...fishing industry due to pollution in Chesapeake Bay, and then in 1969 it was found that over 41 million fish had been killed due pollution (Moyers); shortly after in 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed as a response to unhealthy water due to pollution. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of the Clean Water Act has been debated for the past thirty years. The issue of clean, safe water has been plaguing our nation ever since the Clean Water Act’s passing and has been exacerbated by the surge of plastic in our consumer-driven society. There is no doubt that plastic pollution has become a huge nuisance namely in our waterways, but what has been done about it and moreover, what can be done about it? In 1983 the...
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...6, 2013 Advances in natural energy have provided ways to create the energy that we need with little to no pollution. The United States of America however, is very slow with getting on board with the rest of the countries across the world who has embraced the methods of using natural energy. China and Russia have begun to fuel most of their energy using solar power and water, yet the United States continues to stick to the older ways of coal, oil and nuclear plants to power our part of the world. There have been studies and research done on how the toxic pollution from these dirty forms of energy is causing major damage to the environment. There are even more problems with the people who have to live near these energy plants or breathe in the harmful air which can cause heart problems, cancer and sometimes even death. America has always been the master cranium when it came to making innovative ideas that the world would soon follow. Now, it may be time for America to learn a few facts from other countries on how to incorporate a better way to power up this nation. What are we waiting on, this is America. Natural Power is an independent renewable energy that uses the power from the sun, wind, water or anything in nature to produce power and energy. The research to begin using this natural form of energy was originally created over concerns of how years of pollution was leading to an environmental decline. In the 1800’s, Charles Fritz and Lester Pelton were the first scientists...
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...does the demand for natural resources. Environmental issues that business face include water pollution, air pollution, the use and degradation of natural resources, and global warming. All these factors have pressured businesses to adopt and abide by good social ethical behavior and develop alternative resources without endangering the welfare of the society. Environmental Issues Faced by Business and Society Is it wrong to intrude into ecosystems and harm living organisms? That seems doubtful given how unrealistic it is. It’s almost impossible to do no harm to ecosystems in business because we need the earth’s resources to conduct business and sell products, and many companies have no choice but to dispose of waste and pollute one way or another. Businesses have traditionally shown no regard towards the environment and the societies in which it operated. Environmental protection was rarely seen as an issue and people thought that the world’s resources could be taken without end and without any harm done. Pollution could damage the environment, but the damage done was considered to be insignificant because the world was seen as such a large place. Resources aren’t unlimited and people and animals are harmed from environmental damage. In Garrett Hardin’s parable, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” he describes the importance of the environment to human interests based on the fact that it’s limited. He describes villages...
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...describes the colloquialism and similarity of opinion from two different authors that focus on the same topic to reflect the solemnity and pessimism of this revolutionized era. The supporting texts are attestable, focused, and structured on the problem. Bob Weber’s “Air pollution northeast of Edmonton as bad as world’s largest cities: study ” and Andrew Nikiforuk’s “Alberta’s Oil Legacy: Bad Air and Rare Cancers” are examples of this devious colloquial style portrayed by the media. While Bob Weber and Andrew Nikiforuk share a humane attitude with respect to the study of Alberta’s air pollutants, Nikiforuk is more critical of the detail of exemplifying the seriousness of the problem. Through his description of subsidiary secondary characters , his affective writing style and his manipulative headlines/images , it is clear that Nikiforuk fully comprehends the importance of reducing the air pollutants in the province, while Weber plays around with the motive of the story and is not consistent in conveying his point for the whole province. The two articles focus around elaborating the main point of the study, by the “ Rowland-Blake Group, a University of California-Irvine laboratory that took a snapshot of air quality in Fort Saskatchewan just 30 kilometres northeast of Edmonton for two...
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...nothing to overlook. Our world is looking at detrimental effects in the future if Global Warming continues to increase. Effects like, Coastal Flooding, where glaciers are melting all over the world and ice shelves are breaking off of the Antarctic continent. Or effects like Extreme Weather, whereas warmer air masses can hold more moisture. that’s why we’ve been seeing more tornados, typhoons and hurricanes over the past few years. And the most predominant effect, Increased Drought and Famine, where although much of the impact from climate change and its effects on water is related to the increase in storms and coastal flooding described above, one thing a lot of people don’t realize is that there is an associated change in the distribution of water on the planet overall. Some areas get too much water, but some aren’t getting enough , leading to the increase of drought and famine. Scientist’s studies shows that Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels, oil, coal and gas, which traps heat and acts like a blanket to warm the planet. The more gas we emit into the air, the more heat is trapped, which means the earth gets hotter and hotter. The importance of this is crucial because the hotter the world gets, the faster the world dries up and soon we will be in the worst drought ever. There are many things that needs to be done on a government level to help fix Global Warming like reduce the use of fossil fuels and its carbon dioxide emissions. To me,...
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...greatly influenced by our environment, however, when we influence the environment, we put our health at risk .To understand a healthy environment, we must understand the environment. Our environment is very fragile. Many off us do not realize how fragile it is, we just take it for granted. The preservation of the environment is really vital to our lives and those of others. The real life saving benefits Based on my research, a healthy environment comes with great benefits. The largest benefit of a healthy environment is a longer life span. Consisting of pollution free air, or at the very least reduced pollution, clean area, a healthy environment would significantly reduce the risk of any respiratory diseases such as asthma or other diseases in general that are life threatening such as cancer. The World Health Organization reported that over “80% of the diseases” reported were caused from environmental risk factors such as pollution or littering. A clean and healthy environment would reduce the amount of bacteria that will produced. With this in mind, the environment has the ability to significantly influence our medical health that is why the preservation of the environment is a must. A healthy environment also consists of a clean environment. One would not want a filthy dirty environment where trash fills the side of streets. These areas would just be more prone to bacteria and later form diseases. So in a way, a clean environment is essentially beneficial for disease prevention;...
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...California: Assessment of a Diverse Community California, also known as the golden state and a melting pot of the United States because of a diverse culture and a large immigrant population. To some Americans, it is a paradise and an ideal tourist destination because of sunny weather and easy access to oceans, mountains, and deserts. California integrates foods, languages, and traditions all over the world. According to, People of California 2006 census, California has an appraised population of 377,172,015 and is the thirteenth quickly-growing state. The population consists of 61.9% White American, 6% Black or African American, 10.4% Asian American, 18.4% other race, 1.7% American Indian, 2.1% mixed race, 38.5% are Hispanic or Latino, and 40.3% of the population is non-Hispanic Whites. The leading industries of California are agriculture, manufacturing, biotechnology, and tourism. In terms of politics, Californians are more liberal, especially those who live in the inland states. Based on California Political Parties there are six political parties, the American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican. California experiences frequent and devastating wildfires. During the last decade in 2003 and 2009, California experienced devastating wildfires that affected countless lives. Thousands of families were left homeless and hundreds of lives were lost. California officials have made strict laws against unsafe practices that may cause accidental...
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...Written by: swiss_2415 Hybrid Vehicles 1 Hybrid Vehicles: (Effects on the environment) Arthur Gil Environmental Investigations Professor April 4,2005 Hybrid Vehicles 2 As gasoline prices increase and the environment becomes unstable, people will begin to look for other modes to power their automobiles. One of those modes is know as hybrid power. A vehicle is considered a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. For example, a mo-ped (a motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it combines the power of a gasoline engines with the pedal power of the rider. Hybrid vehicles are an alternative being used to decrease the emissions of vehicles and to decrease the amount of fossil fuels being used. Hybrid vehicles also cost less to operate because of the decreased fuel usage. The gasoline-electric hybrid car is a cross between a gasoline-powered car and an electric car. Hybrid vehicles are all around us. Most of the locomotives we see pulling trains are diesel-electric hybrids. According too How Cars Work, Cities like Seattle have diesel-electric buses these can draw electric power from overhead wires or run on diesel when they are away from the wires. There are two kinds of hybrids. The parallel hybrid has a fuel tank which supplies gasoline to the engine. But it also has a set of batteries that supplies power to an electric motor. Both the engine and the electric motor can turn the transmission at the same time, and the transmission then turns the wheels...
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...Therefore, conservation needs to take action. When you are talking about waste in the sense of timber it is not usually used as an economic term (http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET). Meaning that it really does not harm our earth except for the emissions put out from logging and transporting the timber, other than that there really is no waste coming from timber in a pollution sense. Although there is a massive problem with our society just wasting parts of these resources’ even though there is such a huge demand for timber in our world today. In the wake of this reality practices such as wood recycling or timber recycling have become more of a necessity than anything else. Wood recycling is the practice of turning wood waste into some kind of usable product. For instance some waste wood is chipped and mulched and used to help power homes (http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET). When, we feel that this is a great environmentally friendly practice and we are glad that some builders cooperate and buy the recycled materials even the It can tend to be more laborious and time consuming. In 1944 the state of California 288 million cubic feet of timber was wasted (http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET)! After seeing these numbers from...
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...choice questions Chapter 3: Systems 1. Know the nutrient cycle diagrams Section 4 2. Know the layers of the earth 3. Properties of water and the water cycle 4. Know the spheres of the earth. 5. Macromolecules in section 2. 6. What is nitrogen fixation? 7. How does nitrogen fixation occur? 8. Importance of limiting factors….examples Chapter 6: Biomes and Aquatic ecosystems 1. What is a biome? 2. How are they classified? 3. Choose a biome and know characteristic about that biome. 4. Know how to create a climatogram – know how to plot the temperature and precipitation 5. What is Net Primary Production? What is Gross primary production? How do these terms differ? 6. What effects Net Primary production? Chapter 9: Environmental Health and Video Discussions 1. What are the differnet environmental health hazards? 2. Impacts of fossil fuels on our environment? 3. What is Biomagnification? 4. Difference between primary and secondary air pollutants 5. What is causing the ozone hole? Chapter 17 covers our video Oil Discussions. Chapter 18 Video discussions on Renewable Energy Chapter 19 Discussions on Pollution. What is Eutrophication? What are endochrine disruptors This is included in your study guide. The issues brought up during this discussion will be included on the exam. Frontline: Poisoned Waters 1. When was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed? What events prompted its formation? 2. How did...
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...auto-makers concentrated on making large, luxury vehicles, Toyota was focusing on building small, fuel-efficient vehicles that would grow to dominate the automotive industry. Although quality and efficiency are two important features of economic sustainability, this paper will look into more aspects of sustainability to determine how Toyota has operationalized sustainability. Energy bulletin, 2007, published that oil accounts for 95% of the global energy use for transportation. This fact alone makes the job of auto makers in general and Toyota specifically, in making fuel efficient cars, of outmost importance. Emitting CO2 is another harmful side effect that results from operating the existing autos. “Seventy-five percent of carbon monoxide emissions come from automobiles. In urban areas, harmful automotive emissions are responsible for anywhere between 50 and 90 percent of air pollution.”1 Considering the above, in order to operationalize sustainability, Toyota needs to step in and produce autos that are fuel efficient and pollute less in order to lower the energy consumption and save the environment. The sheer size of Toyota operations as one of the largest auto makers in the world, and it’s strive to always be the leader, has put the responsibility of coming up with an alternative technology that lowers harmful emissions almost squarely on Toyota. Looking back in the history, Toyota was the first company to come up with the lean manufacturing model of “just in time” in 1938...
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...MGT/360 University of Phoenix Riordan Current Business Practices Audit Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer with locations in California, Georgia, Michigan, and China. The vice president of operations decided to develop a sustainability plan. Team A has been assigned the task to conduct a business audit to evaluate the Riordan’s current business practices at each location. The audit provides valuable information to identify the nonsustainable business practices and how each effects the environment. The subject in this paper is how Riordan Manufacturing will identify their nonsustainable practices, federal regulations, mandatory, and voluntary actions necessary to implement a successful sustainability plan. Nonsustainable Business Practices The business practice audits brought to light three nonsustainable practices. The three practices highlighted by the audit include wasted energy from the plants, the use of toxic cleaning solvents, and spilled ink. These three business practices can be very harmful to the environment. Burning fossil fuels for energy creates gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and volatile organic compounds. These gases cause air pollution. They can cause several kinds of air pollution, particular matter, smog, and ozone (New Energy Alternative, 2008). Air pollution can travel thousands of miles and can harm areas that burn fossil fuels sparingly. The next nonsustainable practice is the use of toxic cleaning...
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...achieve through open communication, cooperation, and commitment to teamwork. Transportation planning activities include visioning, forecasting population/employment, identifying major growth corridors, projecting future land use, assessing needs, developing capital and operating strategies to move people and goods, and developing a financial plan. The required planning processes are designed to foster involvement by all interested parties, such as the business community, community groups, walking and bicycling representatives, environmental organizations, the Native American community, neighboring MPO/RTPA and the general public through an open and proactive public participation process. As a Transportation Planner working for the California Department of Transportation, I...
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...operations. The long term goal is to convert the present import terminal to export terminal in the nearest future. (Dangote Cement, ND) Environmental Consideration Dangote group currently has policy on Social Responsibility which they refer to as touching lives. The program is about awarding scholarships and donating monies to various causes through a foundation called Dangote Foundation. From all indications, this social responsibility policy is short of making the environment clean for the people by going green. Cement manufacturing posses a lot of threat to production environment like emission of dust, gases to both human and plants in the areas of production. The case of Dangote Cement is not an exception when it comes to air pollution through dust emission to all the villages...
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...The impact of social performance - Unilever and its environmental responsibility Unilever is one of the world largest multinational companies, merged by British soapmaker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie in 1929, which is related with lives of over two billion people every day mainly in the area of food and beverage, home care and personal care. The corporate purpose of Unilever indicates that they require "the highest standard of corporate behavior towards everyone we work with, the communities we touch, and the environment on which we have an impact (Purpose & principles 2010)". This corporate purpose highlights the importance of social performances and the interactions with their shareholders. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly essential in the global environment (Wilburn 2009, 111), especially for large multinational companies who confirm that making contributions to shareholders is the driving force to increase the value of the corporations. Unilever claims that corporate social responsibility is at the heart of its business (Cescau 2007). “We've always believed in the power of our brands to improve the quality of people’s lives and in doing the right thing. As our business grows, so do our responsibilities (Our vision 2010)” Unilever has made a clear direction about their vision. These years Unilever has focus on building their corporate image with full consideration and improvement of social performance, varying from...
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