Environmental factor

KEY EVENTS Environmentalism began as a movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s after early awareness of threats to the environment, the publishing of the book Silent Spring, the first Earth Day, and the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, humanity's relationship and dependence on the earth for survival has existed since the beginning of time. Ancient civilizations, such as Rome, Babylon, and Greece, dealt with the problem of air pollution. “Excessive…

Congress has several attempts to regulate non-point source 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…

Manatees are marine mammals that need warm water in the colder months of the year to survive; which makes Florida a prime location. (Blitz, 2016). In the past, manatees depended exclusively on warm water springs as well as other sanctuary areas previously during the winter months, but with the discovering of power plants a large number of manatees started utilizing these release basins as sources of warm water for refuge. These power plants use bay water as coolant. Once released back into the…

I believe that the public should know about the chemicals in “produced water”, when a company is planning to drill, and where they are planning to drill. If people are going to be affected by the drilling, whether it be with contamination of their water or fumes from natural gas around their houses, they should know what is happening and how they will be affected. These large companies should be willing to admit there is a problem and find a solution to it before it gets out of hand. They should…

Environmental justice has advocated and made visible the practice of disproportional siting hazardous waste facilities in low income communities of color throughout the United States. Most of the time the state corporate actors are the ones responsible they are the ones who decide where to place the hazardous waste; the state corporate is more concern with where to place the hazardous waste rather than the health and safety of the community, people and their environment. In 1987 a report was…

Abstract This paper details the causes and extent of the pollution at Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. This Superfund site is a heavy metal-contaminated area that was created by the aftermath of zinc and lead mining operations throughout the 1900s. The pollution has put local inhabitants at risk of different health issues, and while risk assessments have shown that no significant health risks are obvious compared to the rest of the state of Oklahoma, blood lead levels have…

asbestos Raymark used in brake pads would help lower the waste created at the facility. Learning to dispose of personally generated waste is the first step you can take to help with keeping your environment safe and stopping this issue in the future. Environmental Issue Raymark opened in 1919 and produced products containing asbestos and other harmful substances until 1989(EPA Superfund program,…

Imagine yourself turning on the faucet like every other day and seeing the clear sparkling water. But wait, it isn’t that sparkly today. Even so, you pour it into the glass for your kid. Then you see it turns into a yucky brown color. You think it’s still okay, but it’s not. The Flint water crisis is a tragedy where the governor of Flint made a mistake by not telling one of the poorest cities in the U.S. , Flint, Michigan about lead in their water. If we are going to help the residents of…

A. Syllogism P1) If the government does not fund anti-lead programs, there is a greater chance of people getting lead-poisoning. P2) The government is not funding anti-lead programs. C) There is a greater chance of people getting lead-poisoning. B. Description The argument was found online from The New York Times in the Op-Ed section titled America is Flint. Nicholas Kristof, the author, discussed the issue of the Flint water crisis. In Flint, Michigan, water was contaminated. Lead from pipes…

The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is a government agency that was developed to manage Southern Nevada’s water needs. The SNWA has worked persistently to manage and diversify their water resources in order to be one step further along in the process of ensuring water in their regions for many years to come. The pipeline is about partnering with other states and regions to ensure communities are protected for guaranteeing future water sources when needed. SNWA would like to move forward…