Environmental Racism in Los Angeles and its Formation The siting of a $500 million railyard project backed by BNSF Railroad Company‚ which recently won the approval from Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners and Los Angeles City Council‚ has been a highly debated issue in Long Beach‚ Los Angeles. According to a report from Pacific Swell‚ ‘The BNSF railway’s project would serve as a transfer point between the harbor complex and rail. Short-haul trucks would travel four miles up the freeway to move
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Light pollution Light pollution‚ also known as photo pollution or luminous pollution‚ is excessive artificial light. This phenomenon is pronounced around urban centers‚ where city lights diminish the view of stars and planets. In addition to brightened skies around cities‚ light pollution also refers to any outdoor light that creates glare and interferes with the natural night environment. Cause Light pollution results from outdoor lights aimed
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Air pollution Air pollution is a problem everywhere in the world. Local air pollution usually affects big cities. Air pollution becomes a worldwide problem when local pollution moves away from where it came from. For example‚ winds carry air pollution made in the middle of the western part of the United States to Canada‚ like acid precipitation. Acid precipitation Acid precipitation is precipitation‚ like rain‚ sleet‚ or snow‚ that contains acids from air pollution. When fossil fuels are burned
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Bridge Paper ™ Environment‚ Ethics‚ and Business Featuring a Thought Leader Commentary™ with Jan van Dokkum‚ President‚ UTC Power R. Edward Freeman Jeffrey G. York Lisa Stewart © 2008‚ Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics www.corporate-ethics.org Distribution Policy: Bridge Papers™ may only be displayed or distributed in electronic or print format for non-commercial educational use on a royaltyfree basis. Any royalty-free use of Bridge Papers™ must use the complete
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On 04/28/2016‚ I Officer Hassan (156) was working for the Wichita State University Police Department as a Community Patrol Officer for the tour of duty (1600-0000 hours) in the city of Wichita‚ Sedgwick County‚ KS. At approximately 2028 hours‚ I was dispatched to parking lot 9 West. I arrived at lot 9 West at approximately 2039 hours. I made contact with Wichita State University student‚ PAULINE. PAULINE reports on 04/27/2016‚ at approximately 1820 hours‚ she was in lot 21 West inside her 2001
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Trevor’s wife has just bought a new dress for a party‚ and tries it on to show him. He hates the colour and style‚ and thinks it makes her look awful‚ but he doesn’t want to upset her so he tells her she looks great. James is walking back from school when he sees his classmate Kyle looking terrified and being chased by a group of older lads. He sees Kyle hide behind a nearby bush‚ but when the group of boys asks James if he has seen Kyle‚ he says he hasn’t. Mrs Miller is desperate to get her son
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| Terrorism | The American Experience Since 1945 HIS 135 | | [Type the author name] | 2/16/2013 | | Why is there heavier terrorism activity in certain areas of the world? * There are many hot zones or hostile areas in the world that are more likely to have more terrorist activity. These places are in ongoing battles between regimes‚ militias‚ and terrorist group toward the majority of innocent people. The Arab countries and Islamic countries have a heavier concentration of
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Pollution an undesirable human activity to mother nature M.V€£ KŮMĄŔ 1121231 MBA - K Earth What is pollution ? When Harmful Substances Contaminate the Environment it is Called Pollution. Pollution refers to the very bad condition of environment in terms of quantity and quality . Types of Pollution Air Pollution Water Pollution Land Pollution Noise Pollution Radio Active Pollution Causes of Air Pollution Major sources of Air Pollution - Industries
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Marine Pollution Marine pollution has become a major global issue. It is now becoming a serious concern that the ocean will no longer be a safe place for marine life and humans. There is a growing concern that pollution causes serious problems nowadays particularly health problems. This essay will argue that marine pollution should be addressed immediately. Firstly‚ the causes and the effects will be discussed‚ and some solutions to hoe marine pollution can be reduced. To begin with‚ marine pollution
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POLLUTION Pollution is the very serious problem in our country. All – important cities as Delhi‚ Mumbai ‚ Calcutta and Chennai have been found to be most polluted cities in India. The smaller industrial towns‚ such as Kanpur ‚ are also heavily polluted leading to sever health problems. Two major areas of pollution are air and water. Those living in cities neither get pure to breathe nor pure water to drink. It is therefore not surprising that the major health problems occur in the cities. In order
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