CSR Initiatives by ONGC The major CSR initiatives taken by ONGC are as follows: ONGC subsidiary MRPL has taken CSR initiative “Samrakshan”. Under this initiative the company has done construction of an Anganwadi building‚ donating scientific teaching aids‚ providing infrastructural facilities including cupboards to schools. This initiative also covers 53 schools around MRPL and 16 schools around sarpadi village. ONGC has started an initiative called “PURA”‚ concept put forth
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At Red Bluff‚ the Tumblagooda Sandstone in this section is different to the Tumblagooda Sandstone found at Natures Window‚ and thus‚ the deposition environment is different. Red Bluff was most likely deposited in a fluvial-intertidal environment (shallow waters) as indicated by the high abundance of skolithos trace fossils‚ skolithos generally reside in shallow waters (refer to notebook‚ page 58). The higher abundance of trace fossils in the upper section of the sandstone than the lower section suggests
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Gasland‚ by Josh Fox‚ a Strong Argument against Hydraulic Fracturing Gasland‚ a documentary by Josh Fox‚ details the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. The film starts when Fox receives an offer from a gas company to rent his land and drill for natural gas. He travels across the United States investigating the affects in places where fracturing has is already established. Fox provides a strong argument that hydraulic fracturing is a danger to the environment and residents where the drilling occurs
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Environmental Pollution There are three main branches how we are destroying our environment the air pollution‚ water pollution and soil contamination. I chose this topic because I find it very important because it affects our environment‚ and not only that‚ indeed‚ we affect it and the consequences that could arise destroy our home planet. In this essay I will talk about environmental pollution‚ the reason for environmental pollution‚ its consequences and possible solutions. Trying to
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* What made you take up rain water harvesting? The social responsibility towards the society‚ environment and global awareness initiative taken by the cooperates and Government made us to think and support to achieve the goal of go green and also to reduce the operational cost & save huge amounts on water bills We think about Rain Water Harvesting because we want to give something to nature the nature will take care of our future on this consent. We start Rain Water Harvesting project. we have to
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Gabrielle Simard-Moore 11.5 Paradox of Safe Yield Safe yield was originally defined as the amount of water that could be developed from a ground water reservoir without depletion of its reserves. Over time the definition has changed as economics‚ protection of ground water‚ and environmental affects have been considered in this concept as well. So‚ safe yield is now defined as the amount of naturally occurring ground water that can be taken from an aquifer on a regular basis‚ economically and
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Table (Figure 4.1) and graphs (Figure 4.2 and 4.3) clearly depict that the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is much higher than that of the north facing slope. On average‚ the south facing slope contains 3.5 units of water while the north facing slope only contains 1.3 units of water in its soil. Therefore the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is signficantly more that of the north facing slope. As can be seen in Figure 4.1‚ all 10 sites have lower soil
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Site concept narrative: The Clayey Overflow Ecological Site occurs throughout the MLRA. It is located on Stream Orders 2 or greater. This site is a run-in site and receive additional moisture through runoff from adjacent sites and overflow during occasional flooding. Typical slope range is from 0 to 2 percent. The soil surface layer is 5 to 11 inches in depth with a texture range of silty clay loam to clay. The natural vegetation will gradually shift from almost exclusively herbaceous species
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The Effects of Fracking What is Fracking? Fracking‚ also referred to as fracturing or drilling‚ is the process of drilling 5‚000 to 20‚000 feet into the earth and applying hydraulic pressure to the surrounding area until it cracks. The target area for oil and gas drilling companies is in the shale‚ a soft layer of sedimentary rock broken apart by using a mixture of 98% water and 2% chemicals. These chemicals range from household cleansers to toxic chemicals‚ and is added to nearly 4 million gallons
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ otherwise known as fracking‚ is a technique used to stimulate the production of oil or gas. While fracking has aided in the plumpting of gas prices across the United States‚ it unfortunately causes serious health and environmental issues. Contaminated water‚ contaminated soil‚ polluted air‚ exposure to toxic chemicals and long term health effects. Fracking brings more harm than good. Fracking is accomplished when a well with veins (small branching off pathways)‚ is drilled
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