检验证明,二者间差异极显著;而受害轻微枝叶挥发物对红点唇瓢虫的诱导作用与未受害枝叶的诱导效果相比没有显著差异;说明日本龟蜡蚧对柿树的危害可诱导树体挥发性物质发生改变,增加了对红点唇瓢虫的引诱作用.经气相色谱/质谱联用仪(GC/MS)分析发现,柿树未受害枝叶挥发物共有29种组分,烃类物质的相对含量占92.98%;受害枝叶释放出的挥发物组分有32种,烃类物质的相对含量增加到97.15%,另外减少了3种醇类化合物和2种烷烃类化合物,同时合成了8种新的组分,包括4种烃类、3种萜类和1种酮类.这些新合成的化合物极有可能在不同程度上参与了对瓢虫的招引作用.本文揭示了柿树受日本龟蜡蚧危害后,诱导其挥发出对天敌昆虫有引诱作用的化学信息素,为进一步试验确定有效成分和人工筛选模拟引诱剂,开辟生物防治新途径提供了基础依据.图1表2参16     

企业信用缺失的风险和对策

信用是企业之本，企业要想生存和发展，就必须以诚信为基础，否则将付出重大的代价．要提高企业的信用度，必须建立、健全企业内部控制制度，采取有效的措施，通过建立信用文化和信用保障体制，从根本上解决企业信用缺失问题，让企业所有的承诺都有保证，让所有的企业都健康地竞争与生存．     

生态工业园建设中的绿色物流规划研究

通过分析现代物流对生态工业园建设带来的环境影响,论述了在可持续发展原则下的绿色物流战略;并以苏州新加坡工业园为例,探讨了绿色物流的发展模式,以及这种模式对生态工业园建设的意义。