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    Bp Oil Spill Essay

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    The BP horizon drilling accident is considered the biggest environmental disaster in US history, considered 10 times bigger than Exxon Valdez. Over a period of 86 days (from April to June), about 4.9million barrels of crude was pumped into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The impact of the spill is still being studied. During this period, 57.5 square miles of gulf waters were closed to fishing and other commercial activities. Just top put it in context, the estimated amount of oil spill is…

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    Fenceline Social Model

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    ecological model is the most relevant model, however the social model can still be applied. This paper represents critical views of health within the film as well as the authors view. Fenceline Fenceline is about the negative outcomes of having a shell refinery and gas company near a growing community.…

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    drilling a hole and then pump the crude oil out to either a barge or into a pipe that goes directly to land. Once the crude oil makes it to the refinery, they begin to break down the oil through different chemical reactions. This process is called fractional distillation which is where they have to break down the hydrocarbons in the crude oil. After the refineries finish transforming the crude oil, it is then shipped out to different companies to then make the products that we use every…

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    Environmental racism is a major issue in most places around the world. People treat others very bad just to make money by building oil refineries which pollute the areas. They pollute the areas where they're mostly poor black people living.In addition, environmental racism is when a specific group in a gets treated differently from others in a negative way. In most places the whites are the one in control of most things and got all the money to do work with.However,they prefer to make themselves…

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    Essay: Chapter 11 Vocab

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    8th - Chapter 11 Vocab Chapter 11 Vocab begins on pg. 384 Petroleum Liquid fossil fuel; oil Refinery A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products Petrochemical A compound made from oil solar energy energy from the sun hydroelectric power Electricity produced using the energy of flowing water biomass fuel Fuel made from living things Gasohol A mixture of gasoline and alcohol. geothermal energy Heat from Earth's interior. Nucleus the central and most important…

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    One of the greatest labels a person wears in today’s society is their gender. If you are a male or a female dictates how you should speak, dress, act, and even which jobs you should perform. Certain expectations are specified to both males and females. Gender roles control numerous areas of our lives today. We live in a society that attempts to dictate who you should be, and what you should do grounded on your gender. Gender identity ought be whether we internally identify as male or…

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    The United States of America is one of the highly developed nations around the globe. The country has demonstrated success in the creation of a massively industrialized economy in the post-civil war period. The growth of American prosperity was sparked by the quest for intercontinental rail network connections. American businesses were improved to serve the national and international market. Such enabling environment helped create giant corporate organization. Manifesting this holistic…

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    (a) Background information on the company. (Describe the company’ primary business activities in addition to providing information regarding the history of the company) Golden Land Berhad is an investment holding organization, takes part in the development of oil palm. The organization operates through Sabah plantations and Mill, Indonesian Plantations, Property Development, and Other sections. It is also involved in property development and holding activities, and attempts general construction…

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    John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839 and was very serious minded and religious. Early in his life he decided he wanted to start a business career so him and his friend went into the trading business. Later on in 1867 Rockefeller entered the oil business. Rockefellers actions in the oil business showed he was a captain of industry. Rockefellers actions showed he was a captain of industry in many ways. Rockefeller helped his country by selling kerosene which helps heal certain…

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    Shell is a known oil refinery in the world. It has been in operation for over 50 years. It is an energy and petrochemical group of companies, with its headquarters in Hague, Netherlands. It is important to note that Royal Dutch Shell plc is the parent company of Shell Group. The company not only deals with oil refinery but also it produces aviation and marine fuels, lubricants, waterproofing materials, natural gas, chemical feedstock and many other petroleum products (Kiong, 2013). It is a big…

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