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my opinion, the carbon tax is the best option for not only our nation, but for the whole world to reach our goal to lower our carbon emissions. The way the carbon tax method functions is that it proposes a tax to companies or businesses that produce oil, coal, and etc. These companies produce vast quantities of carbon, which is why they are the ones being taxed for polluting our atmosphere. This will encourage these businesses to stop using nonrenewable energies(fossil fuels). On a comparison…

In order to properly discus carbon foot print and the impact that it has on our environment we have to first define what it is to get a better understanding, second we will look to see my personal contribution and how that compares with the national average and then compare it on a global level we will end by identifying new ways to offset and reduce the impact on our environment. Merriam Webster dictionary defines carbon footprint as the amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon…

Basically, there should be a noticeable and systematic increase in the standard deviation based on an increase in size of the target circle, while the matching circle mean should stay close to the actual physical size of the target circle. In other words, it should be possible to see a progressive and regular increase in the standard deviation from a 10-, to a 30-, to a 50-pixel circle; and alternately, a systematic decrease in the standard deviation when moving in the opposite direction from…

and prevalence of diseases. Reduction in winter road season often required food and fuel to be flown into these regions, leading to increased cost of food and fuel. The Northern communities emission of CO2 is also high due to their reliance on diesel oil. Health Impacts Warming of the planet Earth caused by the excessive accumulation of greenhouse gases presents both environmental and health effects. Some of the adverse environmental impacts of global warming…

in a review of experimental evaluations of PD programs in developed countries, Yoon et al. (2007) found that the academic achievement of students whose teachers participated in PD programs (about 49 hours of training on average) increased by 0.54 standard deviations compared to students whose teachers did not participate in PD. These positive findings lend credence to the efforts of policymakers from developing countries who are in favor of using PD to improve the quality of teaching in their…

obtained by expert witness’s must be based off of sufficient facts produced by applicable, reliable, principles and methods. In response to Daubert v. Merrill Daw Pharmaceuticals ( 509 U.S. 579 (1993), and other cases applying the Daubert standard. Under the Daubert standard the expert’s theory must be testable, the technique or theory has been publicized or subject to peer review, obtained a rate of error and success, and the theory must be generally accepted in the scientific community. The…

starch digested, was overall quite consistent. The average values for tube 2 which was at 4°C and tube 3 at 24°C were 0.03 mg/mL and 0.24 mg/mL respectively. The corresponding standard deviation values for tube 2 and 3 were found to be 0.037 and 0.063 respectively. Finally the standard error for tube 2 was 0.012 and the standard error for tube 3 was 0.021. Following the second experiment that determined the concentration of starch digested, a t-test was performed with the data collected. The…

s is due to the radiofrequency energy emitted by cell phones (Senthil & Sakthi, 2015). Additional discoveries have found that the lead used to solder components from the cell phones together can cause damage to one’s central nervous system, as well as the immune and endocrine systems. Also, there are damaging developmental consequences to children’s brains (Zadok & Riikka, 2010). Researchers found that health risks include “headaches, difficulties in concentration, apathy, weakness and a…

A total of four hypotheses were examined using the following variables: feelings of tension and anxiety before and after watching a video in which a news story covered a student going to a college campus with the intent of harming people, perceived threat while watching the video, perceived threat while watching similar news coverages, the number of hours a day spent consuming news, and participant gender. First, to test the hypothesis that feelings of tension and anxiety will be higher after…

Moana Ola encourages a healthy post-2020 climate change target in line with keeping global warming below 2°C that is ambitious and achievable. As part of New Zealand’s contribution to the universal climate change agreement, an economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This type of commitment will require robust policies and coordinated action across the integrated sectors as determined by decisions of the UNFCCC Conference of the…