Malcolm Enger HUM/114 Sep 29‚ 2011 To Drill or Not do Drill It is not easy question regarding whether America should attempt to drill its way out of dependency on foreign oil or to push hard for alternative energies. Many considerations need to be examined; environmental concerns including global warming‚ employment‚ big business‚ and monetary issues including the trade balance‚ foreign policy‚ and special interest groups. An article by Stephen L. Baird titled Offshore Oil Drilling:
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In the Pacific Northwest‚ salmon are an incredibly important part of the ecosystem. Their presence indicates the health of rivers and there are over 100 species that depend on salmon as a source of food (Rahr). As salmon move from saltwater systems into freshwater systems again‚ they bring essential nutrients with them. These nutrients are put back into the ecosystem when the salmon are consumed and when their bodies start to decompose. Many of these nutrients even make their way back into the forest
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laws. Advancements in science have occurred for thousands of years‚ as far back as the ancient Greeks and their effects are becoming even more pronounced until that they have become a threat to humanity. Rachel Carson‚ a marine biologist and conservationist‚ once said‚ “It is a curious situation that the sea‚ from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea‚ though changed in a sinister way‚ will continue to exist; the threat is rather to
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Light Pollution 1. Every urbanite knows the bright lights of the city make it impossible to see the stars in a night sky. What most of us do not know is that those lights also may be making us sick. The cause is light pollution – the unearthly glow of billions of street lamps‚ security and porch lights‚ searchlights‚ office lights and signs – as people everywhere try to dispel the darkness of the night. 2. For the first time‚ light is being investigated seriously as a pollutant and a health hazard
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First Tips From day 1‚ the fly fisherman is a better conservationist than any other sportsman. The fly fisherman only relies on his own power to get to the locations he needs to get to in order to catch the fish he/she is planning to catch. And this is a very good thing because fly fishing is one of the fastest growing sports going. The three main ingredients that one needs to become successful as a good fly fisherman are‚ 1. A good rod. 2. The correct line to match the rod. 3. Learn the correct
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Jane Goodall Jane Goodall is one of the world’s most admired women‚ acclaimed scientist‚ and conservationist (www.nationalgeographic.com). The work that she does is called ethology‚ which is the study of animal behavior. Such a successful woman has numerous admirable qualities. She has contributed greatly to society as well as to the animal kingdom. Her research paved the way for countless primate studies‚ and has changed the way many people view chimpanzees. Trying to narrow down only three
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“The Believers Church: A “Natural Resource” Worth Conserving by Jason G. Duesing is an article about the need to preserve and protect the doctrine of the church. President Theodore Roosevelt’s words‚ not only addressed “Conservation as a National Day”‚ but he was able to foresee the industry expanding and the population growing as a vital threat to natural resources. Duesing states that climate of ecclesiological relativism is on the rise as “believers engaged in old wasteful methods with regards
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women’s right to vote (19th) referendum expanding structure of gov create bureaucracies to fix the probs‚ creating experts best cure for democracy=MORE democracy TR Progressivism gov having larger role in regulation environmentalist‚ conservationist‚ wise land management protecting the rights of labor‚ spokesman for labor class ex: 1902 coal strike Hepburn act-railroads‚ converse act Wilson carrying out TR’s deal --->Harding‚ Coolidge‚ Lefkaer republicanism retractions to lauze faire
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good to learn that there are some success stories‚ too. Under its own steam‚ the Buzzard has spread eastwards in recent decades and is now our commonest raptor. Two other species – the White-tailed Eagle and Red Kite – have had some help from conservationists and are now also doing rather well. Formal classification: Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778) was a Swedish botanist‚ physician‚ and zoologist‚ who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known
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Keeping animals in zoos constitutes one of the greatest injustices of all time. Zoos keep animals mainly for public viewing. If truly animals were kept to avoid extinction‚ then we would have conservatories dedicated for that purpose. Furthermore‚ if you view animals at the zoo you will see that these animals spend most of their existence trying to escape. For the most part these animals do not want to be kept in captivity. All in all‚ zoos are prisons for animals. Zoos are premises for the captivity
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