Environmental remediation

A Superfund site is defined as any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified these sites as candidates for cleanup because they poses a risk to human health or the environment. Once a site is selected as a candidate, they are placed on a list called the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is used to prioritize the release or threatened releases of hazardous wastes in the United States. The EPA uses…

simplicity to living materialistically. Environmental deficit is serious, long-term harm to the environment caused by humanity’s focus on short-term material affluence. One long term effect of environmental deficit is global warming. Global warming is an irreversible effect, what’s done is done. Global warming involves climate change, ice melting worldwide…

standards. Individuals, organization, governments and companies should take keen interest in environmental conservation. Conflict of interest has seen environmental conservation being disregarded as now…

trucks, electricity is used to grind minerals and metals such as copper or aluminum, and coal is used to make steel. Energy used during mining processes are vital for environments conditions as it has impacts and produces greenhouse gasses and environmental contamination (AMD). The reduction of energy used will decrease greenhouse gas emissions and not have a lot of impact on fossil fuels. It will also decrease mining…

Flint Water: An Environmental Injustice Case Christina Lay DeVry University There have been several cases of environmental injustice over the years. One case that was extraordinary was the Flint water case. The Flint water case received national attention in 2014 when a sample of the water was broadcast on national television that Flint’s drinking water was brown and contaminated. Many people were outraged that the city officials ignored the issue of the water for years and the deaths…

When the basic human right of over a hundred thousand people is forcibly taken away, mental and physical strains come into play. In the wealthiest country, it is almost unimaginable that such a tragedy should happen in the United States. A small town just outside of Detroit, Flint, Michigan is suffering from the worst case of lead poisoning in the states since the 1970’s. What was once a prosperous city due to the automobile industry is now left poverty stricken.After this, the city was forced…

industry, farmers, real estate developers, and even small business groups. Other interest groups include mining companies, pesticide companies, and even golf course operators, most of which have rarely before fought so whole-heartedly against an environmental regulation. For them, the rules gives too much control over even the smallest bodies of water. What isn’t understood by any of these opposing groups is that we need clean water, not only for drinking but also for clean food and a healthier…

degrees Celsius. China government has been paying great attention to the climate change in Beijing. Climate change in China has changed the weather patterns and in future by increase in flooding and drought. Outdoor air pollution is one of the major environmental challenges for health impact in Beijing. Climate change in Beijing has changed the weather pattern and could increase flooding and drought and cities near the coast could be at risk as sea temperatures warm, glaciers melt and sea levels…

The world itself is ever changing. Two authors by the names of Pamela Paul and Michael Pollan would agree upon this statement and would add that not only is it changing but it’s direction is one that would cause much harm. Pamela Paul writes an exceptional essay, Green if Not Clean where she discuss that the cleaning supplies that we use to maintain our homes clean can overtime be not only harmful to the environment but to our own health. As for Michael Pollan discuss in more depth in his essay…

self-interest despite being aware that abusing the common resource contrary to their long-term best interests. The Tragedy serves as a model of a myriad of current resource-based problems affecting the society. It applies to the discussion concerning environmental issues. A general view reveals that all the six billion people inhabiting the earth have incentives of avoiding the costs to control the emission of pollutants. In particular, air pollution is a result of strong economic…