Climate Change Regulations SCI/362 August 09‚ 2012 Climate Change Regulations Anthropogenic climate change is an establishment phenomenon. Within the scientific community‚ the question is no longer whether climate change will occur‚ but at what rate‚ with what effects‚ and what‚ if anything‚ we can do about it. The biggest culprit in climate change is an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide‚ which is generated primarily through burning fossils. Earth’s average temperature is based on
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Climate Change Regulation Paper Climate changes on a daily‚ weekly‚ monthly and yearly basis. The purpose of this paper is to discuss government regulation of climate change as well to explain various viewpoints on climate change‚ and explain and justify‚ briefly‚ my viewpoint on the issue of climate change. This paper will also describe command and control regulations versus incentive based regulations‚ and provide the advantages and disadvantages of each. Lastly this paper will describe which
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Simulation Jeneal Clegg 04/02/2013 Jonathan Neville SCI 362 In this simulation we were to review the pros and cons of allowing a foreign pharmaceutical company‚ Colney & Pitts located in California‚ to be able to harvest the rainforests tree’s bark‚ and build a manufacturing plant in the Kenyan highlands‚ to help in finding medication or herbal remedies for patients‚ by using the harvested bark to create synthetic medication. This particular simulation was going to affect the rainforest
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Climate Change Paper Climate Change Paper Climate change has been a controversial topic over the last twenty years and its prevalence in today’s society has made it a household term. In fact‚ scientists are not only certain climate change is a fact and is currently taking place‚ but are 95% sure it is caused by human action (Bennett‚ 2012). Scientists theorize that human actions‚ like the burning of fossil fuels‚ have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere‚ and as a result‚ have
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“EFFORTS TO REDUCE OZONE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA” The Los Angeles Basin is a plain that lies between the Pacific Ocean and mountains to the north and east. During the summer‚ the sunny climate produces a layer of warm‚ dry air at upper elevations. Southern California counties are where almost 15 million people reside. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is a governmental organization established in 1977 to deal with the historically poor air quality in the area surrounding Los Angeles
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1 Climate Change Global climate change is one of the most urgent environmental problems we have to acknowledge today. The world‚ as we have observed and recorded data over the last several decades‚ is in the midst of an unexpected alteration. Temperature in the winter season is changing more than other seasons and mid to high latitude positions are showing comparatively bigger changes than those of low latitudes. The water vapor‚ carbon dioxide‚ ozone and many other chemical compounds in the atmosphere
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University of Phoenix Material Terms and Definitions Worksheet Write brief descriptions for each of the following terms. If you use an outside source to define them‚ include an APA citation for the source. Scientific method a method of research in which a problem is identified‚ relevant dataare gathered‚ a hypothesis is formulated from these data‚ and the hypothesis is empirically tested. Environmental science The interdisciplinary study of how humanity interacts with other organisms and
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I. PROBLEM DEFINITION Policy Question: Given California’s current climate change regulations‚ which policy alternatives can California utilize to satisfy the rising demand for energy as well as meet 2030 emissions reduction goals? Problem Details and Background: With a population steadily growing at about 0.9% per year‚ California has the challenge of meeting energy demands while bringing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions down (PPIC 2013). California emits 359 metric tons of energy related carbon dioxide
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Simulation Paper For SCI/362 January 4‚ 2013 * Proper management of environmental resources is a concern faced by everyone living on the planet. Technological and industrial advances have continued to put the fragile environment at risk. Most industry sectors continue to increase the organization’s environmental exposure. Organizations and individuals have an ethical responsibility to ensure proper management of surrounding natural resources for both the present and future generations
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Climate Change Regulation xxxxxxxx August 13‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Climate Change Regulation Climate change is occurring unexpectedly and the government needs to address different ways to approach the situation. With the different climate change that is going on‚ society and especially the government needs to analyze and collect data to gather information as to how the situation can be handled. “Climate change should go beyond traditional state and transnational regulation
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