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When oil spills into the ocean it affects communities that rely on tourism and fishing. Drilling muds contain toxic metals like mercury‚ lead‚ and cadmium that can damage our seafood supply (Offshore Drilling). If oil drilling is harming our food supply it is therefore harming our economy. In addition‚ restaurants and other local businesses lose revenue and customers. Oil spills exact a serious toll on coastal economies‚ including billions of
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situation pollution is a murderer. As human beings we are well intentioned and have our hearts in the right place‚ however human error has played a devastating role on our planet. There have been several oil spills however the most harmful disaster was the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill on April 20th‚ 2010 until July 15th 2010. For a total of 87 days more then 200 million gallons of oil was forced into the Gulf of Mexico‚ which made it
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Exxon committed crimes and torts as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The difference between a tort and crime is the outcome between the two; crimes typically seek punishment for the wrongdoings‚ while torts seek to compensate damages with monetary means for those affected. Unlike crimes which seek punishment‚ tort is strictly monetary damages sought by the defending party. “Tort damages are monetary damages that are sought from the offending party. They are intended to compensate the injured
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The purpose of this report is to find out of three environmental disasters‚ which one was the most devastating to humans and the environment. This report is intended to be read by the United Nations to help make an important decision regarding what pollution event should be classified as the world’s most devastating. Key terms essential to an understanding of this report have been defined as follows: * TORCH – The Other Chernobyl Report * Methyl Isocyanate – A toxic chemical used in the
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all over the world and poisoning the planet’s oceans. Even in remote areas‚ the effects of marine degradation are obvious. In some areas‚ the natural environment has been exposed to hazardous waste. In other places‚ major disasters such as oil spills have ruined the local environment. CFCs‚ or chlorofluorocarbons‚ are the primary cause of ozone depletion. When industrial processes release these chemicals‚ they rise into the stratosphere and degrade the ozone. Acid rain‚ smog and poor air
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Soldiers in WWI Life in the trenches was extremely difficult for thousands of people in WWI. The living conditions were terrible which added to the difficulty of life of a soldier on the frontline during WWI. The trenches‚ along with the rest of the war‚ were filled with the fear of going head on into battle. Soldiers faced death along with infestation‚ incoming artillery and lack of supplies. WWI began as the result of a Serbian Nationalist assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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British Petroleum‚ Inc Leverages Corporate Social Responsibility to Cover Unethical Practices March 17‚ 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility 690 Southern New Hampshire University School of Business Dr. Katrina Kerr Prepared by: Jiayu Yue Jonathan Murphy Kerin Kokkhour Huong Tran Akintunde Olusanya Abstract As business and society have become more intertwined‚ corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a widely recognized business discipline
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very detrimental to the environment. April 20‚ 2010 the biggest oil spill in United States history‚ bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. Around 60‚000 barrels of oil are believed to be leaking from the spill into the gulf. That’s twelve times more than the original estimate of 5‚000 barrels a day. All together there was about 6‚000 barrels a day‚ an estimated 2.5 million gallons a day is leaking into the Gulf. The BP oil spill spread about 11‚300 miles‚
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hazards it would face with wild life and the ocean. For example‚ the BP oil spill killed lots of animals and was such a problem for the ocean that we didn’t know how to clean it or help the wild life that it hurt. There were many devastating things that happened during the BP oil spill and that’s what gave the oil companies bad names; if they drill within in the United States land mass‚ this would lower the risks for oil spills as large as the BP oil
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