frequency declined as reported by Minor (1994). Despite this evidence‚ a number of examples in the last few years seems to support a new trend. For instance‚ in Bolivia in 2006 the leader Morales announced a plan to nationalize the local natural gas industry (Reel and Mufson‚ 2006); in Venezuela where over the last three years the president Chavez has ordered the nationalization of foreign firms in several extractive industries (Narea‚ 2010); in Ecuador a contract with the oil company Occidental
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activity. The term pollution can be applied when the composition of something has been modified by the presence of one or more substances that either it cannot be used for a specific purpose or it is less suitable for that use than it was in its natural state. Nature pollutes water with leaves that fall off the trees and decay‚ animal waste‚ and oil seepages. 5. A major source of water pollution results from agricultural practices. Fertilizers and animal waste exists from planting and grazing
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alkane‚ the main component of natural gas‚ and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth. For this experiment we had created a bio gas generator. A biogas generator is any gas fuel derived from the decay of organic matter‚ as the mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of sewage‚ manure‚ garbage‚ or plant crops. Using a slurry mix of manure and cut grass we came up with the hypothesis “The more volume of slurry‚ the more gas will be produced”. Our independent
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organic matter at the bottom of the sea during the Devonian era‚ which was about 383-392 million years ago. The shale contains largely untapped natural gas reserves‚ and its proximity to the high-demand markets along the East Coast of the United States makes it an attractive target for energy development.[Hydro-fracking is different from conventional natural gas drilling because it uses a lot more water (billions of gallons). There’s an increased potential for toxicity and long term impacts in hydro-fracking
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in the news quite recently and perhaps wondered if the reality is as ugly as the word. There is an ever rising body of evidence‚ that there are inherent and unacceptably high environmental and health risks associated with coalbed methane and shale gas extraction - hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This is fast becoming a global issue happening in our own back gardens‚ it ’s contaminating our water supplies and tampering with mass food production industries. Something must clearly be done about fracking
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warming A. How it happens B. When it happens 2. When and how did it start A. For how long has it existed B. When was it officially addressed C. The pace its moving at 3. What are the causes of global warming A. Natural causes B. Man-made causes 4. What are the effects of global warming A. Effects of global warming on the seas and oceans B. Increase in fires C. Economic consequences Global Warming: An Introduction Is easy to
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RESEARCH & ANALYSIS PROJECT FOR THE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS i.e. from 2008 to 2010 NAME: Sarah Kamran ACCA REG No: 2050737 WORD COUNT: 6480 words Contents CHAPTER 1: PROJECT OBJECTIVES & RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 INTRODUCTION 4 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 6 OVERALL RESEARCH APPROACH 7 CHAPTER 2: INFORMATION GATHERING & ACCOUNTING/BUSINESS TECHNIQUES 8 SOURCES & METHODS OF INFORMATION GATHERING 8 Primary Source 8 Secondary Source 8 LIMITATIONS OF INFORMATION GATHERING
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extract gas from the rock bed in the Earth’s crust. It is commonly referred to as ‘fracking’. The process is carried out by breaking apart the rocks by the addition millions of gallons of water‚ sand and chemicals preceded by the explosion of the rock bed. It is most commonly practiced in the United States; this technique hasn’t been applied in other countries a lot. It is predicted that this would be a solution the ever rising prices of oil and natural gas due to abundance of potential shale gas reserves
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pollution can be defined as the means of introducing hazardous materials such as carbon dioxide into the air. Society as a whole should educate themselves about three major causes of air pollution‚ car pollution‚ industrial pollution and pollution from natural causes such as forest fires and volcanic eruptions. Society should do this so they can take the appropriate remedial actions. Air pollution from car exhaust has become a serious issue‚ first off Industrial pollution is one of the biggest man mad
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Shale drilling can be attributed to several factors. The industry has rushed to shift resources to areas that produce crude oil‚ like the Bakken Shale in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas‚ which sells for higher prices than gas. And other shale gas fields like the booming Marcellus Shale have surpassed the Barnett in daily production‚ further pushing the 30-year-old North Texas fields into the background” (Star Telegram) In 2009 my company XTO Energy Inc. had twenty eight drilling rigs
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