Environmental issues with mining

The impression we have on Rob Millard-Mendez is that he Cares about environmental issues like global warming, pollution and climate change. We feel that Millard-Mendez is a straightforward person very serious and adventurous for the way he created the sculpture with reclaimed objects-- a person who can read between the lines. We always feel that Millard-Mendez is very clever for the way he created his art pieces. For example, Millard-Mendez created different types of boats but each boats had…

Rare earths are very significant when it comes to the development and use of technical equipment as they can be very important to the performance of the unit. An example of an everyday piece of technology that uses rare earths is the IPhone. Apple has said that the IPhone uses eight rare earths, from everything from the colored screen, to speakers, to the miniature circuits inside the phone. Although the amount of rare earths in the phone is very little, the demand for rare earths will continue…

reaching the earth dramatically increased? In Naomi’s Klein book, This Changes Everything, the author elucidates how the increasing awareness of the adverse effects of extractive processes on the environment has triggered the formation of many environmental movements. Blockadia is one of the most recent movements that has adopted a different strategy compared to earlier ones. “Blockadia is not a specific location on a map but rather a roving transnational conflict zone that is cropping up with…

The use of nuclear power has been under debate for many years; with issues such as environmental impact, safety, cost, waste management, and efficiency, the cons clearly outweigh the pros. Nuclear power plants have been supplying electricity to the population for nearly 60 years, but all things must come to an end as better options emerge and humanity develops as a species. It 's only natural for things to become outdated, or be replaced by better options as they become available. Nuclear…

Past issues with race and poverty have a deep-seeded role to play in today’s current environmental and cultural inequality. In the movie “Thunderheart,” a young mixed-blood FBI agent is sent to investigate a murder on poverty-stricken Sioux reservation. The officer quickly realizes that it is not the Sioux people that who were causing problems, but, rather, the American government had a secret agenda to steal land from the Sioux people to start mining for uranium and other natural resources. The…

“good” consequences for society it can create a nightmare for those people who live near the mine. For example, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) was passed to ensure the mines protected the surrounding environment and restored the mines to beneficial uses after mining is…

In 2014, Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s Governor, Lifted the state’s ban on fracking, making it legal for the Mining and Energy Commission to issue fracking permits as early as 2015. This opens the door to fracking throughout the state of North Carolina, allowing companies like Duke Energy, General Electric, and Piedmont Natural Gas access to shale drilling, which until now was never available. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rocks deep…

electricity generation which is about 14,500 MWs, and is responsible for 65 per cent of the country's coal-fired electricity generation (Haavardsrud, Paul, Alberta's quitting coal, for better and worse). The concern however steams from the environmental issues, more specially pollution and greenhouse gases that come along with the use of coal fired power plants. Data released by Alberta Environment and Parks show how coal power plants continue to be the largest single source of emissions in…

250). The Alberta oil sands provide a necessary resource that is valuable to the Albertan and Canadian economies. The oil sands have received ample attention in recent years from the media and from various environmental agencies and groups due to “growing concern about a range of environmental impacts” (Jordaan 2012, p. 3611). These concerns are not without merit, as the ongoing development in the Alberta oil sands pose a significant threat to the environment. This essay will give a brief…

Klonoski’s Approaches Klonoski had identified four approaches to corporate social responsibilities which are fundamentalism, social institutions (social institutionalism), moral personhood and moral agency (moralism), and other approaches to corporate social responsibilities (Carter & Burritt, n.d.). “…… In an effort to defuse some of this complexity, I will present an overview of this debate and attempt to sort out the various approaches taken towards determining the responsibilities of…