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EURADWASTE—Nuclear Waste Reports (CEC)
EURING—European Engineer
EUROMETAUX—European Association of Metals
EuroREX—European Renewable Energy Exchange
EV—Electric Vehicle
eV—Electron Volt
EWEA—European Wind Energy Association
EWG—Environmental Working Group
EZN—Extractable ZincF—Fahrenheit
FACA—Federal Advisory Committee Act (U.S.)
FAIR—Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
(U.S.)
FAME—Fatty Acid Methyl Ester
FAO—Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FAP—Filter Aid Polymer
FAR—Fatal Accident Rate
FAZ—Fly Ash Based Zeolite
FB—Fractional Bias
FBC—Fluidized Bed Combustion
FBI—Family Biotic Index
FC—Fecal Coliforms
FC—Fuel Cell
FCC—Fluid Catalytic Cracker
f/cc—Fibers per Cubic Centimeter
FCCC—Framework Convention on Climate Change
FCM—Fuel Containing Mass
FCO—Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)
FD—Formamide
FDA—Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
FDD—Fault Detection and Diagnostics
FEA—Finite Element Analysis
FEANI—European Federation of National Engineering
Associations
FEG—Field Emission Electron Gun
FEH—Flood Estimation Handbook
FEI—Fire and Explosion Index
FEMA—Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.)
FERC—Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
FETC—Federal Energy Technology Center (U.S.)
FEV—Forced Expired Volume
FF—Fabric Filter
FF—Future Forests
FFA—Federal Facilities Agreement (U.S.)
FFA—Free Fatty Acid
FFCA—Federal Facilities Compliance Act (U.S.)
FFDCA—Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (U.S.)
FFF—Forum for the Future
FGD—Flue Gas Desulfurization
FGR—Flue Gas Recirculation
FHSA—Family Health Service Authority (UK)
FIA—Flame Ionization Analyzer
FIA—Flow Injection Analysis
FID—Flame Ionization Detector
FIFRA—Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (U.S.)
FIRM—Flood Insurance Rate MapFISEC—Foundation for Scientific and Educational
Cooperation
FML—Flexible Membrane Liner
FoE—Friends of the Earth
FONSI—Finding of No Significant Impact
FP—Fine Particle
FPC—Federal Power Commission (U.S.)
FPD—Flame Photometric Detector
FP6—Sixth Framework Program (EU)
EQPA—Food Quality Protection Act (U.S.)
FR—Federal Register (U.S.)
FRC—Functional Residual Capacity
FRP—Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics
FS—Fecal Streptococci
FSA—Food Standards Agency (UK)
FSR—Final Safety Report
FSU—Former Soviet Union
FT—Fourier Transform
FTA—Fault Tree Analysis
FTC—Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
FVC—Forced Vital Capacity
FWPCA—Federal Water Pollution Control Act (U.S.)
FWQA—Federal Water Quality Administration (U.S.)
FWS—Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.)
FWS—Free Water Surface
FY—Fiscal YearGAC—Granular Activated Carbon
GAMOT—Global Acoustic Mapping of Ocean Temperatures
GAO—General Accounting Office (U.S.)
GATT—General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
Gb—Giga Barrels
GC—Gas Chromatograph
GCCI—Global Climate Change Initiative
GC-MS—Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometry
GCM—General Circulation Model
GCM—Global-Circulation Model
GCP—Good Combustion Practice
GDI—Gasoline Direct Injection
GDP—Gross Domestic Product
GEF—Global Environment Facility
G8—Group of Eight
GEM—Genetically Engineered Microbe
GEMI—Global Environmental Management Initiative
GEP—Global Environmental Program
GEV—Generalized Extreme Value
GEV—Gumbel Extreme Value
GEWEX—Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GFDL—Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GHG—Greenhouse Gas
GHS—Globally Harmonized System
GIS—Geographic Information Systems
GISS—Goddard Institute of Space Studies
GJ—Giga Joules
g.l.c.—Ground Level Concentration
GLM—Generalized Linear Model
GLP—Good Laboratory Practice
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