On January 16‚ 2016‚ President Barack Obama declared the city of Flint‚ Michigan to be in a state of emergency due to the widespread lead poisoning of the city’s residents that later became known as the Flint Water Crisis (Southall 2016). The crisis began in April of 2014‚ when the officials of Flint decided that‚ in an effort to conserve dwindling funds‚ the city would switch their main water source from Lake Huron‚ to the Flint River (Southall 2016). Almost immediately‚ the residents of Flint began
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Alexa Resnick What does the safety legislation implemented after the Exxon Valdez oil spill say about the government’s changing role in protecting against environmental hazards and how have the laws since then become stricter? One of the biggest take-aways from the Exxon Valdez oil spill was that prevention techniques and response capability were not effective enough. The large-scale shipment of oil on supertankers during the 1960s made a serious accident almost unavoidable. During the 1980s‚ safety
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Nicole Ruiz Mrs. Andrews AP LAnguage and Composition/Period 2 September 19‚ 2013 "THE CRISIS" Political writer‚ Thomas Paine‚ in his persuasive writing‚ The Crisis. Expresses feeling towards Britain’s control over the colonists. He uses an abjective tone in order to unite and rally the common person in his nation.’The Crisis No. 1’ by Thomas Paine is that of political nature. The summary of Thomas Paine ’Crisis’ includes that he tells of how he feels regarding the control Britain has over the colonies
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INTRODUCTION The Mexican financial crisis of 1994-1995‚ also known as the “Tequila Crisis”‚ took place in December 1994 and is known as the first global crisis of last decade of the twentieth century. The crisis had little to do with the external debt situation and more to do with the short term foreign exchange problem which led to the devaluation of the peso against the U.S dollar. This action lead to the following significant outcome: 1. Worst banking crisis in the Mexican history. 2. Most devastating
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A. Attention Getting Device: In the Wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill calamity‚ another potential environmental disaster is already in the making. B. Thesis Statement: Around the Athabasca Lake region the cancer rate is becoming alarming: 30 percent above the Albertain provincial average. The culprit is suspected to the toxic reservoirs where the effluence from the oil industry’s operation is collected. C. Preview of Main Points: The massive-scale extraction of "black oil‚" underway
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The Rhetorical Analysis of The Environmental Crisis The Environmental Issue is a controversial topic in nowadays. Ross McKitrick‚ a professor of economics at the University of Guelph‚ he wrote “The Environmental Crisis: The Devil is in the Generalities” and addressed a question regarding the word “environment” is not specified for what it should be defined. Ross McKirtrick argued that the word “environment” covers wide range such as air pollution‚ water quality‚ and ozone level‚ it could not based
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http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/crisis05.html Companies in Crisis - What to do when it all goes wrong Odwalla and the E-coli outbreak What happened? Odwalla (pronounced "odewalla") is the health-conscious juice company which began a couple of decades ago when Greg Steltenpohl‚ Gerry Percy and Bonnie Bassett began squeezing fresh oranges on a $200 hand juicer. The company was growing strongly with annual sales rising 30% per year and approaching $90m. The company had established a strong brand
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management Volume 17 Number 1 March 2009 Enhancing Organizational Resilience Through Emergency Planning: Learnings from Cross-Sectoral Lessons Margaret T. Crichton*‚ Cameron G. Ramsay** and Terence Kelly*** *People Factor Consultants Ltd‚ 41 Regent Quay‚ Aberdeen AB11 5BE‚ UK. E-mail: margaret@peoplefactor.co.uk **Cogna Limited‚ Aberdeen‚ UK ***UKAEA‚ The Manor Court‚ Chilton‚ Oxfordshire‚ OX11 ORN After every emergency exercise or actual incident‚ reports
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struggle in the current economical climate. M&S is a successful company. In macro-environment‚ M&S obeys the government and protects the natural environment. Moreover‚ M&S is influenced by the factors of economic‚ social‚ and technological to make its business strategies. On the other hand‚ in micro-environment‚ the M&S has created a good and long-term relationship with the suppliers and customers. From the SWOT analysis‚ the most important factor for M&S is to satisfy customer needs. On the other hand
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oil spill: Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down‚ the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the tanker again‚ they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil. When countries are at war‚ one country may decide to dump gallons of oil into the other country’s oceans
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