Category: Environmental Issues | Page 2
Significant Environmental Issues
September 1, 2020 – 05:28 amACR has a 53 year history of leadership in regional conservation and a commitment to “Conservation in Action.” This includes our efforts to address the major impacts that are expected from Climate Change over the...
Environmental Issues in Brazil
August 27, 2020 – 05:22 amThe Petrobras P-56 oil platform is seen during its opening ceremony in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, in June. The offshore platform has a capacity of producing 100, barrels per day. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption toggle...
Venezuela Environmental Issues
August 22, 2020 – 04:47 amWater pollution, gold, diamond and coal mining, oil drilling, gas exploration, wood logging, soil erosion: it all exists in Venezuela, and according to three environment NGOs in Caracas, the pressure on Venezuela’s...
Guatemala Environmental Issues
August 17, 2020 – 04:26 amEnvironmental issues are critical in Guatemala because of the country’s vast natural resources. Guatemala is one of the most ecologically diverse nations on the planet, with 14 different eco-regions and great biological...
Examples of Environmental health Issues
August 12, 2020 – 03:50 amAir Pollution and Respiratory Health The Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch leads CDC’s fight against environmental-related respiratory illnesses, including asthma, and studies indoor and outdoor air pollution...
Environmental Issues in Wisconsin
August 7, 2020 – 03:42 amBy of the Journal Sentinel The fast-growing sand mining industry is grappling with a rising number of environmental problems across western Wisconsin. Many of the cases involve water pollution — where vast piles...
Environmental Issues in the Philippines
August 2, 2020 – 03:40 amThe current relationship in the Philippines between indigenous peoples and the state can be characterized as a legal and institutional stalemate. In Philippine law, indigenous peoples ancestral domains are recognized...
Three Gorges Dam Environmental Issues
July 28, 2020 – 03:36 amSHANGHAI—For over three decades the Chinese government dismissed warnings from scientists and environmentalists that its Three Gorges Dam—the world s largest—had the potential of becoming one of China s biggest...
Environmental Issues in Madagascar
July 23, 2020 – 03:34 amAerial view of erosion in western Madagascar While Madagascar is known for its strange animals and beautiful forests, much of the country has suffered severe environmental damage. Many of the island s rainforests...
Argentina Environmental Issues
July 18, 2020 – 03:30 amResearch in Argentina has shown that deforestation due to agricultural expansion of soybean is threatening the Yungas ‘cloud forest’, and the Chaco ecoregion, one of the largest forested biomes (a major regional...
Environmental Issues in Vietnam
July 13, 2020 – 03:29 amVietnam is among the most biologically diverse countries on earth, comprising less than 1 percent of the world s land but about 10 percent of its species. But the report noted that its protected areas are suffering...
Great Lakes Environmental Issues
July 8, 2020 – 03:22 amWhat is the most serious problem facing the Great Lakes: Is it invasive species, like zebra and quagga mussels, water withdrawals, climate change or non-point source pollution? J. David Allan, a professor at the...
Minnesota Environmental Issues
July 3, 2020 – 03:22 amFar and away, Metallic Sulfide Mining represents the greatest current threat to the BWCAW and its environs. The extraction of heavy metals – gold, copper, palladium, nickel and others – from sulfide bearing ore...
Environmental Issues in Minnesota
June 28, 2020 – 03:16 amSulfide mining produces toxic waste that could irreversibly damage Minnesota’s fragile lakes, rivers and natural resources. This is not our grandparents’ iron mining — sulfide mining has never been done in Minnesota...
Environmental Issues acid rain
June 23, 2020 – 03:15 amAn ecosystem is a community of plants, animals and other organisms along with their environment including the air, water and soil. Everything in an ecosystem is connected. If something harms one part of an ecosystem...
Environmental Issues in New Brunswick
June 18, 2020 – 02:57 amOffice of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development From: The Comité de la Santé Publique et l Environnement du Madawaska (the Co-Sa-Pue) [Madawaska public...
Environmental Issues in tourism Industry
June 13, 2020 – 02:53 amThe tourism industry grew to be the most dominant sector in the economy during a period of only 10 years, marking a new epoch in the economic history of the Maldives. The industry increased its capacity from about...
News Articles on Environmental Issues
June 8, 2020 – 02:49 amThe Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has allotted $15.6 million in grants for environmental issues, the foundation announced Wednesday. Terry Tamminen has also been tapped as CEO. The grants will be used for wildlife...
Research on Environmental Issues
June 3, 2020 – 02:44 amEarlier in the school year, to cap off our unit on the environment, my 6th graders completed an environmental issues research project and presentation. This project was a great opportunity for the students to demonstrate...
Examples of Environmental Issues
May 29, 2020 – 02:43 amThis boat of stainless steel yields major environmental dividends during its operating life. It is lighter than a traditional aluminium boat, consumes only half the fuel at the same time as it is very hardy and...
Environmental Issues Topics for Research Paper
May 24, 2020 – 02:43 amAre you a student tasked with writing a research paper on an environmental issue? These few tips, along with some hard and focused work, should get you most of the way there. 1. Find a topic Look for a topic that...
Puerto Rico Environmental Issues
May 19, 2020 – 02:37 amBecause Puerto Rico is part of the United States, local industry is subject to the same federal environmental regulations and restrictions as in the United States. Puerto Rico’s greatest environmental threats concern...
Air pollution Environmental Issues
May 14, 2020 – 02:10 amDespite dramatic progress cleaning the air since 1970, air pollution in the United States continues to harm people’s health and the environment. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA continues to work with state, local and...
Quiz on Environmental Issues
May 9, 2020 – 01:47 amYoung Eco-Lifestyle Quiz - Introduction Global Environmental Problems Most of us are aware that human activities have led to environmental problems affecting our own lives and threatening future generations of life...
Environmental Issues Worksheets
May 4, 2020 – 01:39 amThere are numerous factors that challenge food production. The climate, topography and soil variations within biomes may be challenging for growing food, but the way people change the environment can also have an...
Environmental Justice Issues
April 29, 2020 – 01:35 amEnvironmental injustice, including the proliferation of climate change, has a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low income communities in the United States and around the world. The NAACP Environmental...
Environmental Issues in the Rainforest
April 24, 2020 – 01:33 amBefore humans started destroying the rainforests, they covered 15% of the Earth s land area, today, they cover only 6%. In the last 200 years, the total area of rainforest has decreased from 1, 500 million hectares...
Major Environmental Issues in Canada
April 19, 2020 – 01:32 amWhile the oil sands industry has made significant technological advances, the growth of annual production of oil sands presents several environmental challenges to, , , and energy conservation. CanmetENERGY provides...
Environmental Issues in Philadelphia
April 14, 2020 – 01:29 amUrbanization has contributed to the degradation of Philadelphia s waterways, ecosystems and water quality. Stormwater Management If rain is not properly managed and flows over impervious surfaces—such as streets...
Recent Newspaper Articles on Environmental Issues
April 9, 2020 – 01:23 amPresident-elect Donald Trump claims he is “open minded” about climate change, despite calling it a “con job” in the past. (EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump said he remains open...
Solutions to Environmental Issues
April 4, 2020 – 01:21 amOver four decades in operation, the Hanford Site in eastern Washington state had as many as nine nuclear reactors at a time working with five processing complexes to produce plutonium for America’s nuclear arsenal...
Coral reefs Environmental Issues
March 30, 2020 – 01:03 amCollection of coral for construction and use in the curio trade Coral has a multitude of uses as a construction tool. It can be utilised for the production of lime kilns, house foundations and embankment of streets...
Copper mining Environmental Issues
March 25, 2020 – 12:57 amKey points • Copper is malleable, ductile, and an extremely good conductor of both heat and electricity. • A computer contains around 1.5 kg of copper, a typical home about 100 kg and a wind turbine 5 tonnes. •...
Identify Environmental Issues
March 20, 2020 – 12:50 am– The present study uses public attention on environmental issues in the USA as the empirical setting of research. An iterative framework is developed to identify niche queries to measure public attention on environmental...
Health and Safety and Environmental Issues
March 15, 2020 – 12:48 amWith the advent of new technologies, including nanotechnology, one should consider both potential benefits and unintended risks to human health and the environment that might accompany development and use of the...
Most Recent Environmental Issues
March 10, 2020 – 12:41 amGillum told the audience in Tallahassee on Wednesday that Florida has the most property at risk from climate change. | AP Photo TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum, in his Democratic bid for Florida governor on Wednesday...
Environmental Public health Issues
March 5, 2020 – 12:37 amPublic health is intimately connected to our environment. Toxins and other pollutants present both outdoors and indoors contribute to chronic diseases, such as certain types of cancers and chronic obstructive lung...
Current Canadian Environmental Issues
February 29, 2020 – 12:35 amCanada s vision is to see a country where people make responsible decisions about the environment, and where the environment is sustained for the benefit of present and future generations. Since birds, air, water...
Egypt Environmental Issues
February 24, 2020 – 12:16 amEnvironment - current issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and...
Sri Lanka Environmental Issues
February 19, 2020 – 12:05 amEnvironmental and disaster risk issues are significant as Sri Lanka moves forward on the development trajectory. Every one dollar invested in risk reduction saves four dollars in disaster response. Sri Lanka is...
Speech on Environmental Issues
February 13, 2020 – 11:56 pmWe have provided various speech on environment for the students. All the environment speech are written using very simple and easy words. Speeches are written in wide range of words capacity according to the students...
Articles Related to Environmental Issues
February 8, 2020 – 11:50 pmThe World Wildlife Fund spent 18 months scoring how well Arctic nations are meeting their environmental goals. But as the WWF Arctic Programme’s communications chief Clive Tesar explains, the grades are just part...
History of Environmental Issues
February 3, 2020 – 11:30 pmPhoto by: kanate Pollution is not a new phenomenon. In fact, it is older than most people realize. Archeologists digging through sites of Upper Paleolithic settlements (settlements of the first modern humans, between...
Temperate deciduous Forest Environmental Issues
January 29, 2020 – 11:28 pmThe familiar forests of oak, hickory and maple that cover the eastern half of the Unites States are referred to as temperate deciduous forests because their leaves change color and drop as winter approaches. The...
Environmental Issues with coal mining
January 24, 2020 – 11:27 pmCoal is an abundant fuel source that is relatively inexpensive to produce and convert to useful energy. However, producing and using coal affects the environment. Effects of coal mining Surface mines (sometimes...
Economics, Environmental Issues
January 19, 2020 – 11:27 pmEnvironmental economics is an area of economics dealing with the relationship between the economy and the environment. Environmental economists study the economics of natural resources from both sides - their extraction...
Need for Studying Environmental Issues
January 14, 2020 – 11:25 pmThe natural systems that shape the Earth’s environment are dynamic and highly interactive. As an example, ash injected into the upper atmosphere during volcanic eruptions lowers atmospheric temperatures and leads...
Environmental Issues of Afghanistan
January 9, 2020 – 11:09 pmAfghanistan is one of the countries that is located in central part of Asia. It is bordered by Iran on the west, Pakistan on the east and south, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan on the north and China (a...
Environmental Issues Climate change
January 4, 2020 – 11:07 pmGreenhouse gas emissions from human activity are changing the Earth’s climate. The mid-range estimate for the next twenty years is an average global warming of 0.2ºC per decade, according to the Intergovernmental...
Environmental Issues with the Keystone pipeline
December 30, 2019 – 11:00 pmCatcher Cuts The Road, an Iraq War veteran, leads a protest march to a sacred burial ground at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, Sept. 9, 2016. A federal judge on Friday denied the Standing Rock...