After the technological boom that our society experienced in the last couple of decades, people are returning to some basic environmental values. People in more developed countries, particularly Europe, are more environmentally conscious than ever. Our planet is a great resource, but we can not ex...

The Problems of PollutionI think that pollution is a serious and growing problem throughout the world today. Pollution is the contamination of the earth's environment with materials that interfere with human health, the quality of life, and natural functioning of living things and their surrounding...

From the moment I began to compare Santa Cruz to my hometown, the differences became eminent. Growing up in Los Angeles, I was exposed to one of the most populated cities in all of the United States. While Santa Cruz has a population of only 49,040 people, Los Angeles has an astounding 3,485,398. ...

AnneEnvironmental CollapseThe world today is encountering a lot of environmental problems. One of these problems that is evidently seen everywhere is pollution. Pollution is the addition of chemical or physical agents to the air, water, or land in an amount that can threaten human health, plants, an...

A prospective new law requiring every new car to meet strict emissions standards will soon become a nation wide campaign to reduce air pollution. Some day, might younger generations not have to learn about "brown clouds"? It is a respectable goal. New laws regarding air pollution standa...

Greening the Budget and Earning a Double Dividend in the Process Q1. How Do you reconcile the introduction of environmental-based tax rate differentiation as well as new environmental taxes with the traditional objectives of fiscal reform: tax simplification, fiscal neutrality (not affectin...

The use of nuclear technology for civilian and military use is a highly controversial issue. Most people argue that nuclear technology is bad. However, they do not analyze how nuclear technology can be a good thing. To me, the advantages of nuclear technology out way the disadvantages. A comparativ...

I feel that the responsibility for keeping the environment clean does not rest with the corporations who pollute it, but with the government who does not stop them. If there are no laws and regulations that are enforced by the government for the corporations to follow then they are in no way...

Prior to the 1920's, very few people were aware of the term or concept "biosphere", and prior to the 1960's minimal people knew the term "environment". Beginning around the 1930's, literature concerning this topic began to appear. Up until this time Americans thou...

OLIGARCH ESSAY The Oligarch's disregard for the welfare of anyone or anything but themselves has proven quite hazardous to the environment. The Oligarch corporate heads, however, continue to deny any responsibility for the release of chemicals found to be killing huge numbers of amphi...

Imagine the world 50 years from now; picture the scenario of dark skies, gloomy clouds everything around you either is dying or has died. This exactly will take place if nobody takes action against the " potentially earth shattering problems". This horrible scenario would be the result of mankind's ...

The pieces of literature "A Fable for Tomorrow" and "Poisoned Water" arerelated to each other in many ways. One thing that they share in common is the theme ofpollution. They tell about how pollution has affected the environment in many ways. Inthe first work, "A Fable for Tomorrow", the people live...

Life is a precious element to a broad range of creatures. When a chemical toxin invades life's environment, we should all be concerned. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of chemical compounds that are invading and polluting the environment. They cause severe health problems in humans a...

Throughout the centuries mankind has displayed the Western attitude that nature must be conquered. In attempting to vanquish nature, our natural environment has been gradually destroyed. Because of man's attitude toward our planet, the earth's capacity to sustain life is jeopardized. In...

There's a saying that comes swooping out of the chaos of the Universein times when order is needed: the only constant is change. Nutrientcycling is about change. Unfortunately, it's also about pollution andwaste. Think about waste for a moment. There are two meanings to theword. To waste ...

Environmental Impact of New Technology Things like SUV's and Jumbo Jets may be a good thing now, why they get us around from place to place very quickly. But from using these "modern" conveniences we are actually harming the environment. The pollutants released from these and many ...

The environment plays a large role in the way campaigns are run. Businesses are greatly affected by what politicians decide to do about the environment. Environmentalist groups are large and powerful groups. Campaigns must juggle issues between these two groups. Many Americans think it a stretch...

Country Lifestyles vs. City Lifestyles The country lifestyles and city lifestyles have a lot of differences, such as work, the environment and the entertainment. Let me discuss the facts about these lifestyles below. The first difference is work. Both country and city people usually work...

Profit maximization is a common goal of most firms. Some business are in the pursuit of profit making unilaterally, regardless of its negative effects on environment. However, the concept, sustainable development, defined as the balance among economic development, environmental protection and soc...

Many people believe that issues affecting the world today are of no concern for our future generations. They do not dedicate themselves enough to sustaining the limited resources we have available. For example even though people are educated by the society around them and are warned that they shoul...

Earth Forgotten Poetry has always been a powerful way of communicating society's feelings, concerns, and discomforts without directly stating their inspiration. A good example of such poetry is William Wordsworth's "The world is too much with us". This poem expresses concern a...

The emergence of the Industrial Revolution in the history of humankind has brought about significant changes that greatly altered the way human society lived. Through the Industrial Revolution, technologies that were never conceived to influence the way people accomplish their activities,...

The golden arches lay disfigured on the ground burned and trampled by activists and burned down star bucks are right next door. Mobs rushing and screaming and chatting about the wrongful beef practices or the horrible third world factory conditions. The neo-political Marxist activists of our day ar...

Public Policy Problems in the Environment Public policy is defined by Webster's as the "The basic policy or set of policies forming the foundation of public laws, especially such policy not yet formally enunciated." The United States Government has many policies in the area of th...

A Planet for the Taking"Problems facing us today are immense and many are direct consequence of science and technology," David Suzuki tells the world, but are we really at fault? Yes. The growing field of science and technology has given the world many benefits, but many downfalls as well. Some bene...