Index

A

Abundance of elements in Earth’s crust, 92

Acetylenes ARP, 159

ACH (air changes per hour), 197

Acid rain

characterization, 140–141

defined, 22–23

Acid rain potentials (ARPs)

for acidifying chemicals, 157

by fuel type, 143–144

Acid Rain Program, 23

Activity-based costing, 128

Administrative agencies creating environmental law, 66–67

Affluence

energy usage and, 28

in IPAT equation, 2

Afterlife of products, processes and systems, 125–126

Agenda 21, 74

Agriculture, 12–13

Ahwahnee Principles, 119

AIChE CWRT (American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Center for Waste Reduction Technologies), 131

Air changes per hour (ACH), 197

Air quality

Clean Air Act. See Clean Air Act (CAA)

emissions and, 17, 19–24

indoor, 198

standards. See National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)