The Sydney Tar Ponds are the most toxic hazardous waste site in North America‚ located in Cape Breton. These tar ponds were caused essentially from a century of steel making‚ polluting it with high levels of PCB‚ mercury‚ lead and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. This was first discovered in 1980 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sydney Harbor‚ which resulted in a period of events and frustrations for both the government and residents. In1982 lobster fisheries were all closed down due
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Tar Creek Superfund Site Tar Creek is considered one of the biggest environmental disasters in the history of the United States. This disaster was created from lead and zinc mining in Northeast Oklahoma. Lead and zinc leftover in chat piles would seep into groundwater‚ ponds‚ and lakes contaminating almost all water in the area. The people from small towns in the area such as Cardin and Picher are at high risk for lead poisoning‚ which can have long term health effects. Tar Creek has been pinpointed
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The Tar Creek situation is a tragedy. I had never heard of Tar Creek but I had heard of the condemned area surrounding it. It was sad to hear about the maltreatment of Native Americans both before their relocation and after. I was angry to find out about the handicapping of children and the lack of effort to correct and prevent it. I was horrified to hear that not only was the town left to rot but it still has not been cleaned up and is spreading to areas like Grand Lake‚ where my own family has
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Maddie Elizondo Hr 5 Trapped in Tar and Time The article‚ “Trapped in tar and time‚” shows that while we do not know a lot about our past there is some factual evidence thats supports several theories. For example‚ while studying the La Brea Tar pits (The the tar tar pits) scientist were able to find a skull of a women‚ “This is a 9000 year old skull...studies of her skeleton show that she was 4’ 10” and was 20-25 years of age.” So make sure if you ever visit La Brea‚ you watch your step. There
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Despite the benefits that the tar sands bring to Canadians‚ they are destructive to the environment. One of the biggest disadvantages of the oil sands production is the negative effects it has on the earth’s environment. One of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions in Canada is due to the tar sands since they require a lot of energy to be produced. The energy needed in this production is to transport the sand‚ then break it apart and then heating water to separate the bitumen from the sand
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La Brea Tar Pits Introduction The La Brea tar pits have been well-known for over a century. Before the rise of European settlers‚ local Indian tribes used the tar to caulk canoes and waterproof tents. As the Industrial Revolution took off the early 1900s‚ the tar pits attracted oil men‚ as asphaltum is often associated with petroleum. Then‚ [w]hen W. W. Orcutt‚ the original organizer of the geological department of Union Oil of California‚ reexamined the area in 1901‚ he discovered "a vast
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First of all‚ before I will discuss this article‚ I will define first what is Economics and its kinds. Economics is the study of how the forces of supply and demand allocate scarce resources. Subdivided into microeconomics‚ which examines the behavior of firms‚ consumers and the role of government; and macroeconomics‚ which looks at inflation‚ unemployment‚ industrial production‚ and the role of government. In this news paper article‚ it talks about the condition of the consumer with the inflation
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freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.[3] A Gandhian activist‚ freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement‚ he is a well known Konkani scholar‚ linguist‚ and creative thinker. Kelkar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement‚ Goa’s liberation movement
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Alberta Tar Sands Sustainability Report Introduction Tar sands are a combination of clay‚ sand‚ water‚ and bitumen. As a type of unconventional petroleum deposit‚ tar sands are found in many places worldwide‚ the largest deposits are found in Alberta‚ Canada. The Alberta tar sand deposits contain more than 70.8% of the world ’s reserves of natural bitumen which representing 40% of the world’s combined extra-heavy crude oil and crude bitumen reserves. It is the only bitumen deposits that are economically
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In Tar Baby‚ the natural world serves many functions. It is one of the novel’s thematic oppositions‚ nature versus civilization. The natural world aids Morrison in defining characters. Characters like Therese and Son spend most of their time outdoors in the midst of nature. Both of them firmly value the ties of heritage‚ family‚ and race. They strongly believe in the importance of place and origin and they believe in the power and reality of myth. Therese and Son are very comfortable with the natural
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