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Nigeria Environmental Issues
August 3, 2023 – 09:20 pmWith the coming on board of the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam, and her familiarisation tour of parastatals and agencies under the Ministry, expectations are high that the new Minister will take...
Current Major Environmental Issues
July 29, 2023 – 09:14 pmEPA s Clean Air Markets Programs address several environmental issues which are briefly described below with links to more information. Acid Rain Acid deposition, or acid rain as it is commonly known, occurs when...
Recent Environmental Issues in India
July 24, 2023 – 08:18 pmOver the last decade, India’s strong growth has increased employment opportunities and allowed millions to emerge from poverty. India’s remarkable growth record, however, has been clouded by a degrading environment...
Topics Related to Environmental Issues
July 19, 2023 – 08:06 pmEnvironmental Sustainability and Behaviour Change In 2014 the special topic for this subject will be behaviour change for sustainability. It is perhaps obvious that many human behaviours impact negatively on our...
Wetlands Environmental Issues
July 14, 2023 – 08:03 pmWetlands are critical in supporting the healthy waters and diverse wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Located where land meets water, wetlands act like a sponge, soaking up storm surges and trapping polluted...
Las Vegas Environmental Issues
July 9, 2023 – 08:00 pmView of Bellagio Fountain, Bally s and Paris Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Photograph: Corbis Cattle ranchers, Native Americans and Mormons fear US state s chief engineer will allow 300-mile pipeline to tap...
Environmental Issues in Nigeria
July 4, 2023 – 08:00 pmI was privileged to represent SIN at a film screening ‘Nowhere to run’ recently hosted by the UK- High Commissioner to Nigeria- Paul Arkwright, at his British Residence highlighting environmental challenges in Nigeria...
Electroplating Environmental Issues
June 29, 2023 – 07:44 pmLet s face it on the environmental front, the metal finishing industry doesn t have a particularly great image. This is at least partly due to the way some operators in the industry have behaved toward the environment...
Effects of Environmental Issues
June 24, 2023 – 07:38 pmWant Your Investment to Be Responsible? Here s How PART 3 OF 15 ESG criteria In the previous article, we noted that socially responsible investing is done on the basis of environmental, social, and governance (or...
Business Ethics Environmental Issues
June 19, 2023 – 07:34 pmEnvironmental regulations force businesses to rethink the way they operate. Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images Environmental ethics is formally defined as the study of human interaction with nature. In a business...
Environmental Issues Pros and Cons
June 14, 2023 – 07:21 pmFollowing is one of the chapters from the Center for UN Reform Education’s upcoming reader on Global Environmental Governance. by Maria Ivanova and Jennifer Roy January 2007 The Puzzle of Multiplicity Environmental...
Environmental Issues and Concerns
June 9, 2023 – 07:20 pmOur dependence on nature runs deep. There is no denying that a pristine environment improves our health, lengthens our lives, and makes us more productive. Yet in our lifetimes catastrophic environmental change...
Indonesia Environmental Issues
June 4, 2023 – 07:11 pmAs the world’s largest archipelago of 17, islands, Indonesia spans two bio-geographic regions - the Indomalayan and Australasian - and supports tremendous biodiversity of animal and plant life in its pristine rain...
Desert Biome Environmental Issues
May 30, 2023 – 06:47 pmChanges in climate throughout our planet have created changes in our environments, one of them being a rise in the amount of arid land covering Earth s surface. As humans grow increasingly likely to find themselves...
Environmental Issues with Animals
May 23, 2023 – 07:54 amBy saying NO to palm oil and educating yourself and others about this issue, you can make a positive difference to the welfare of these animals. Plastic in the ocean In 2016 the World Economic Forum published...
Local Environmental Issues Articles
May 18, 2023 – 07:20 amMenhaden are little guys among fish. But they’re huge to a fleet of trawler fishermen and to workers in a Chesapeake Bay town who help turn the catches into pet food and health supplements. They’re also a big deal...
Environmental Issues in Zimbabwe
May 13, 2023 – 07:11 amZIMBABWE, like any other country in the world, is facing extraordinary and multidimensional environmental challenges. The environment is an inseparable sector from the economy and food security, which is why it...
Environmental Issues in Florida
May 8, 2023 – 07:00 amOn Saturday, people around the world will literally be joining hands in a sign of solidarity to protect the planet s oceans. Hands Across The Sand will happen in South Florida, too, as locals connect to form a...
Reporting Environmental health Issues
May 3, 2023 – 06:34 amHave you experienced unsanitary conditions at a restaurant? Do you have problems with rats or mosquitoes? Do you need a septic tank permit? We can help. You may use this form to report concerns about activities...
Food Packaging Environmental Issues
April 28, 2023 – 06:17 amROUGHLY a third of food produced—1.3bn tonnes of the stuff—never makes it from farm to fork, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. In the poor world much of this waste occurs before consumers...
Johnson and Johnson Environmental Issues
April 23, 2023 – 06:07 amOur Credo is the foundation of our Environment, Health and Safety Policy. It provides us with a clear, compelling and enduring reminder of our responsibilities to mothers, fathers, doctors, nurses and caregivers...
What is Meant by Environmental issues?
April 18, 2023 – 06:06 amIn recent years, the term “environmental literacy” has become increasingly prevalent, but how exactly is environmental literacy defined? The current most broadly accepted definition encompasses experiences, understanding...
Ongoing Environmental Issues
April 13, 2023 – 05:44 amRegional issues The Hudson Valley is a unique bioregion that is faced with pressing environmental issues such as climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species, and deer overabundance. These issues...
Companies and Environmental Issues
April 8, 2023 – 05:44 amFor all the marketing around green, there s no escaping the fact that commerce wreaks havoc on the planet. As the following list of the 15 worst companies for the environment makes very clear, there s also not much...
Current Events on Environmental Issues
April 3, 2023 – 05:41 amAGRICULTURAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP The Pennsylvania Farmer has played an important role in the efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Pennsylvania makes up 35% of the Chesapeake...
Puget Sound Environmental Issues
March 29, 2023 – 05:24 amRELATED ECOLOGY PROGRAMS Saving Puget Sound > Overview > Problems with Puget Sound Puget Sound is in trouble — caused mostly by the everyday activities of the 4.4 million people who live on or around...
Environmental Issues with Plastic
March 24, 2023 – 05:20 amEnvironmentally, plastic is a growing disaster. Most plastics are made from petroleum or natural gas, non-renewable resources extracted and processed using energy-intensive techniques that destroy fragile ecosystems...
Environmental Issues in Quebec
March 19, 2023 – 05:20 amWe opened our Quebec office in Montreal only two years ago, and now we re running full steam with six staff members. The Quebec team works on the Foundation s national projects, as well as projects specific to the...
Environmental Issues in Louisiana
March 14, 2023 – 05:05 amSouthern Louisiana has a wealth of diverse habitats, but many serious environmental problems confront our state and region. These pages are provided by the EEB Environmental Biology honors class to increase the...
Waste Environmental Issues
March 9, 2023 – 04:57 amWe Make a Lot of Waste According to the EPA, each year, Americans generate over 250 millions tons of trash and we only recycle or compost 1.51 pounds of the 4.4 pounds of waste each person generates per day! We...
Relevant Environmental Issues
March 4, 2023 – 04:54 amBy Charlie Ogle, Presented by the Constitutional Law Foundation at the L.A.W. Public Interest Law Conference, at the University of Oregon, 7 March 1998. (Case citations open in new window) The Preamble of the United...
Greenpeace Environmental Issues
February 27, 2023 – 04:43 amSometime within the next two months and after Will and Kate swing through town, the people of Yukon will head to the polls and decide whether it s time for a new NDP or Liberal territorial government, or whether...
Books on Environmental Issues
February 22, 2023 – 04:43 amThe reason I’m fascinated by environmental issues is that they are a colossal train wreck of science, politics, ideology, money and personal passion. It would only follow that it’s a realm that’s produced its share...
Land use Environmental Issues
February 17, 2023 – 04:42 amThe design of our cities and rural communities can have great impacts on the quality of our air. Sprawl development isolates residential properties in areas far removed from employment centers and essential services...
Environmental Issues in Malaysia
February 12, 2023 – 04:40 amEnvironmental issues in Malaysia include: “air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires. Carbon dioxide emissions...
Shanghai Environmental Issues
February 7, 2023 – 04:36 amTHE Urban Ecology and Energy Conservation Forum was held at Tongji University. The forum was supported by UN Environment, and was given a theme of soil ecology environmental assessment and remediation ALL heavy-duty...
Costa Rica Environmental Issues
February 2, 2023 – 04:33 amThe country was Costa Rica, whose government is widely hailed as one of the most environmentally sensitive in the world. To many, last year s revelation about the dirty Rio Grande de Tarcoles only made the point...
Environmental Issues in Las Vegas
January 28, 2023 – 04:25 amThere’s nothing like the elation you get from flipping the switch on a new, record-breaking renewable energy plant. But amid all the pomp and circumstance, it can be easy to forget the difficult path even the most...
Ethiopia Environmental Issues
January 23, 2023 – 04:16 amThe major environmental issues facing Ethiopia include deforestation, soil erosion and depletion of nutrients in the soil which, in parts of the northern highlands, are leading to a worrying increase in desertification...
Environmental Issues in Utah
January 18, 2023 – 04:09 amUtah legislators delivered some big messages on public lands during this year’s 45 days of lawmaking. But air-quality and other environmental concerns saw only modest gains – along with some setbacks. Rep. Keven...
Environmental Issues in 1960s
January 13, 2023 – 03:55 amS the District stepped into its second decade, the hints of change that began in the late 1960s moved to the forefront. One of the District’s largest flood control systems, the Tampa Bypass Canal and its flood control...
Civil Engineering Environmental Issues
January 8, 2023 – 03:39 amOf course! With the world being so aware of environmental issues nowadays, modern Civil Engineering degrees include modules to specifically get the students to consider the effects of the projects they’re building...
Environmental and Resource efficiency Issues
January 3, 2023 – 03:30 amTo answer this question properly requires a considerable amount of presentable data in graphs, charts and the like. Let s try and summarise what would be a justifiably long answer. The lack of efficiency with resource...
Tundra Environmental Issues
December 29, 2022 – 03:29 amStretching across North America, tundra comprises half of Canada and much of Alaska. Conditions in Earth s tundra regions may be harsh, but those areas still are vulnerable to environmental damage. While large numbers...
South Asia Environmental Issues
December 24, 2022 – 03:16 amEnvironmental issues are omnipresent in Southeast Asia . Apart from entailing tremendous environmental damage, the impact on regional security in Southeast Asia is noticeable. In 1972, the United Nations Conference...
Latest News on Environmental Issues
December 19, 2022 – 03:02 amHere’s a rare thing these day: Two pieces of good news on the environment in just one week. Remember ozone? You’re forgiven if you don t, since the issue has mostly been out of the public eye for years. That s because...
Environmental Issues in the Canadian Shield
December 14, 2022 – 02:48 amCanadian Shield Consultants, a water and wastewater consultation, construction, and engineering services firm located in St. Charles, has been operating for nearly two decades, since 1996. Its accomplishments have...
Environmental Issues in Miami
December 9, 2022 – 02:48 amBachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science | College of Arts and Science What is Environmental Earth Science? Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including...
Different Types of Environmental Issues
December 4, 2022 – 02:39 amIn this study, improvements of different types of environmental issues in Japan, (i) reduction of mortality risk due to exposure to suspended particulate matter (SPM), (ii) improvement of the water quality of an...
Recent Articles on Environmental Issues
November 29, 2022 – 02:39 amThe White House has proposed deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget that would reduce the agency’s staff by one-fifth in the first year and eliminate dozens of programs, according to details of...