The river restoration project created to restore the San Joaquin river to its former glory, therefore It should help the salmon instead of the farmers as Daniel Weintraub explains in his article River Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkling of Hope I agree with Weintraub I believe that the river restoration project should continue for the salmon because the environment has a greater significance than some farmers losing their jobs farmers. I agree with Weintraub because he’s very credible he has been working for the Sacramento bee for fifteen years and has twenty-two years in politics. Weintraub’s article published by the Sacramento bee most of the readers includes middle and upper-class people and as for Sacramento it is the capital city of…
An example of this is the Péligre Dam, which was originally built to help agribusiness be more sustainable in the area. It may be easy for some to think of sustainability as recycling bottles and not littering fast food bags on the side of the road, but the environmental issues concerning the dam in Mountains Beyond Mountains are far more complex. The Péligre Dam originated from an alliance between the United States government and a Haitian dictator in the 1950s. What stemmed from this political alliance proved to be detrimental to multiple generations of Haitian people as well as the local environment.…
Although the author points out the anthropogenic factors related to the disaster, most perceived the flood as a natural event. These two themes are prominent throughout the chapter: anthropogenic structures (such as levees) impacting flooding and the economic repercussions of living in a flood-prone area.…
Environmental Pollution and the Love Canal Throughout the country, there are many bodies of water. Each one of these bodies of water has a possible chance of becoming a polluted land. The United States did not really care about the environment, or how harshly others were affected by the environment before. Since people did not care about the environment, it was easy for bodies of water to become polluted.…
The choices you make in life can either lead you to great opportunities or leave you with deep regrets. It’s up to you to decide where you want to go, and how you are going to get there. A choice is the act of making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. The possibilities may surpass your limits and get you far in life, or cause you to feel regretful and ashamed. In “Viva La Vida” and “The Road Not Taken” each author uses choices to portray similarities to “Peace Like A River” and how bad choices can affect you.…
Imagine going for a nice walk with your dog and seeing a huge white cloud sweep over you, knocking you and your puppy out. This is similar to what happened at Lake Nyos 30 years ago. The Lake Nyos explosion included many details common to explosions and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Many parts of this disaster are common to explosions. The Lake Nyos disaster was an explosion of carbon dioxide that was being gathered at the bottom of the lake.…
1. Battle of San Juan Hill • The Battle of San Juan Hill is issued on July 1, 1898. It is one of the biggest battle ever to be known. This took place in Cuba, where Lt. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt leads his “Rough Riders” to San Juan Heights to help fire weapons and end the Spanish American War. Cuba is then freed and the U.S. rewards Puerto Rico and Guam.…
World War II or otherwise known as the good war. While this war did do a lot of good by liberating the Jewish people from concentration camps it was also the reason for Japanese internment camps. By having these internment camps, America was on its way to becoming the next Germany. The war ended the holocaust and the depression but the countless lives that it took, especially in Japan, was devastating. The good doesn’t outweigh the bad.…
If there was ever a catastrophe worse than a war, then that would be epidemics, particularly the one that ravaged all of a continent and killed much more than half of its population. There is only one epidemic that fits that category, and that is the Black Death. As one could take from the name, the Black Death was not a pleasant time for residents in Europe in the 1300s. Life in Europe during the Black Plague was a life fraught with constant death, pandemonium, devastation, persecution, and a collapsing economy. It was not for a very long time that the residents of Europe, as well as even other locations, could rest easy after the final breath of the Black Death.…
Did You know that every day, thousands of Hindus bathe, clean their clothes, and wash their hair in the now polluted Ganges River in India? This was because Hindus would say that the water was sacred because Ganges water was supposed to wash away their sins. The water stayed remarkably clean because of a bacteria eating virus inside the Ganges called bacteriophages. Unfortunately, around the 1980’s the Ganges river started to get polluted because from objects such as dead bodies, sewage, and cancer causing chemicals and the river was not able to clean itself. In 1920 a scientist and water engineer named Dr. Veer Bhadra Mishra realized this problem and wanted to fix it.…
“So it goes.” These three words convey the fatalistic mindset of Kurt Vonnegut through the voice of Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five. The strength of Vonnegut’s novel lies in his own personal experiences, as he himself was an American prisoner of war, was captured in Germany, and then was transferred to the city of Dresden. Throughout the novel, Billy Pilgrim suffers flashbacks of the horrors of war, specifically those associated with the bombing of Dresden. By narrating the novel through the voice of Billy, Vonnegut conveys his belief that war is absurd, exemplified by the causes and effects of the firebombing of Dresden.…
The pollution disaster of the Love Canal happened after a canal in LaSalle, a Niagara Falls town, was drained and acted as a municipal and industrial chemical dump, mainly being used by Hooker Chemical Cooperation between 1948-1953. Over the five years more than 21,000 tons of hazardous chemicals were dumped into the canal which contaminated the soil and groundwater. In 1953 the canal was covered over with clay and soil and declared safe, and soon after it was sold to the school board who then built schools near the covered landfill, about 400 kids attended these schools unaware of this chemical landfill. Hundreds of homes were also built on and around the covered landfill and much like the schools, people were unaware of what laid beneath…
On October 26, 1948 smog, that was confirmed to be fatal, had encompassed a small town named Donora, located in Pennsylvania. The majority of these residents were used to the smoke that had emerged or arose due to a local zinc smelter. However, on this day there was an adjustment in temperature and a deficiency of wind that confined a deadly mixture of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and metal dust. This toxic mixture ends up remaining in the air for five days. Forlornly, due to this environmental disaster, 20 residents had lost their lives and 7,000 other residents agonized from conditions such as: nausea, vomiting, headaches, abdominal cramps, and choking or coughing on blood.…
This response is to Christopher Travis’ choice of Prince’s “Purple Rain.” It is evident that the actions and reactions of the crowd is a confirmation of the icon that Prince was. Considering the enormous following that Prince had, it is conceivable that there was and still are a significant number of his fans that took their obsession and devotion to an extreme level. This level of devotion and recognition, along with the career and financial success proves Prince to be nothing short of an icon. If the person is given an elevated status, the meaning that they carried and the things that they stood for will continue long after they are dead and gone.…
When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 the world had no idea what the effects on the environment would be. The interaction between the Europeans and the New World Inhabitants of North and South America and Africa, as well as Asia is still relevant in the ecological impact that took place between their encounters during the Age of Exploration and onward. The exchange of ideas was the utopian ideal but the utter truth was that the natural environment and human stewardship of that environment during this new global encounter was altered for the worse. This paper will examine the great exchange between different cultures and examine the ecological imperialism that was carried out by Europeans.…