The primary source I’ve chosen is the giving tree by Shel Silverstein, this book is about two opposites a boy and a tree. Every day the boy would come to the tree and play on her branches, climb her trunk, and eat her apples. then as the boy got older he stopped coming as much and would only come when he wanted something from the tree. first, it was her apple to sell in town to make money, then it was her branches to build a house, so he could get a wife and have kids. Then finally her trunk to…
taken as environmental problems and the most important ecological problem is the air pollution. This issue has a long history and is impacting on the health of the individuals since 500 BC. Various human activities of that time have emerged and evolved with the passage of time and thus extended environmental issues. Air pollution is one of the major ecological problems. Environmental problems were first discovered at the time of ancient Athens and Rome when they complaint about environmental…
Throughout the movie, the Environmental Protection Agency places a large dome over the town of Springfield in response to people polluting the town's lake with hazardous and contaminated substances. Even though it was over exaggerated to place a dome over an entire town and cutting them off from society. The EPA felt it was justified for them to take similar actions, but not to the degree that would end up having a town isolated. Placing the dome represents and portrays how much power the EPA…
I chose the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola Florida because that is the site in which the majority of my family lives and works on. This station is home of Aviation Schools, Air Technical Training, Marine Aviation Training, and the Blue Angels. This station was placed on the National Priorities List in 1989 due to the contaminated surface and ground water, soil and sediments. This contamination dates back to before World War 2 where there weren’t any regulatory guidance on dumping waste…
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 RESPONSES, AND THEIR INADEQUACIES 5.1 Introduction: This chapter acknowledges the role of every stakeholder related to the environmental degradation in the Lake Chad Basin, in ensuring the sustainability of the environment and minimizing the threat to security in the region. It acknowledges the fact that there is some level of awareness about the root cause of the issues plaguing the region, and that there have been efforts, albeit inadequate, to prevent, address, or mitigate…
Dofasco Acid STSE 1. Summarize this article in your own words. Include all the main points. (4) On September 7, a burst pipe at ArcelorMittal Dofasco sprayed hydrochloric acid mist through the Crown Point neighbourhood, which runs south of the plant. The Hamilton’s public health department is gathering information on this incident and its impact on the neighbourhood from the Ministry of Environment and ArcelorMittal. Evidence of the leak was witnessed across Crown Point neighbourhood. Residents…
Greenhouse emissions and other pollutants? What is the EPA? Well, I’m here to tell you a little about the EPA and some of the problems with the regulations that Americans are facing every second of their daily life. EPA stands for Environmetal Protection Agency, Which they help the Environment but tthey hurt many Americans. With cost, Job security and making regulations illegally. The major regulation that troubles most of the Americans is the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act consist of coal…
Act. The Clean Water Act helped lower the amount of industries dumping waste into Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was also introduced in 1972, it was placed in order to lower the amount of pollutants in the Great Lakes. “The United States and Canadian governments responded by capping household detergent phosphates, reining in factory pollutants and spending $8 billion to upgrade lakeside sewage plants.” (Wines) Some effects of the cleanup of Lake Erie are that Lake Erie…
in the water (Berg, 2008). While steps have been taken by the administration to convey models to water treatment and wastewater treatment plants a portion of the contaminants saturate the water supply after it has been sifted. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidelines for drinking water with strategies like the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, yet the principles are not tamper proof and a few regions are not in consistence with the recommended standards. Another issue is…
condition of the river, and ensure their voices are heard. He spoke about BJ Cummings, who founded the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition in 2001 to represent and empower the Duwamish Valley's diverse resident, immigrant, fishing, recreational, environmental,…