premature deaths triggered air pollution. The smog-filled cites of china ringed with heavy industries‚ metal smelters and coal-fired power plants‚ all critical to keeping the fast-growing economy going even as they spew tons of chemicals‚ gases and soot into the atmosphere. "China air pollution is a problem which contributed 1.2 million deaths in the country in 2010". For sure that will become sharply worse in 2014. China’s city has received a lot of attention over the past years‚ but no change until
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During President George W. Bush’s tenure in the years 2001 - 2004 and his re-election for the years 2004 - 2008‚ he strongly advocated for environmental conservation. He fought nail and tooth to ensure that the natural resources are conserved‚ the rate of pollution reduced and highly encouraged “cooperative conservation‚ innovation‚ and new technologies” (Shafie 77). He advocated for natural resource conservation by putting policies in place that will serve to protect the natural resources. For
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It was a rainy day‚ and when droplets started to fall from the sky after the explosion they came down black‚ due to the large amounts of smoke and soot and rubble from the explosion‚ rather than transparent like water. Yasuko‚ currently evacuating their home near Hiroshima‚ is in the middle of escaping the explosion on a boat with her aunt when they are caught in the black rain that stains their face
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Animals becoming extinct‚ less available clean drinking water‚ glaciers rapidly melting‚ countries becoming flooded; these and many more are all problems we are facing in our everyday lives due to global warming. “The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” Said Al Gore in a speech at the National Sierra Club Convention in 2005. Many would agree with Gore in taking the
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CALIFORNIA INDIANS califa.org KAROK Location: Northwestern California (western part of Siskiyou County) Language: Hokan family Population: 1770 estimate: 1‚500 1910 Census: 800 The word Karok (also spelled Karuk) meant upstream‚ a name the people used to distinguish themselves from their neighbors downstream‚ the Yurok. Except for their language‚ the customs of the Karok were very much like the Yurok‚ resembling the people of the northern Pacific Coast (Oregon‚ Washington‚ Vancouver Island)
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Hydrogen: The Fuel of The Future By: Json Why are we as Americans so afraid to change? even if it is a change for the better? the world has been using oil coal and other petroleum products to power just about everything that moves for the last 150 years. yet most cars in the united states only get 10-20 miles a gallon and even the "good" ones can get only a petty 20-50 miles a gallon. so why do we put up with the inefficiency when there are far better alternatives out there? Such as hydrogen
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Healing the World through Literature Literature has influenced our lives in many ways. One is the way we perceive the events around us. The media have always been telling and informing the public about wars. Instead of informing us about how we can heal the world‚ all we hear is whose fault it was as soon as a war breaks out. The question here is: How can literature help to heal the world in terms of war and peace? This is important because there are so many wars in the world and instead of fighting
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Air Pollution - The Causes & Effect . Defi-Air pollution‚ both indoors and outdoors‚ poses health risks to millions of Americans every day‚ contributing to asthma‚ emphysema‚ heart disease‚ and other potentially lethal conditions. Managing air pollution causes‚ and defending successful safeguards like the Clean Air Act‚ is critical to the human‚ economic‚ and environmental health of our communities. America’s power plants are our biggest industrial polluters. Each year they pump more
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To what extent did the British authors of young children’s literature promote nationalist attitudes during the late nineteenth century? During this time‚ the genre of children’s literature was growing with topics and began to indirectly teach children what to believe. Also‚ authors passed on their own beliefs to children so that they would grow up with the same values‚ and thus maintain the status quo of popular beliefs. Authors would have wanted to do this so that children could either maintain
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realized the damage that comes from global warming and they have been trying to utilize and develop methods of producing energy that are cleaner than burning fossil fuels. Coal also releases particulate matter into the air. Particulate matter is the soot and ash that is released into the sky when coal is burned. Particulate matter can cover up the leaves of plants and make it harder for them to conduct photosynthesis leading to the deaths of many plants in the wetland areas. Plants make up a large
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