Environmental remediation

The people of China have become extremely concerned with all the environmental issues that have been going on in the last past 10 years. To correct the problems the Chinese government has taken multiple steps to make the best of the situation. The Chinese state is filled with environmental problems which make them enforce environmental policies, mainly in rural areas. In most cases, people don’t understand nor realize the environmental effects of any polluting activities. For example, when…

"By 2050, one-third of the world 's energy will need to come from solar, wind, and other renewable resources"(Alternate Energy). As time goes by coal, oil, natural gas depletes which will cause economic and social problems.Oil causes harm to the atmosphere by polluting everything around it and to solve this problem scientists are working to build sustainable energy sources such as solar panels. Given unlimited resources researchers could investigate and find an alternative to power the planet…

In the book Fracking written by Tamara Thompson she discusses the findings of the Environmental Protection Agencies water samples that were taken from resident’s drinking sources in 2008. Thompson states the EPA found hydrocarbons (i.e. Methane gas) along with several other different contaminants like arsenic and benzene that seem to be related…

Pharmaceutical waste creates mass quantities of environmental pollution, and is quickly becoming one of the world’s largest pollution concerns. With the incredible advancements in medicine and pharmaceutical development, the concern for proper disposal of these medications has been largely ignored. Increasing education and public awareness on the subject are two great ways to begin spreading awareness concerning pharmaceutical environmental pollution. Unbeknownst to most people, nurses play a…

The Environmental Protection Agency defines frackings as “A well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources; including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and even water”(Environmental Protection Agency). This process, employed to release natural gas involves drilling deep into the ground and shooting a high pressure water solution into rock formations in order to release the gas inside. Although the history of fracking can be traced back to the 1940’s, it…

Over the course of environmental law the eleven chapters covered throughout the semester processed the reoccurring themes cover to cover. Author Nancy Kubasek emphasizes how environmental quality is an adverse effect on man willful negligence and willful misconduct that is subsequent to negative externalities. With class discussion and supplemental video to reinforce concepts the emphasized them was easily identifiable in relation to the weekly case studies. Where in the case study of Thinking…

because we pay the price ultimately. For example, air pollution contributes to the dreaded acid rain; acid rain not only devastates agricultural crops, it also pollutes ninety percent of waterways and a large portion of arable soil. In Fact, “environmental degradation cost [China] nine percent of its Gross National Income in 2008”, a number that is quite unacceptable. Since many waterways are now considered wastewaters, that water traveling across the country is spreading the pollution,…

What are causes of pollution and how can it be stopped or decrease ? Pollution is a presence of introduction into the environment of a substance that has harmful or poisonous effects. Most of the human life activities that happen each and every day for us to survive are polluting the world. Pollution is overcoming the earth and destroying lots of natural resources that we need. Pollution is known to cause human illness around the world. Pollution is causing bad damage to the earth for many…

In my opinion, the two most important social responsibilities pertinent to Volkswagen deliberately creating a software capable of cheating emission tests are pollution and consumer relations. Consumer relations is a critical issue in business today. Customers look towards businesses to provide them with safe, satisfying products and to respect their rights as consumers. The four main rights for consumers concerning consumer relations are right to safety, right to be informed, right to choose,…

PHASE II INVESTIGATION: The conclusion of QC lab investigation affirmed that the failed results reported for TG89 bottom mixer bowl and the bottom of the Vibrasonic clear were not due to Analyst error. Therefore, QA initiated a Phase II investigation to determine the circumstances that led to the failures. During the investigation QA reviewed the cleaning protocol, current cleanup instructions, interviewed SMEs. Below is a summary of the findings. Note, due to the fact the failure was reported…