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Alex Silva Clean Water Act Positional Essay Introduction The ongoing debate within the Clean Water Act (CWA) can be narrowed down to the Clean Water Rule (CWR), as it makes amendments to the Act and implements a different way of thinking about our water supply. The Clean Water Act was produced as a means for the EPA to implement pollution control programs alongside setting water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. This definition of what is to be considered…

1. Introduction This report is about air pollution in Beijing .One of the leading death of china, Beijing is caused by air pollution, as we know air is an important source of survivor for everyone. Beijing air pollution is causing a very serious problem to the people. 2. Importance of the issue Beijing, being one of the largest city in China has the worst pollution problems in China. According to Beijing government, Beijing has more than five million motor vehicles with heavy industrial…

The world itself is ever changing. Two authors by the names of Pamela Paul and Michael Pollan would agree upon this statement and would add that not only is it changing but it’s direction is one that would cause much harm. Pamela Paul writes an exceptional essay, Green if Not Clean where she discuss that the cleaning supplies that we use to maintain our homes clean can overtime be not only harmful to the environment but to our own health. As for Michael Pollan discuss in more depth in his essay…

In the 2014 Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, China agreed to cut Beijing's air pollution by 40% temporarily. The nation had recognized air as a common which needed protection (Gilbert, 2014). The policy affected a large number of Chinese as they could not continue with some practices that were beneficial to them. For instance, the number vehicles on the road in various cities was limited by odd/even license plate driving…

1 Introduction Air pollution is one of the primary environmental hazards to the health of citizens across the world. If countries focus on controlling and decreasing the level of air pollution they can rapidly minimize the risk of various deadly diseases like cardiovascular diseases, various types of cancer, acute and chronic respiratory problems like pneumonia, asthma etc. over short and long-time period. According to the World Health Organization(WHO) in the year 2014, around more than ninety…

In recent news, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times put pen to paper to depict their opinions on the matter of human impact on the environment. More specifically, they included topics such as air pollution at docking terminals and renewable fuel. Joe Jobe, Chief Executive Officer for the National Biodiesel Board, wrote with a nonchalant, or matter-of-fact, tone to disprove false claims made about environmental laws. His argument was titled The Renewable Fuel Standard. While, on the…

With lots of streams at risk of pollution, our drinking water also is at risk with fish and wildlife species being at risk as well. So, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers released their proposed rule, which clarify which are the waters that are protected under the Clean Water Act. That includes to restore protection to all of the tributaries of waters that the Clean Water Act already covered and in addition to the wetlands, lakes, or other waters within the…

In Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash, written in 2012, Edward Humes, a Pulitzer prize and PEN award winning journalist and author in California, educates his readers on the economic, social, and environmental issues revolving around the waste. Humes begins his novel by describing landfills and the struggles many face with maintaining them due to incorrect sealing, being uneducated in waste management, and making excuses. Humes determines that the only way to “fix” our mess is to change…

HINKLEY, CARLIFORNIA NEWS FORUM 01 August 1993 WATER CONTAMINATION IN HINKLEY I am Erin Brokovich; I am a twice-divorced mother of three young children aged between 9 months to 8 years old. I believe the $28 billion company Pacific Gas and Electric has poisoned the water supply of Hinkley, California with hexavalent chromium. In 18 months, I hope with the help of 634 plaintiffs and Masry law firm to sue PG&E for 333 million dollars for the water contamination in Hinkley. PG&E is a $28…

sites. The “Clean Water Act”, an act to ensure that bodies of water are not infected by chemicals and remain in a stable state that is not harmful wildlife, or plants that rely on these bodies of water. Organizations like the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) create the guidelines to ensure that the resources that make up the environment continues to replenish resources that are essential to the health of ecosystems. This effort by the EPA has forced major fracking cities to state the rights…