starting in June 2013. On 19 June 2013 satellites captured images of smoke from illegal wildfires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra blowing east toward southern Malaysia and Singapore‚ causing thick clouds of haze in the region. As stated by a local Indonesian official‚ the source of the haze might be a 3‚000 hectare peat land in Bengkalis Regency‚ Riau Province‚ which was set ablaze by an unknown party on 9 June. As many as 187 hotspots were picked up by satellites on 18 June 2013‚ down to 85
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Mitigation strategies: road to sustainable cities? Introduction Society is still growing and rapidly aging‚ one person wants mobility‚ the other wants a green park in front of his house. More people‚ means more traffic density‚ more pollution‚ increasing energy consumption‚ less natural habitats‚ sinking water resources and land shortage for housing. These are some of the problems we‚ as a society‚ have nowadays. By 2050 66% of the world’s population will be urban (Powell‚ 2016). A strategic approach
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This risk management plan was called into development by the DLIS or the Defense Logistics Information Agency‚ a sub organization of the Defense Logistics Agency. Senior management at the DLIS has determined that the previous risk management plan for the organization is out of date and that a new risk management plan must be developed. Due to the importance of risk management to our organization‚ senior management is committed to and supportive of this project to develop a new plan. 2. Outline Intro1
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Constitutionality of an Obesity Mitigation Fee At issue is whether the potential bill containing an “obesity mitigation fee” on food producers whose revenue from the sale of unhealthy foods exceeding 20% of total revenue violates Congress’s taxing and spending powers. Article I Section 8 gives Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes.” The taxing power may be used to tax activities that it does not have power to regulate under its other powers. Furthermore‚ the constitution contains
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Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human‚ animal or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise comes from the Latin word nauseas‚ meaning seasickness. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly construction and transportation systems‚ including motor vehicle noise‚ aircraft noise and rail noise.[1][2] Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings
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Vasquez 1 Naisy Vasquez Professor Machado EOH 350 T/Th April 29‚ 2010 Noise Pollution and Its Impact “Calling noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere.” -William H. Stewart The word noise is derived from the Latin word nausea meaning seasickness. Like its root meaning‚ noise has a negative effect to human health and well-being. Noise resulting from road traffic‚ jet planes‚ jet skis‚ garbage trucks‚ construction
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CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT The effects of land pollution are far-ranging in the industrial age. The nature of the industrial revolution and the lack of a sustainable development model for industrial progress have allowed the creation of chemicals and products which may serve the idea of convenience or productivity or efficiency‚ however‚ the concept of environmental stewardship is largely an afterthought. This has led to long-lasting chemicals which persist in the environment and are
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IS-318: Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities Course Date 10/31/2013* *This course has been reviewed for doctrine related changes and therefore is dated October 31‚ 2013. We recommend that you review the contents of the course and look over the updated materials. If you have already passed the exam for this course‚ you are not required to complete the exam again in order to be current in your training by FEMA EMI records. If you choose to retake the exam‚ your completion certificate
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Air pollution is caused by many things‚ earth is very good at cleaning the air on its own‚ though through the years air pollution has gotten to a very bad point where earth can no longer clean all of the pollution we produce which has now started to have very bad effects on our environment such as causing acid rain‚ smog and a lot of health problems. There are a variety of things that cause air pollution like for example cars‚ airplanes and other engine vehicles. All these engine vehicles release
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The Post Retirement Benefit of Pension Plans Marcus Womack Intermediate Accounting II (ACC 306) Professor Rick Kwan September 29‚ 2010 There are several different types of employment compensation. Salaries and wages that people earn while they are working provide immediate compensation for services provided and are a key factor in managing one’s day to day life. However‚ there are also various types of compensation that one can earn from employment after they have retired from a company.
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