Reliance Petroleum

I would define men like Rockefeller and Carnegie as “Captains of Industry”. Rockefeller's impact on the American economy demands recognition. He took advantage of the loophole in the Union draft law by purchasing a substitute to avoid military service. In the 19th century. Rockefeller introduced techniques that totally reshaped the oil industry as Kerosene and how can crude oil be converted to it. He used all methods to reduce the price of oil to his consumers as rebates. He gained many…

The Keystone Pipeline is a Legitimate Issue and Should Not Be Approved The controversy surrounding the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal steams from very legitimate concerns. While the issue has attracted support from some parties, it is apparent that many, including environmental activists, civilians and politician have strongly opposed the move, but the big question is, what are the specific reasons is in all this? According to Natural Resource Defense Council, NADR a New York based…

Fracking it is controversial issue whether does it allow or not. Fracking is the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into underground such as rocks, boreholes etc. so, that force open existing fissure and extract oil or gas. Fracking is basically shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, a tube of drilling that gas been used commercially for 65 years. Fracking is so dangerous and it has created very serious circumstances. Chemical used in fracking are toxic. According to nature international…

The San Joaquin River Project is to recreate the San Joaquin River that was dried up after dams were built in 1942.Weintraub and McEwen present very powerful facts and opinions to get the reader's attention and convince them to a side and what to believe in .Weintraub believes that the San Joaquin River project will work and it's worth the 400 million dollars and Weintraub also states that “ The project will have a positive impact on the peoples emotions”.This is where I disagree with Weintraub…

Northern Minnesota is filled with various species of wildlife. Sixteen species are declared endangered, threatened, or watched up north (MN DNR, 2015). A company called Polymet has proposed an open-pit Coppermine in this fragile environment. There have been controversial arguments on the construction of this mine. Many positive impacts could come out of the mine. However, in my opinion, the negative outcomes outweigh the positive ones. The price of this supposed progress might be higher than…

Glenda Hoffman BIO-1000-02-15-FA The Environmental Impact of September 11 Ecotoxicology is the study of impacts of pollutants on the structure and function of ecosystems, including their effect on the environment. The aftereffects of 9/11 is one of the most perfect examples of ecotoxicology. This had become, within moments, one of the most dangerous atmospheric conditions ever to occur on American soil. The first written evaluation of the environmental consequences of the attacks were…

As of lately, a process called hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been all over news channels across America and other countries. Hydraulic Fracturing is defined as a process by which fractures in the rocks below the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting sand and/or chemicals at high pressure to extract natural gas or oil ("What is Fracking?"). Fracking is used to extract shale gas, tight sand gas, tight sand oil, and coal seam gas (better known as methane). Hydraulic fracturing…

Hydraulic Fracking is a drilling method used to extract gas beneath shale formations located deep below the Earth’s surface. It has been practiced for more than 50 years, but it was not until the last decade it became an issue due to a new method of drilling horizontally. Before the last decade, the practice was to drill vertically through shale bedrock to obtain access to oil or gas. In the last 10 to 15 years to the practice of horizontal drilling for methane became popular due to the…

Fracking is the process used to access natural gas that is trapped underground 1. Recently, fracking in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale has gained the attention of many environmentalists 1. Many energy corporations argue that the natural gas industry is not only important for the United States energy, but it is also a large contributor the U.S. economy 2. Environmentalists have made arguments that fracking is not a clean process because the actual process of fracking involved uses a large…

It is impossible to take a roof out of harm’s way and most homeowners must deal with roof damage at some point. Knowing whether to repair or replace a roof is critical and while there are some minor repairs a homeowner can do alone, most roof work should be performed by a reliable roofing contractor. One such contractor, American Eagle, LLC Roofing & Chimney Specialists, located in Bloomfield, CT, has expert advice for homeowners to help them determine which course of action is best. Age is an…