A driving force for this is that politicians have been taken over by campaign financing from the fossil fuel industry. The hold that dirty energy has on politics was highlighted by the Supreme Court’s decision on Citizens’ United In 2010 that allowed limitless corporate Super PAC spending. Organizations like Koch Industries’ Americans for Prosperity and the Donor’s Trust funnel money to various campaigns. It can be impossible to trace donors or calculate the exact amount of money being spent though
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HIlary Clinton VS. Donald Trump Firstly‚ I shall be discussing about the policies and decisions which are to be implemented by each of them once they win the presidential elections.Finally‚ I will conclude by giving my opinion on who should win the elections accompanied with few facts from reputed Economists and Officialized Policies. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born on October 26‚ 1947) is an American politician who was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001‚ the 67th United
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overall relationship of the economy and the environment‚ the focus shall now be shifted towards the ways in which the economy often mistreats and takes advantage the environment purely for its benefit. Instances of oil spills and earthquakes caused by fracking only help cement this and many people would argue that this is the case. I will now delve deeper into the growing global belief that the economy and the environment aren’t as symbiotic as many believe. In Robert Chapman’s “It’s the Economy‚ Stupid
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releases. These emissions and releases frequently emanate from large factories owned by huge companies such as Monsanto‚ Shell‚ or BP‚ and from other sources such as gas stations‚ odor-emitting hot sauce factories‚ landfills‚ and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations. We also estimate personal exposure of individuals to carcinogenic and toxic chemicals from contaminated consumer products. Within the framework of environmental law‚ we provide expert testimony for cases regarding public nuisance theory
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materials and thus greatly increases production. The method of fracturing utilizes a few key components which allow for an economical extraction of resources. The fracturing process applied in a horizontal well through shale. Simplified Steps in Fracking (n.d) Retrieved from: http://www.hydraulicfracturing.com/Process/Pages/information.aspx Components of Hydraulic Fracturing The entire fracturing operation takes places near the well site that connects the underground resource. The drill hole
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Applebaum‚ Anne. "If the Japanese Can’t Build a Safe Nuclear Reactor‚ Who Can?." Writing and Reading across the Curriculum. Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. 12th ed. Boston‚ MA: Pearson Education‚ 2012. 502-03. Print. The article starts off by recounting the natural disasters that took place in Japan a week before the article was written. She believes that thanks to the Japanese peoples’ calmness and composure after these events‚ that the nation will eventually recover‚ but one of the nuclear
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In 1947‚ the Stanolind Oil Company in Kansas first introduced hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known today as “hydrofracking” or simply “fracking.” It is a process of obtaining natural gas from a mixture of large amounts of water and small amounts of sand and chemicals that are pumped into a drilled gas well under very high pressure. According to the Institute of Energy and Environmental Research‚ fracturing methods and its materials may vary from well to well‚ but each well is usually fractured
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MEMO To: Jesse Kharbanda‚ Hoosier Environmental Council Executive Director From: L. David Cohen‚ Senior Program Associate Date: April 23‚ 2015 Re: EPA Regulations for Carbon Dioxide The following memo pertains to new regulations proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan that are designed to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants. On August 1‚ 2014‚ the State of West Virginia‚ joined by
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The causes of water pollution Water pollution comes from a myriad of sources‚ both natural and from human activity. The most destructive causes of water pollution are man made‚ however. The largest sources include: The burning of coal in power plants emits ash particulates that contain toxic metals like arsenic and lead. Coal and petroleum also contain sulfur compounds. Combustion generates sulfur dioxide‚ a toxic gas‚ and oxides of nitrogen. When emitted from exhaust stacks‚ these two compounds
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called Exxon Valdez created a massive oil spill after running into a reef in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska (Fontugne 2015). Over eleven million gallons of crude oil was poured into Alaskan waters. Due to increased fossil fuel exploration‚ such as fracking‚ in various places near Arctic waters‚ including Alaska‚ there is now an even larger risk of potential oil spills happening there (National Research Council (U.S.) 2014). The National Research Council claims that if there were to be an oil spill
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