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As is stands, while companies like ExxonMobil create countless negative externalities (like increased carbon emissions and land degradation), they are rarely held accountable towards the citizens that these externalities are likely to effect. Further, overwhelming corporate resources dictate…

Climate change is perhaps one of the biggest concerns of our generation. Without action, the changing climate on earth could turn the world as we know it upside down. Climate change refers to a difference in the average weather patterns either regionally or globally over a specific period of time. There is not much refute that Earth’s climate is growing warmer. However, there is great controversy over the cause of climate change. Are the changes in temperature just a natural swing or does…

ey Rikoskie Professor Melanie Parrish English 102 25 March 2016 Corporations Causing Global Warming As of now, the majority of the world is able to ignore global warming. The climate changes caused by it are slight enough that few people, if anyone at all, have been affected. It is a growing problem, however. “Global warming refers to the upward temperature trend across the entire Earth since the early 20th century, and most notably since the late 1970s, due to the increase in fossil fuel…

On March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound Alaska, the Exxon Valdez was moving South West subsequent to leaving Port Valdez. The ship was carrying fifty million gallons of raw petroleum. The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that was heading to Long Beach California. The tank had struck a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, which resulted in the spilling of 260,000 to 750,000 barrel of crude oil. The Exxon Valdez spilled 10.9 million gallons out of its 53 million gallon payload of Crude oil. Eight…

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe” (Frederick Douglass). The United States of America has become a country directed by the elite who are unconcerned of the struggles and interests of the working people in the middle class and their families. In the book War on the Middle Class, many issues like the…

Many historians agree that the United States’ entrance into Iraq during the second Iraq war benefited oil companies and thus the US alike. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein many oil companies, like Shell and ExxonMobil began attempts to move into Iraq. As these US companies benefited from the oil that was present, the US enjoyed cheaper oil prices. The price prior to the Iraq war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein for a barrel of oil was $40 USD. However, after the war oil prices dropped to…

This will be an examination of how smartphones are affecting people’s health in most developed countries as they have become the dominant form of communication. In more developed countries, people are not only becoming heavily dependent on smartphones, but are also becoming an addiction among adolescents and is becoming a “consequent impact on their health” according to an Academic Journal from the International Journal of Preventative Medicine. This can be shown true from a “representative…

and the government will lose any thing. For instance, Apple gains $44.8 billion a year. If we take 5% of Apple profit and pay tuition for student, the company won’t loss any thing because 5% compare it to $44.8 is small number. Another example is ExxonMobil gains $32.5 billion a year. We can take from it 4% as we did with Apple. Not only the big companies is require to help college student, but also banks have to support them and pay also a small percentage of their profit. Moreover, Bank of…

Imagine a forest with unnatural beauty: trees with thick, green leaves, healthy wildlife, and clear water from streams. Now imagine that same exact forest with the Keystone XL Pipeline running through it: wilted and discolored leaves, sick wildlife, and streams smothered in black oil. There was an article published, arguing that the pipeline should be built because it is the safest way to move tar sands oil, does not affect the environment and climate, and creates effective jobs. However, the…

Petrobras is a Brazilian oil company that was created by the Brazilian government in 1953. For the first decade Petrobras struggled to be successful despite being given a constitutional monopoly by the Brazilian government. Brazil did not have any oil reserves or the knowledge in oil exploration, and the goal for Petrobras was to become a world class oil producer. Petrobras began to see success in the 1980s when they developed deep water and ultra-deep oil production. This new technology…