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Hyatt Joins Forces with Bloom Energy, Emphasizing Strong Commitment to Sustainability and Innovation • Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced its new relationship with Bloom Energy • Hyatt Regency Greenwich will receive company’s first 500 kW fuel cell • Fuel cell will provide up to 75 percent of hotel’s energy load, generating significant cost savings • Hotel will reduce its carbon emissions by 40 percent by generating its own electricity on-site • Hyatt’s investment in fuel cell technology…

The stories of The Lorax, By Dr. Seuss, and Easter’s End, by Jared Diamond, both touch on a very controversial point: The destruction of our natural world bringing extinction of life. Both authors take their own perspectives in going about this topic. Suess, using a fantasy world of the future, speaks about pollution and the destruction of forests, Whereas Diamond gives a brief history of Easter Island and how its biodiversity declined and perished. Each author equates the end of their stories…

bottom, a quote from Mother Nature reads “DID YOU GUYS (COUGH! COUGH!) NOT SEE THE NO SMOKING SIGN OR DO YOU (HACK!) JUST NOT CARE?” The woman’s expression shows how disgusted she is with the mens’ presence and lack of regard for her. They even seem smog, as if they are enjoying her suffering. The context of this political cartoon presents the issue of climate change as the countries’ fault, and that Mother Nature is helpless against the pollutants being blown in her…

industrial pollution. (Kanawade, S.M, Hamigi, A.D, Gaikwad, R.W 2010) I agree that fossil fuels are dangerous and make pollution because when fossil fuels are burned, they release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, which creates the formation of smog and acid rain. The acid rain is very harmful on plants, trees and animals, dead trees are a common sight in areas effected by acid rain. In addition, deforestation can have a negative impact on the environment, it can lead to climate change,…

The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality must be followed in all of the provinces where hydraulic fracturing takes place and the results shared with the property owners (Gagnon, 2016). Provinces In Canada, a handful of provinces have banned fracking; Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland & Labrador, for the main concerns of water contamination, air quality, and the terms of clarification and operation licenses (Gagnon, 2016). While British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan allow…

Is Nuclear Energy safer to use than Coal Energy? Human beings use energy almost every day, everywhere, and at every time. This counts as one of the biggest necessities of life; we use to power our homes, towns, and cities. In order to create energy, a substance needs to be used to start the generation of energy, some of these resources include coal, water, etc. But one of the most overlooked energy producers tops the charts in safety and consistency is nuclear energy. When many humans hear…

Part 1: Doomsday Global warming is real, and, on this track, is bound to kill us. With average temperatures rising over the past years, many plants and animals will die, killing off any sustenance for us. Fortunately, with the correct care, we still may be able to, deter the burning, flooding, and killing of the earth. You may be informed, but you are definitely not alarmed enough. Often believed to be a hoax, global warming has done nothing but rise over the past few decades. Because of global…

difficult to reach foods that are health conscious when it is more costly and harder to attain. This is a contributor to the dietary risks and high amounts of heart disease and stroke within the country. The air pollution in Thailand is recognized as a smog crisis from January to April every year for the last decade. Much research has been well documented showing the adverse effects of air pollution such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,…

Tragedy of the Commons is the idea of when a public resource is taken advantage of and is used to near or complete depletion. Dr. Seuss’ 1972 TV movie, The Lorax exemplifies ideas from The Tragedy of the Commons. These ideas include putting pollution into nature is just as bad as taking something out, human nature to breed and give birth to an exuberant amount of children, and then there is the impossible human thought of making infinite things out of a finite world. The Lorax portrays the idea…

Every year, thousands of pollutants enter our atmosphere, and this has had a profound effect on our entire lives. As companies pump gasses and chemical into the air , everything from our health, to our weather, to our quality of life has been affected. These changes have led to deteriorating conditions to our health and the natural balance yet very little is done to stop it. Air pollution has had detrimental effects on the health of people around the world. In nations like China, the air is…