Environmental Disasters For the purpose of this article an environmental disaster is defined as a specific event caused by human activity that results in a seriously negative effect on the environment. Sometimes a natural disaster can become an environmental disaster‚ but that is a topic to be discussed elsewhere. In most cases environmental disasters are caused by human error‚ accident‚ lack of foresight‚ corner cutting during industrial processes‚ greed‚ or by simple incompetence. In other
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oil tanker spilled approximately 11 million gallons‚ or 257‚000 barrels‚ of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. The Valdez spill was the largest ever in U.S. waters until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (more commonly known as the BP oil spill)‚ in terms of volume released. However‚ Prince William Sound ’s remote location‚ accessible only by helicopter‚ plane‚ and boat‚ made government and industry response efforts difficult and severely
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Portfolio Theory TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Aerospace and Defence: BAE systems 3 3. Banks: HSBC 3 4. Chemicals: Bayer 4 5. Oil and Gas: BP 4 6. Retailers: Tesco 5 7. Telecommunications: BT 5 8. The UK Government long bond 6 9. Conclusions: Portfolio performance 7 Bibliography and References 8 1. Introduction The purpose of the following pages is to analyse the changes in the prices of the UK Government
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Running head: FRACKING AND THE ENVIRONMENT The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Potential for Solutions Mark Hatcher ITT Technical Institute Full of beauty and bounty‚ for all who seek it‚ the dream of that new discovery or the find of a lifetime‚ awaits us whose desire is to have the plan that will fulfill a destiny‚ if we only work together and are determined to rise above the challenges to meet the aspiration. Those who believe and are willing to reach beyond normal capacity are
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Oil sands Issue briefing bp.com/sustainability Oil sands Issue briefing How we operate BP recognizes that we need to produce energy responsibly – minimizing impacts to people‚ communities and the environment. BP’s systems of governance‚ management and operation are designed to help us conduct our business while respecting safety‚ environmental‚ social and financial considerations. Across all BP international operations‚ established practices support the management of potential
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Introduction The triangle fire disaster in 1911 was the opening for United States to consider fire safety measures in the country. After the incidence‚ New York City‚ where the fire started‚ tighten up their laws to not only ensure fire safety but also lead to various labour laws including strict child labour‚ worker’s right‚ and sanitation issues. Records suggest their employers did not properly compensate majority of workers at that time while they also allow individuals too young to work as
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References: DoD Architecture Framework Working Group (2002). DoD Architecture Framework Version 1.0‚ Volume I: Definitions and Guidelines Systems. Retrieved June 11‚ 2005 from http://www.uscg.mil/deepwater/pdf/art_systemtimeswinter05.pdf O’Rourke‚ Carol‚ Fishman‚ Neal & Selkow‚ Warren (2003). Enterprise Architecture – Using the Zachman Framework http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2004/04/0404CrossTalk.pdf Schekkerman‚ Jaap (2004) for Evolution.
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The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 90 is an act of the Congress enforced in response to the Exxon Valdez incident of Good Friday 1989. The accident involved Exxon Valdez which spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It emerged from the incident that the country lacked sufficient resources to counter cases of oil spills. The country’s facility entrusted with the role of responding to cases of maritime oil pollution was the United States Coast of Guard. However‚ the agency
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Introduction East African Rift Valley is one of the most extensive rifts on the Earth ’s surface; the valley is about 6‚400 kilometers long‚ averages 48 to 64 kilometers wide and has a depth from a few hundred to several thousand meters. The huge‚ brittle tectonic plates that make up Earth ’s crust normally move only a few centimeters per year‚ not fast enough to be noticeable in a human lifetime. However‚ in the East African Rift Valley‚ this tectonic motion is happening with remarkable speed
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References: Barron‚ JA (1999)‚ 4. Data report: Mid-Pliocene diatom assemblages at sites 1016‚ 1021‚ and 1022‚ in S Nessler‚ CM Miller & LL Peters [eds.]‚ Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program‚ Scientific Results 167. www.webdyer.com/.../cenozoic_epochs/Pliocene.htm McKinney‚ FK & PD Taylor (2001)‚ Bryozoan generic extinctions and originations during the last one hundred million years. Palaeontologia Electronica. www.cmpb.net/en/cenozoique
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