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    I found Government Bullies to be a very informative book. Rand Paul discusses multiple government bureaucracies and how they bully their own citizens by enforcing laws that are not clearly define. He discusses stories on how the EPA, TSA, FDA, and USDA have set in place many laws that are not clear and have fines that are ridiculous. He also puts forth his viewpoint on the Lacey Act and how it is "an open license for government bullying". Senator Rand Paul is a republican senator from Kentucky.…

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    Pollution Of India Essay

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    Several civilizations are plagued by pollution, yet one country in particular struggles with several types of pollution. Agricultural, industrial, and domestic pollution fill the rivers of India, creating several issues for the peoples that reside there. The large population of the country tends to be the cause of most pollution: "India 's population of nearly 1.2 billion accounts for about 17 percent of the world’s population... it has been experiencing rapid economic growth of…

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    Alex Silva Clean Water Act Positional Essay Introduction The ongoing debate within the Clean Water Act (CWA) can be narrowed down to the Clean Water Rule (CWR), as it makes amendments to the Act and implements a different way of thinking about our water supply. The Clean Water Act was produced as a means for the EPA to implement pollution control programs alongside setting water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. This definition of what is to be considered…

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    The Clean Water Act was passed by the Congress in 1972. This Act protects all the “waters of the United States” and it still remains one of the most important tools that is used to try and protect our waters. This a good example of one public policy in place now that aims to improve some aspect of environmental sustainability because it regulates pollutant leaks into the water. With lots of streams at risk of pollution, our drinking water also is at risk with fish and wildlife species being at…

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    The landscape study area into which the proposed medium-density suburban patch is to be inserted is a 180km2 portion of land with its centre located approximately 6 kilometres south of the Brisbane CBD (refer to Figure 1). Consisting of a mix of developed and undeveloped land, the area in question is typical of much of the greater Brisbane region. Viewed through the lens of the P-C-M model, it is dominated by a relatively homogenous matrix of medium-density development interspersed with patches…

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    to discuss how to evaluate the safety of chemicals (EPA Research). Toxicology is the science of nature and how poisons and other chemicals can negatively impact it (Research). Their solutions to help the environment make sure the water supply is clean and abundant to support humans and aquatic species. The Small Systems webinar concerns the safety of water and how it can impact the environment (EPA Research). “Through innovative science and engineering, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to…

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    pollution. However, they are all viewed as a failure. From my point of view, it is a product of their largely non-regulatory approach and is due to a lack of technical information concerning what control measures actually work. Section 208 of the Clean Water Act “requires states to develop area-wide waste treatment management plans” and be submitted to EPA in return of federal financial assistance. It is considered ineffective because states lacked of incentives to link planning to…

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    Storm Water Fee

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    action to deal with storm water, but within the high speed urbanization during modern time, impervious surface-especially in urban area-has increased dramatically, which made storm water management a problem that can’t be ignored anymore. In 1972, Clean Water Act started to take effect, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is authorized by EPA in the same year. Cities had been requested to put effort in stormwater management. After that, a lot of US cities started to charge…

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    Loopholes in the Clean Water Act The objective of the Clean Water Act is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's water. The intent is admirable but the execution is ineffective because its outdated, large companies abuse it, and lobbyist sabotage any progress to update the regulations. Many events that led up to the creation of the Clean Water Act, one example is the 1960s was the peak of the environmental problems throughout the country…

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    A world without clean water to drink is what we as a universe are approaching. In North Carolina and everywhere else in the world, there ultimately isn’t enough being done to help preserve our freshwater supply as day in and day out things are being done to further harm and damage our water through all types of pollution. At the current rate of pollution were going at as of right now it can easily be said that by a little over a decade that we will not have any reliable source of water…

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