The plaintiff the United States of America (U.S.) is suing the defendant Burlington Northern Railway / Shell Oil Co. over its participation in creating a significant contamination of soil and groundwater at the Brown & Bryant‚ Inc. (B & B) agricultural chemical distribution business. The plaintiff is requesting that the defendant is responsible for a portion of the cleanup cost because the defendant was a Potential Responsible Party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation
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| Types of pollution and effects | | | R Chivers | 5/23/2013 | Pollution and effects that it has on us and our planet‚ and the steps being taken to reduce pollution and make the world a better place for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. | This report will discuss four types of pollutions and their effects on us and how we can help clean up the planet. There are different types of pollution; air pollution that affects the air we breathe‚ water pollution that affects
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GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUE Introduction The quality of the air we breathe directly affects our general health and well being. The regular monitoring and maintenance of air quality is‚ therefore‚ extremely important for our overall quality of life. A key environmental issue which Australia currently faces is reversing the degradation of our ambient (outside) and indoor air quality. Aside from affecting human health‚ the presence of air pollutants in high levels can also adversely impact upon wildlife and vegetation
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Than Sorry What is Atrazine? It is a synthetic compound used as an agricultural herbicide created by the company Syngenta. This specific agricultural herbicide is causing uproar across the entire world. There are people saying it has negative environmental impacts‚ others say it does no harm to our planet and we have nothing to worry about. I believe it does have a negative impact on our environment and I have all the evidence to backup my claim. We should ban Atrazine because it contaminates water
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Environmental Fundamentals Paper Angela A ENV/100 October 29‚ 2012 Andrew Walsh For several years‚ the earth and its environment have struggled to rally the needs of the rapid growth in populations‚ altered habitats‚ and global warming‚ which has caused a global impact on the balance between man and nature. The problems among the environment do not affect one group of
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AIR POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES Guides and Tips Home / Blog / Air Pollution in the Philippines Air pollution is a common and frequent problem nowadays. When you are on your way to work‚ you pass by your neighbors’ backyard where he is currently burning their garbage from yesterday‚ then you come across a smoke-belching public utility vehicle‚ then a guy beside you lighted a cigarette and started suffocating you with second-hand smoke. You cannot always depend on your handkerchief on covering
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conventional drilling. Fracking is controversial because while there are many economic benefits to it‚ there are also many environmental concerns and human health concerns that come along with it. I believe the environmental concerns and concerns for our health outweigh the economic benefits and fracking should not be allowed to take place anywhere in the country. We have enough environmental problems without having to worry about the affects fracking has. Fracking uses a mixture of 750 different chemicals
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Air Quality One of the different features of the natural environment to consider when planning a construction project is air quality. Good air quality is an essential part of a healthy environment‚ large factories tend to be located away from populated areas to prevent air pollution and large chimneys guide the pollution further up into the atmosphere to avoid any fallout to local inhabitants. However events in history such as the ‘Great Smog of 1952’ made such an impact that the government at the
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Hazel Johnson also known as the mother of the Environmental Justice Movement. Johnson‚ a South Side environmental activist who fought Chicago housing officials on asbestos‚ blasted corporate polluters and rallied residents to protest contamination. Mrs.Johnson‚ a longtime resident of Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens public housing development‚ was spurred into environmental activism after her husband‚ John‚ died of lung cancer in 1969. In the late 1970s and early 1980s‚ she hit the streets and began documenting
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(Points : 1) 9. The N.A.A.Q.S. apply to all of the following‚ except: (Points : 1) 10. The Clean Air Act requires states to work in conjunction with the federal government to develop a(n) _________ to bring air quality into compliance with national standards. (Points : 1) Political Science - General Political Science ASHFORD POL 310 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Values Policy ASHFORD POL 310 Week 1 DQ 2 Common Pool Resources – Privatization or Collective Action ASHFORD
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