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Clifford Roberts Buck: “Betcha she’s ugly enough to awaken one’s divine potential.” As they were driving a massive landslide went into the Pacific Ocean that relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism to survive. The slide buried a portion of Highway 1 under a 40-foot layer of rock and dirt and changed the coastline below to include what now looks like a rounded skirt hem. More than 1 million tons of rock and dirt tumbled down a saturated slope in the area. The slide covered up…

First and foremost, clearing of toxic waste will never be completely, absolutely, 100% eradicated. As with everything in life, there will always be room for error when disposing of waste. The precautions and heavy regulations put upon businesses and companies that handle toxins and chemicals detrimental to our environment are made to limit the chance of error. In almost all cases, every step is made to prevent events such as oil, chemical, and waste spills. When those regulations are not fully…

In his book, "Crude Oil: The Violent Twilight of Oil", Peter Maass discusses about the world's unremitting pursuit and dependence on oil. He contends that oil dependency has led to conflicts and war between and within countries. Specifically, the oil-producing countries, mostly the developing nations, do not gain from the oil revenue since their governments are marred with corruption and poor governance so that the leaders monopolize the income. Consequently, these countries have remained in…

The Costa Concordia disaster is the biggest cruise line catastrophe since the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago. In the aftermath of the incident, many efforts have been made and are continuing to be made to salvage what is left of the disaster. These salvage efforts range from the search and rescue of passengers and crew to even the extracting of over a half million gallons of oil from the ship since it listed 137 meters off the coast of Giglio Island, Italy on January 13, 2012. From…

We are very sorry to hear about the accidents in relation to the two separate consignments. I will hereby explain below how both accidents will affect the contracts between Floidex and Zinta. Consignment 1 As Floidex and Zinta has agreed for the consignment to be shipped CIF Mumbai Incoterms 2010, Floidex obligations would be fulfilled after it has duly delivered the consignment to the UK port, cleared through customs and loaded onto the ship as agreed in their contract. However, Floidex is…

Oil has been a vital part of everyday life for decades. It is our main source of fuel in automobiles and other machinery. Oil has its benefits, but people seem to ignore the process of acquiring oil. Oil drilling is a dangerous and risky process. It runs the risk of contaminating the surrounding water and harming the organisms that live in it. The process also emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, better known as the BP oil spill, was a prime…

 FACTS The dispute is pertaining to the detention by the Spanish authorities of the vessel M/V “Louisa” having the flag of Saint Vincent and Grenadines. Chronological facts of the case are as follows: 20.08.2004 – 29.10.2004: The vessel M/V “Louisa” was conducting surveys of the sea floor in the internal waters and territorial sea of the Spain to locate oil and gas deposits on the basis of a permit issued by the Spanish Ministry of Environment. 29.10.2004: The vessel was voluntarily docked at…

According to “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, an oil spill once broke out near the island of Australia, and covered many birds native to that area ( Lewis 19). In “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, the penguins started to get harmed by the chemicals surrounding their land, and many different ideas were used to help the birds survive. One unique idea included using sweaters to keep the birds from harmful substances. In the end, the sweaters were put into good use, and enabled the…

In summer of 2013 the documentary Blackfish premiered in select theaters and on CNN. This film highlights the reality of SeaWorld -- behind closed doors. It focuses on Tilikum, a 12,500 pound bull Orca (Cowperthwaite). Tilikum’s tragic story became the inspiration for the documentary. This highly controversial film has been the root cause of numerous protests and many recent changes within SeaWorld. Just one year after Blackfish SeaWorld went down 48% in the stock market and lost 7% of their…

Sunderland Essay Sixteen-year-old, Abby Sunderland, attempted to sail solo around the world to try to beat her brothers world record but failed along the way. This caused a great deal of controversy. So, should Abby have gone on that journey? Definitely not. First, Abby’s journey was a bad idea because the solo journey endangered others. It endangered the rescue workers, for example, the captain of the French boat fell into the water and almost drowned. “He was fished out in very difficult…