Petroleum industry

The effects of the environmental damage on the navajo nation was that there was a giant waste spill tainted rivers on August 25 in southwestern Colorado. Which this caused damage to the people, river, and life blood. 88,000 pounds of metals poured into the rivers, EPA has taken full responsibility. This was mentioned on page 2. Pages 1 and 2 talk about what has happened and what they are going to do to fix the issues and if they will do anything. It also talks about how much money will be put…

Stonehenge is a stone monument that has evolved over a period of 10,000 years and is located north of the modern- day city of Salisbury, England. It was built around 1700 B.C., but the structure forms a small part of a larger, sacred landscape. The mystery of how these stones were carried such long distances and the date this site was built are still being questioned. I chose this site because I wanted to be more familiar with it and the phenomenon that surrounds Stonehenge intrigues me. There…

coastal economies are heavily dependent on ecosystem services such as tourism and fisheries. It is estimated that the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill will have caused the loss of $8.7 billion in revenue and 22,000 jobs for the commercial fishing industry in the Gulf. (Natural Resources Defense Council, 2015) New methods of preventing oil spills and reducing their impact on communities must be developed - the stakes are far too high to continue with business as usual, as the following…

with the snowcapped Andes covering almost all of its eastern boarder (World Atlas). The south Chile is one of the world’s rainiest area; while in the central Chile, the temperate Mediterranean climate thrives the region’s agriculture and forestry industry (Moreno…

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Around the world, there are multiple oil spills each day. These are generally too small to do much damage, but eventually, there is a large one such as the BP Oil Spill that can devastate entire ecosystems. Oils spills such as these often leave the large question of who is responsible, or who is to be blamed. While some of the blame should be put on the company in charge, a large amount should also be put on the companies on the inside of the job that made the spill possible. Due to the fact…

Could we be in a time in which unions and environmentalist can work and come up with mutual ideas together? Members in the United Steel workers and Sierra Group decided to join forces to improve not only the amount of jobs but also the quality of those jobs. In addition to solutions to the energy crises, establishing wages that families can live off on, a bright retirement, and a promise for health and safety on a job. In 2006 both groups decided on the name The BlueGreen Alliances, a…

Throughout history, Government has started small, and then grown into outrageous proportions and begin to take control over the free market and thus driving the economy down. According to James Gwartney, “Put another way, government allocation results in a “one size fits all” outcome, while markets allow different individuals and groups to vote for and receive desired options (Gwartney 102).” Government is not supposed to be big. That is what George Washington stressed when he accepted…

The areas from conducting research on the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the further analysis into problems, decisions, and potential problems matrices allowed for a better-rounded look at the overall issue. Execution of this problem was poorly constructed similar to the Deepwater Horizon spill. The massive implications that come from such an event as an oil spill go way beyond money and resources lost. It truly affects a vast array of life and the standard of living around the area of the oil…

What makes the value of our Canadian dollar go up and down? Well, our dollar is very reliant on the US as they are our biggest “customer” when it comes to our exports. We export materials like wood, coal, and wheat. Interest rate also affects how well our dollar does. But, our biggest business is oil, Canada’s bread and butter. The Canadian dollar usually depends how oil prices are doing almost all the time. If oil goes up, our dollar goes up. Before I move on to the next section, I would like…