50% of industries in Lebanon not licensed Large industries generate combustion and process emissions. Zouk Mikael/Zouk Mosbeh most polluting industries Most critical industries: cement industry and phospho-gypsum industry. (5 cement plants in Leb) Two monitoring networks in Beirut (USJ and AUB) also (tripoli and balamand uni in north) Stationary network – continuously collecting data/Mobile network- collect when you want Ambient standards – allowed concentration of CO2 in air Emission standards
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Contemporary Issues Environmental threats Overpopulation Every 20 minutes‚ the world adds another 3‚500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life - at least 27‚000 species per year. ZGP July 1999 World population growth peaked at about two percent per year in the early 1960s. Latest population figures indicate that the rate of growth has slowed to 1.33 percent annually‚ equivalent to 78 million people a year. UNFPA 1999 The highest world population growth
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hegemony of racial injustice. These communities are frequently targets of environmental racism because they are often times smaller‚ less accessible and poorer than those in more affluent or white neighborhoods. Because of this‚ large corporations and [white] politicians find it easy to place facilities in these neighborhoods with little to no resistance. This also demonstrates that political hegemony also influence environmental racism. Most of the top councilmen and politician in government are white
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Environmental security is one of modern worlds raging topics‚ and one that should conern us all; as indiviuals‚ as a nation and as a part of this precious Earth. Environmental security scrutinizes the possible disastrous and negative implications of environmental events on the world of today. It revolves around a very sensitive theme‚ of the powerful impact of years of human conflict and international relations on the environment and how this possible threat will not only effect one country‚ but
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Environmental problems In my opinion the most interesting problem is the environmental problems . Our Earth is our home.Everything around us is the environment .We need pure water to drink ‚clean air to breath and clean soil to grow grains and vegetables.So the environment must be clean and healthy .But the air‚soil and water are polluted by different harmful substances. The air is polluted by smoke and gases from cars‚buses ‚airplanes.Air pollution can cause different diseases . Breathing
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Environmental worldviews Environmental worldviews is an individual’s belief about what one’s own role in the world should be. What is a right or wrong environmental behavior and how the world works. Because of differing worldviews‚ 2 people might interpret the same environmental data and reach different conclusions. Anthropocentrism is the idea that the earth and its resources exists for human consumption. People who hold the view believe that we ought to protect the earth for future generations
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Environmental pollution is not a new fact. It is one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is a big matter which is disturbing us economically‚ physically and our normal life. According to the Scott Forseman‚ pollution is defined as the addition of any substance of form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion‚ decomposition‚ recycling or storage in some harmless forms. Our precious earth is daily polluted in a variety of ways
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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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attributes of the sound itself—wave symmetry‚ wavelength‚ and wave amplitude. Also‚ scientists use decibels and hertz to
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Environmental Problems The environment is everything around us. It is the air‚ water‚ land‚ climate and so on. Since many years ago‚ people interferences with the environment which causes several problems. Some of these problems are air pollution‚ water pollution‚ rain forest destruction‚ smog‚ overpopulation‚ and global warming. The worst problems now affecting the world are global warming and overpopulation. First of all‚ global warming‚ which means increasing the temperature
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