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Environment and Diesel Fuel

using solar energy to decompose water, and heat from the earths interior. On our short human time scale, this brief "fossil-fuel ...

Organizational Security in the Face of National and International Risks

time they must be accountable for their decisions, for decisions as diverse as those made in human resources, architectural and in...

Environment, Wealthy and Impoverished Countries

Rich and Poor and the Environment One author notes that while there is a great deal of talk about over population, and its devas...

Exxon Valdez Tragedy of 1989 and Its Impact Upon the Environment

Birds were hardly the only species to be impacted by the spill however. Million of fish joined the quarter million of sea bird ca...

Tobacco Culture in Virginia's Chesapeake Society

gentry (Vaughn, 2004). In other words, the Chesapeake, as Englands first major experiment in North American colonization, was a "t...

State Systems and the Effects of Globalization

effortlessly leap once imposing territorial and cultural borders which can have major consequences on state "sovereignty, prosperi...

Environmental Racism and Nuclear Colonialism

In five pages this paper discusses nuclear colonialism and environmental racism and the impact of technology on the contemporary w...

Small Business and the Costs of Government Interference

In seven pages private businesses' compliance to government regulations are examined with a discussion of economic and tax issues ...

Hybrid Cars and Their Impact

In five pages this paper examines the socioeconomic, political, and environmental impacts of hybrid automobiles following their 20...

Dinosaur Extinction and Catastrophism

In eight pages the events leading to dinosaur extinction are discussed and includ the environmental events such as the suggestion ...

Teenagers and Depression

however, contends that it is both biological and environmental factors which cause this condition. Regardless of the cause, depre...

Overview of the EPA

effort. Still, some spills are so big that they cannot be contained with the limited resources most companies have; that is when ...

A Discussion of Acid Rain

of fossil fuels from coal-powered plants and automobiles), the pH scale, which measures acidity, drops, meaning a component is mor...

Legal Implications Involving a Hypothetical Land Owner and Pollution Issues

Act of 1963, it still did not address all potential pollutants such as those emitted by Mr. Smiths smoke stacks; as a result, some...

Europe, U.S. the Environment, and Diesel Fuel

In seven pages this report examines the environmental impact of diesel fuel and compares European and American uses. Nine sources...

The Business Environment in Taiwan

This paper is written in the style of a report examining the potential of Taiwan, and its environmental conditions, as a potential...

Ozone and its Impacts

growing "hole" in the ozone layer during the mid-1970s, as recently as the late 1990s, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmo...

Analysis of McDonalds

goods, therefore it is a product that will see a decrease in demand when there is a decrease the level of disposable income (Nelli...

FDI Influences in India and Iraq

reduce smoking in India (Lamont and Yuk, 2010). However, this has been a controversial decision, not only was cigarette manufactu...

Overview of Deforestation

In ten pages deforestation is examined in an overview of humanistic and environmental impacts with the emphasis on forested system...

Rain Forest of Brazil

In six pages this paper considers the environmental degradation of Brazil's rain forest in a consideration of agricultural and log...

Nonrenewable Oil Resource

In ten pages this paper discusses the nonrenewable resource of oil in terms of overdependence and the environmental impact that ha...

Foreign Policy and Globalization

In fifteen pages this paper discusses globalization in a definition of the term and how it has impacted foreign policy with such i...

Environmental Protection and Competition of the Nuclear Power Industry

that one of the primary obstacles facing the industry is its relationship with the environment. Long (1995, PG) notes:...

Aging and Impaired Hearing

In eight pages this research paper considers hearing loss and the impact of aging with suggestions regarding better environmental ...

Modernization and Its Detrimental Impact

In six pages modernization and its impact are examined in terms of theory with countries of the third world discussed as they pert...

Multiple Intelligences and Howard Gardner

In ten pages the multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner and their applications are considered in an assessment of the ...

Environmental Issues and Globalization

In eight pages this paper considers the environmental devastation of increased global oil spills and examines the political impact...

Change Needed for Environmental Sustainability

are currently experiencing and which will continue to grow in their impact. Additional effects of fossil fuel dependence are even...

Whales, Can They Be Saved?

saxitoxin, a toxic byproduct of algae growth associated with red tide (Motavalli, p. 4). Ship engines, oil drills, and other hu...