Environment Essay Examples and Topics. Page 22

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Issues in Non-Point Source Pollution

In their article titled "Use of Special Surrogates to Assess the Potential for Non-Point Source Pollution in Large Watersheds", Moltz et al aimed to identify key areas within the United States portion of the Rio [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

How to Survive When a Disaster Outbreaks?

Tornados are common for some of the US states and it is but natural that people should be aware of the ways to survive during these disasters.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 312

Air Pollution Sources in Houston

Though pollution is virtually everywhere, the paper focuses on Houston, one of the major cities is the US that have unacceptable levels of pollutants that pose health risks to the lives of people, plants, and [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3039

Acid Deposition in Atmospheric Processes

Tracking Acid Rain: The Case study of The Rust Belt, US Case Background The industrial heartlands of the US are located in the Rust Belt. While the metal plants are in the east; the automobile [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2749

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Disaster

The investigation team on the Chernobyl accident established the four major causes of the disaster, which comprised communication failures, architectural errors in RBMK nuclear reactor, violation of technical guidelines, and the lack of safety principles [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

The Possibility of Ecologically Sustainable Forestry

There is need of maintaining integrity of the eco-system through establishment of wide range and even distribution of forest structures, species composition as well as biological diversity. In this case, the quality of life is [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1386

E-Waste Management Plan for Melbourne School

For instance, the e-waste sensitization unit may be encouraged to advice the stakeholders of the school to observe the basic rules of e-waste disposal such as collection of these wastes in designated containers or collection [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

The current legislation in Australia for managing wastes

Some of the pieces of legislations that have been adopted at the federal level in order to strengthen the aforementioned conventions include the National Environment Protection Measure 1999 and the Hazardous Waste Act 1989 In [...]
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1689

The Partridge-Raleigh Oilfield Explosion in 2006

In order to make a proper assessment of the accident, it is necessary to carry out thorough investigation in order to find out the real cause of the accident besides establishing why the accident happened. [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Carbon Management Accounting

Therefore, the quantity of managers who may require the carbon related information is the major factor that determines the volume and type of the information. The researcher chose the companies on the basis of the [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2218

Climate Change Affecting Coral Triangle Turtles

This paper discusses the effects of climatic change on the diverse lives in the Coral Triangle. The region harbors the highest number of turtle and fish species known in the world.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1206

Green Technology and Its Benefits

While it would be unreasonable to make every single employee in the company buy a Hybrid car, using the resources that are made of recyclable material is the least painstaking means to introduce the company [...]
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Solid and Hazardous Waste and Vector-Borne Disease

On the other hand, hazardous wastes are a category of solid wastes that are listed either specifically in the regulations or show perilous attributes of corrosiveness, flammability and reactivity.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

Emergency Preparedness in New Jersey

In practice, New Jersey official has put in place a robust public health response plan and integrated it into the response and recovery operations of the disaster response and recovery agencies of the Government, which [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

“Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson

In perspective, the author inspects the areas of the environment that have been affected adversely which include the earth's water sources and atmosphere among others. Several impacts of degradation have been identified in the societies [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

Wheat Supply and Demand in the Global Market

Since the product in this case is wheat, an examination of the work of Roberson is in order since through his examination of the supply and demand of wheat in the current global market it [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 489

Expanding the Bayway Refinery

The oil refinery by Bayway Refinery within the area of Linden in New Jersey has elicited opposition from the locals and the city council.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Implementing Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The emission cuts for developing nations must be raised in order to mitigate GHG emissions and avoid the devastating effects of climate change on the planet.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2231

Tragedy of the Commons

It should be noted that for tragedy of the commons to be avoided, values and believes of people must be changed.
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Ecological Footprint Analysis

That being the case the footprint analysis fails to consider how companies and businesses contribute to this "overshoot" and depletion of resources.
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Economics of Renewable Energy

This form of renewable energy has proven to be the best in the industrial sector. This means that the society has to look beyond the use of non renewable energy.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Impediments To Disaster Prevention

It is the duty of every citizen to look for ways to help in the reduction and prevention of the occurrence of such disasters.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Health and Safety Boards

It was the responsibility of the Health and Safety Committee to ensure that all departments comply with the requirements of the OHS at the workplace.
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 2467

Economic Impact of Industrial Pollution in China

This paper gives a brief overview of the problem in China especially with regard to air pollution, its impact on the Chinese economy, some of the steps that the government has taken to combat the [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3398

Analytical Bighorn Sheep Terrain Selection

With the help of a careful evaluation of the data represented in the histograms concerning the change in the habitat and the effect that this change has had on the bighorn sheep, one can come [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1508

Environmental Impacts of Air Pollution

The current high growth rates have contributed to high concentration of particulates and pollutants in the atmosphere owing to the population's over reliance on various sources of energy.
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  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 629

Science in Environmental Management

The environmental flows of a river are influenced by the shape and size of the river basin, the distribution of the marine habitat and plant species, the structure of the marine habitat and the nature [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4282

Refinery Wastewater Management

Water processing plants that use chemical processes to manage the waste water have now turned to the use of zero-effluent techniques of waste management that ensure that the waste water can be re-used and the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2910

Toxicology Examination of a Site

The drums show a sign of cracking and a, strong pungent, smell is felt in the air at the site. The same water from the stream is used for irrigation downstream, which is a serious [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1735

The Prosperity Gold Copper Project

The Panel shall also aims to provide conclusions and recommendation on the importance of the environmental impact of the Project on the Territory.
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1770

Pollution and Neglect in America

During his stay in Ohio, he is realizing an increase in challenges, which he attributes to neglect by the members of the society.
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 668

Top 500 Polluting Companies

Companies affected by the carbon tax, whose market is domestic, like in the energy sector, will increase their fees and prices to alleviate the tax effects. The carbon tax would weaken the industry and ultimately [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1218

Modern State as an Impediment to Environmental Issues

This created a lot of hype around the purchase of the product and thus perpetuated the growth of other industries that were insignificant. The greater the consumption levels, the higher the amount of waste produced [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 3768

Emirates Airlines Environmental Consciousness

Thus, it is crucial that the company observes the necessary environmental factors and policies in order to remain relevant and competitive in both business and environmental orientations. It is the mandate of the organization to [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

Pollution in Beijing, China

This paper discusses the key aspects of air pollution in Beijing with extrapolation of the same to the rest of China cities.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3604

Community Hazard: Tornado in Joplin Missouri

Transport system and utility disruption hazards were witnessed due to impact of natural hazard of the tornado in the form of storms and heavy downpour.
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1658

The Ancient and the Medieval Worlds: The Use of Water Power

Before the introduction of the water turbine in the 1830's, the horizontal wheel was widely preferred to the vertical wheel for use due to its practicality, simplicity of manufacture, and affordability.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

The Clarity of Lake Tahoe

The paper entails a comprehensive description of the environmental issues being experienced at Lake Tahoe by analyzing the clarity of the lake and the major pollutants causing loss of clarity.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2807

The Affect Weather Has on Human Life

The investigation, which takes the subsequent section and to which the study precedes to the conclusion of the research, assesses the impact of the attack on economy and health of the inhabitants of the city [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

Metholdogy for Economic Discourse Analysis in Climate Change

Due to the fact that the main goal of the research is to define the rhetoric devices used to underscore the economic discourse in climate change, such concepts as argumentation, discourse coalition overview, as well [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2757

Going Green in the GCC?

Moreover, it discusses several topics such as the feasibility of solar power on the territory of the Middle East, the issues of energy consuming in the countries that produce oil, solar-led green development in MENA, [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Usage of Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia

Energy system stability for the year 2010 In the Table, the Potential for adopting CSP in the Kingdom for the year 2010 rated 124,560 TWh and has a capacity credit of 90%.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3079

Value of Sustainable Energy

Ocean energy refers to all the energy that is produced through the action of the ocean which includes tidal power, wave energy and thermal energy.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

The Impact of Climate Change on New Hampshire Business

Type: Magazine Article Main Argument/Research Question: The article explains that advocates of renewable energy may obtain opportunities to advance alternative energy development by tracking the costs and pollution emissions of fossil fuel power plants and [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 422

Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Standards

Additionally, the study will examine the impacts of the policies on the organization of the supply chains transport. The members will be informed of the importance of the study and the implications of partaking in [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

Transportation Standards and Environmental Regulations

The third motivation for the organization is that the regulations will bind the transportation companies and automobile manufacturers to follow the standards of the level of greenhouse gas emission into the atmosphere thus minimizing the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2511

Green Lighting in Saudi Arabia

While keeping on to this debate, this paper will look into the issue of green light bulbs and green light energy in respect to the steps that have been made in adopting energy saving bulbs, [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2777

Environmental Damage From the BP Oil Spill

With this, the issue of BP oil spill turned out to be more than legal as it has put the marine life and human life in the vicinity of the disaster under peril.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1771

Natural Disasters in a Globalizing World

In spite of the fact that technological progress allows to make the greatest calculations and predict weather, it is still hard to prevent any disaster and provide people with the necessary help and support.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

Filling the Global Energy Research Gap

These developed countries are expected to lead developing countries in the conservation of environment by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

Ocean and Atmosphere Circulation

Oceanic and atmospheric circulation is the means by which heat is distributed on the surface of the Earth by large scale circulation of air.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Disaster management is planet management

Other important issues discussed in the content are the causes of the disaster in a community one of them being the population of people in a community.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 955

A Robust Strategy for Sustainable Energy

The century-scale indicates that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, plants and even in the biomass is dauntingly large. Over half of the CO2 that is emitted remains in the atmosphere and can become [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2802

BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The television commercials and advertisements developed by the company to improve its image was also a good strategy in minimizing the negative publicity the company got as a result of the disaster.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2565

Waste Management in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

The government in the emirate should formulate regulations governing waste management and restricting any form of disposal that could be harmful to the environment.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Potential Causes of Global Warming

A greenhouse effect refers to the phenomena where water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other major gases in Earth help in sustaining the atmospheric temperatures near the surface of the Earth.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1706

Chesapeake Bay Environment Protection

The prevention of water pollution was made possible through a rule that controlled the amount of pollutants discharged into the ocean by the players in the manufacturing industry.conducted a research and it followed that, according [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1655

Global Warming and Natural Disasters

As most people in the society are unaware of any relationship between global warming and flooding, the research aims at imbibing knowledge on the changes that are expected on the water levels in the society [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1804

Ideology of Economic Discourse in Climate Change

By employing such a title, the activist intends to show the ignorance of the seriousness of the ecological problem and reluctance of the government to introduce the corresponding measures to the Canadian economy.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4234

Environmental Disasters and Ways Companies Cope With Them

On damages, the incident fronted various health risks to the residents of the area and beyond. The clean up processes incorporated the use of detoxifiers and other viable methods, which could eradicated the gas and [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1825

Satellite-Based Remote Sensing

The Aqua and Terra satellites were launched by NASA in 2002 and 1999 respectively, and each of them contains the MODIS sensor.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

The Economic Cost of Climate Change Effects

Because the general definition of climate change involves changes in the statistical components of a climate system without taking into account the causes of such changes, changes in climate over a short period of time [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1532

Remediation of Metals – Contaminated Soils and Groundwater

The time that the remediation technology can take in cleaning up the soil sediments of the contaminants varies depending on the specifications and the rules that have been put in place meant to guide and [...]
  • Subjects: Planet Protection
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2475

Wind-Based Energy Market

The energy department in the U.S.has been able to discover and point a number of challenges and problems in the development of wind energy.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2009

Coal Mining and Marginal Concepts

In addition to that, the cost of producing coal has been a great impediment on the mining of coal and any cost reduction method will be feasible.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 615

Automobile Pollution in the US

These pollutants are emitted due to the inability to have a perfect combustion process that would involve the breakdown of hydrocarbons into water and carbon dioxide in the presence of oxygen.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Comparing Green Spaces in Mascot, Sydney

The fact that the sporting fields as well as other areas cover a significant portion is an indicator that there is disorganization in allocation of Mascot's green areas when compared to other suburbs.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1480

Urban Regeneration/renewal -Case of United Kingdom

Main actions in the Urban Regeneration and Development Strategy There are four actions that form the strategy for regeneration of King's Lynn and they are: Maximum utility of the existing facilities this is by creation [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

Biomass Energy – A Reliable Energy Source

In a developing country such as Vietnam, cheap source of energy would be required since it would boost the productivity of citizens, as well as government.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 646

How should we live?

In the Netherlands, there has been well documentation of public support for "Room for River" policies and this support is found out to be high.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3036

Green Business Strategy Approach

The adoption of this plan will enable the community and management of Princeton Mart to work collaboratively to protect the environment and responsibly utilize the natural resources through an elaborate environmental stewardship program.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2752

Ecological Effects of the Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms

Beneficial soil organisms such as earthworms, mites, nematodes, woodlice among others are some of the soil living organisms that are adversely affected by introduction of genetically engineered organisms in the ecosystem since they introduce toxins [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2475

Critique on Creating Shared Value

According to Porter and Cramer, the concept of shared value can be defined as "policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1247

Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Effects

Therefore, it means that increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is the cause of global warming. Moreover, critics of anthropogenic argues that, despite the increase in the use of fossil fuel and the temperature [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2812

The Great Barrier Reef

The System Analysis Diagram of the Current Situation The first diagram indicates that the effects of human activities on the GBR may not be necessarily direct, and sometimes they are very difficult to trace.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2833

Environmental Degradation in Lithgow’s Waters

An examination of the PH level in the waters in the sample sites also presented the following results: What must first be understood is that a PH rate of one to six is indicative of [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3957

Global Change Causes and Impacts

This paper addresses some of the causes and impacts of global change, such as the stratospheric ozone depletion and greenhouse gases.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2204