The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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BP Oil Spill May 1‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is written on a current article that was recently published. The article is criminal justice related and about the BP oil spills that happened two years ago. The paper will be a brief summary of the article and what has happened since the oil spill. On Tuesday‚ April 24‚ 2012 at 7:40 P.M. Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges in the Gulf oil spill‚ accusing a former BP engineer of deleting
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The Texas Revolution can be considered a land grab by The United States. Texas was first under the control of Mexican government. Steven F. Austin then goes and asks for approval to set a small colony in Texas. Texas had agreed to four main stipulations: must have moral and hardworking settlers‚ keep Spanish as primary language‚ primary religion is Catholicism‚ and no slavery. All is fine until more and more settlers come to Texas. The United States essentially wants Texas for slavery rights‚ sees
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The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
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Texas is a state famous for several reasons. When you think of Texas you think of football‚ the Alamo‚ oil‚ and BBQ‚ but do cattle feedlots also come to mind? Texas is one of the largest states in the nation and leads in producing cattle. According to TSHA (Texas State Historical Association) “By the mid-1980s Texas had also become the Number 1 cattle feeding state. The cattle-feeding industry annually contributes $12 billion dollars to the state’s economy.” A cattle feedlot can be defined as an
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The oil and gas industry is one of the world’s largest‚ complex‚ and expensive industry. The prices of oil and gas are probably the most closely plotted products in the global economy. In this industry there are three main segment of value chain: upstream‚ midstream‚ and downstream. It is evident that energy source play vital input to human activities‚ development‚ and growth of the economy. Hence‚ it is believed that after the industrial revolution‚ accessed clean‚ inexpensive and reliable energy
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Prison Rape in Texas: Analyzing PREA Prison Rape in Texas: Analyzing PREA In 2003‚ the Bush Administration signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA‚ P.L. 108-79)‚ the purpose of which is to address the increasing problem of sexual abuse within U.S. correctional facilities. The Act is applicable to all public and private institutions as well as community-based agencies housing adults or juveniles. In accordance with PREA protections‚ the U.S. Department of
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Process Analysis: Sample Essay “Texas Chili” This essay is one that I have used for many years. It is an actual student essay that was published in an old composition textbook that I used for several years. I like for my students to read this essay because it incorporates several good techniques – and a few “what-not-to-do’s.” ❑ A good attention getter in the form of personal thoughts (Note: If you are really creative with your topic‚ I will allow you to include personal thoughts on
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pertains to be true‚ however at what cost? There are many problems with the education system particularly in Texas that most students‚ parents‚ and even teachers are unaware of. From underfunded budgets‚ to trying to persuade students from other districts changes need to be made to better the education. No changes can be made if the problems are not brought up and talked about. Education in Texas has
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law Jacob Rodriguez Course Texas Government 2306 Professor Jones Nov 12‚ 2012 Voter ID Law Recently a voter id law has been swore into the state of Texas this law would mandate in order to vote you must present a photo id before you are allowed to vote. A big controversial over this bill has began deciding if it’s a scheme for the republicans to gain more votes or to prevent voter fraud at the polls. After researching this topic my opinions is voting fraud is not a huge problem in the
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