6301/$ - see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2009.12.005 68 percent of the families of Grameen Bank borrowers have crossed the poverty line. Motivation towards repayment is high, with rates currently running at 98.4 percent, and the bank has been profitable in every year of its existence except 1983, 1991 and 1992. The socially-oriented organizations in the Grameen Group now range from the country’s largest phone company to one supplying affordable healthcare
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POSITION PAPER: COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER Authors Thomas B. Cochran Christopher E. Paine Geoffrey Fettus Robert S. Norris Matthew G. McKinzie Natural Resources Defense Council issue paper: october 2005 Natural Resources Defense Council issue paper Commercial Nuclear Power ABOUT NRDC NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is a national, nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in
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Analysis of Power Sector in India: A Structural Perspective Niranjan Swain*, J P Singh** and Deepak Kumar*** The inhibitors to growth in power sector were many—small and big but the main roadblock in the growth path was Government Policy, which made it difficult or rather impossible for a private player to enter. This further aggravated the problem that Indian entrepreneurs didn’t have enough knowledge and experience in developing power projects. To worsen the scenario, the SEBs and other Government
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Final Exam for Environmental Law ENV 320 Please write the correct answer on the left line for each question. Each question has 2 points. Please use another color than black for your answers. D 1. Which of the following is not considered one of the threshold issues that must be met before one can bring a lawsuit? a. standing. b. ripeness. c. case or controversy
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materials, from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products. As the name implies green technology is one that has a "green" purpose. By green we do not mean the color, however, nature is quite green, and the long and short term impact an invention has on the environment is what we are talking about. Green inventions are environmentally friendly inventions that often involve: energy efficiency, recycling, safety and health concerns, renewable resources, and more. Green technology is the
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Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………….. 3 2.0 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………… 4 3.1 ConocoPhillips ………………………………………………………………... 4 3.2 ExxonMobil …………………………………………………………………….. 4 3.3 Chevron ………………………………………………………………………... 5 3.0 Financial Analyses and Benchmarking ………………………………………….. 5 4.4 Accounting Standards ………………………………………………………. 5 4.5 Common size Income Statement …………………………………………. 6 4.6
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Pou enthusiastically took the lead. By doing so, Pou became the leader of the organization, which “are the primary influencers of ethical conduct in an organization”. ( Jurkiewicz, ???) When Pou began developing the triage system, no low-status (non-medical) employees were consulted, even though their knowledge could have helped with the logistics of the hospital. (Rich, 1996) Unfortunately, “communication flows down, but little flows up” which led to the problem being framed by Pou only in a
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pollution, water shortages, fossil fuel and raw material depletion and climate change. Production of polyester fiber, the most widely used manmade fiber, consumes no renewable resources and high energy levels and generates atmospheric emissions. Also finishing of textiles consumes a large amount of water as well and energy. However, production of apparels is more environmentally friendly; still, outsourcing from low cost countries consumes more fuel for transportation. A throw away mentality has
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1.Before a rule promulgated by a federal agency becomes law, it must be a. published in final form in the Federal Register. b. approved by a Senate Oversight Committee. c. both a and b. d. none of the above. 2.All rules made by administrative agencies must be a. published as proposed rules in the Federal Register. b. published as final rules in the Federal Register at least 30 days before they are to go into effect. c. both a and b. d. neither a nor b. 3.The courts may
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Title: SOLAR ENERGY: “SUNLIGHT into USEFUL ELECTRICITY” >Introduction< In today's climate of growing energy needs and increasing environmental concern, alternatives to the use of non-renewable and polluting fossil fuels have to be investigated. One such alternative is solar energy. Solar energy is quite simply the energy produced directly by the sun and collected elsewhere, normally the Earth. The sun creates its energy through a thermonuclear process that converts about 650,000,000 tons
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