The Ecological Effect of the BP Oil Spill on the Environment Introduction: The BP oil spill‚ (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill the BP oil disaster‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill that happened in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP owned and operated Macondo Prospect on April 20‚ 2010. This oil spill is considered the largest and most devastating oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The cause of this oil spill according
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M33_MARI0000_00_SE_CH33.qxd 33 3/29/11 4:46 PM Page 208 R E V I E W S H E E T NAME ____________________________________ EXERCISE LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ Human Cardiovascular Physiology: Blood Pressure and Pulse Determinations Cardiac Cycle 1. Using the grouped sets of terms to the right of the diagram‚ correctly identify each trace‚ valve closings and openings‚ and each time period of the cardiac cycle. a c 1 2 b g 3 4 5 d 120 i f h Pressure (mm Hg) i 1. aortic pressure
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THE GEOPOLITICS OF SUSTAINABILITY Sustainable development has become one of the major issues for international relations…There are divergent interests and divergent positions. How the world has been organized until now? Rio Summit Twenty years after the Stockholm conference (which marked the beginning of a dialogue between developed countries and developing countries about the link between the well-being of population‚ economic growth and worldwide pollution)‚ at the end of the cold war the
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Topic 1: Intro to sustainability (definitions and terms) what is sustainability: sustainability is the capacity to endure. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission of the UN on March‚ 20‚ 1987) “Three pillars” of sustainability: environmental‚ social equity‚ and economic demands. A certain view of sustainability‚ which uses three overlapping circles indicating
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Sustainable Mauritius Brundtland report (1987) has defined the term sustainable development as the development that meets the needs for the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development and planning is structured essentially around 3 elements: economic growth‚ social development and environmental protection. While development is associated with social development‚ it is also associated with environmental disasters if the development
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Urban Sustainability Sci – 275 10-10-14 Instructor: Karen Marasigan By: Tyler Vesneski The program that I chose to implement into my hometown is “How to Build a Cooler City.” “From 1878 to 2005‚ Los Angeles temperatures rose 4 degrees on average‚ climbing from around 62 degrees to 66 degrees.” Urban areas such as Downtown Los Angeles are likely to rise 4 to 4.5 degrees within the next 10 years. My goal is to cut the cost of electric energy and make the city of Los Angeles a
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crisis of the British concern British Petroleum (BP). At first I would like to provide more information about the crisis and its consequences‚ then I will identify the kind of crisis we have to deal with‚ I will discuss the several communication strategies BP have used‚ I will explain the different reactions of the public on the crisis. At last‚ I will give the oil concern some advice‚ in case a reoccurrence takes place. The BP oil spill The BP oil spill was a big natural disaster in the Gulf
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gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak did not stop there though. It spread all the way to other countries and islands as well. The well did not get fully sealed until September 19‚ 2010. British Petroleum PLC‚ also very commonly known as BP (the owner of the well)
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BP Oil Spill Background The British Petroleum Oil Spill incident is the largest in history that raises various issue environmental and ethical issues. On 20th of April 2010‚ an explosion of the drilling rig caused the oil spill close to the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico‚ in which 11 employees were killed. It took around five months for the oil well to exert no further risk and be concealed‚ where many controversies arose throughout the period. BBC‚ 2010. Timeline: BP Oil Spill. BBC
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1. In a defined-contribution (DC) pension plan‚ the employee or employer‚ or both‚ make regular contributions to the plan. In the US‚ employees typically set aside a predetermined percentage of their earnings which is deposited to the plan and the employer will match that contribution. Ultimately‚ the amount of money available to the individual upon retirement is determined by the performance of their investments. Each employee retains the option to choose how to diversify their investments‚ while
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