However, there are many environmental groups oppose this idea because they dont want any wild animals or people who lives there to be affected. There are no doubt that oil drilling creates many problems such as pollution to the environment and the well-being of human and many wild animals, however, oil drilling can increase the import of oil supply that help to reduce the gas price, boost up the economic by creating more job opportunities and lower gas prices for consumer. Many environmental organizations believe oil drilling at ANWR would cause pollution to our world due to oil spillin...

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Pollution is today, probably, the greatest problem that faces mankind. ... And pollution knows no frontiers. One country that pollutes, will export its pollution to others. ... Atmospheric Pollution And then there are carbon emissions from our factories and from the traffic. ... Water Pollution As if all this were not enough, we pollute our water in various other ways. ...

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 Air pollution is most commonly associated with acidic precipitation, smog, and the depletion of our ozone layer. ... Since the Clean Air Act was passed, there have been numerous efforts to find different fuels that can be burnt instead of gasoline, which produces many environmentally harmful emissions. ... Vehicles that use electricity as their main power source tend to be virtually pollution-free, which makes them one of the best alternatives for reducing harmful vehicle emissions. ... The government gives a tax break to those who use a more environmentally protective ...

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Question What are the social, environmental and economic/political impacts of peak oil? ... I will be focusing and talking about three main impacts of peak oil; Social impacts, environmental impacts and the economic/political impacts. ... Environmental Impacts After we have reached peak oil, we will start using less and less of it as alternative sources of energy will be developed. This should be healthy for the environment as when we use less oil, it means we will have less pollution. ... Air pollution causes 7 million death every year! ...

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This would be a necessary measure to take if the U.S wants to continue its rate of oil consumption, but the installation poses an environmental threat. ... Also, the refining process of tar sands is the most environmentally harmful. ... A way to limit the environmental impact of projects like the pipeline would be to implement a pollution charge or tax on any negative environmental problems that TransCanada creates. ... These fuel sources, while not as effective as gasoline, are much safer in terms of environmental impact. ... Again, pollution fees could be a useful way of making people think ...

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This chemical pollution can be directly accredited to dumping made by flight line aircraft maintainers. ... Based on first hand flight line studies For each time intentional improper disposal of fuel is recorded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there is a $10,000 fine for the Air Force (U.S. ... Farmers, fishermen, tourism, and the local wildlife that depend on the Chesapeake Bay are suffering extreme consequences each year due to the environmental impact of such dumping (Schetteler, Solomon, Valent & Huddle 111). ... However, these bottom dwelling creatures are extremely s...

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Another environmental concern is the contamination of water. ... Pennsylvania had racked up a bill of $5 billion in order to clean the pollution from the mines. ... Fracking has also been a source of local air pollution. ... Colorado is one such case where they had not experienced major air pollution until the use of fracking started. ... While there are benefits to the process, there are also some severe environmental impacts as a result. ...

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Since the passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the petroleum industry has invested nearly $17 billion in oil spill prevention and response. ... To that end, the petroleum industry continues to search for new ways to make our environmental footprint as light as possible. ... Therefore, industry has made a commitment to meeting the nation's energy demand while maintaining safe and environmentally sound operations. ... API's annual Petroleum Industry Environmental Performance (PIEP) report confirms this trend. ... Environmental Protection Agency and is an important yardstick in ...

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People are protesting against the expansion of the pipeline because of the environmental concerns they have. ... (CBC, 1) However, the CEP president Dave Coles says They get the jobs and we end up with the environmental mess thats left over and believes that only America will benefit out of this. ... Water contamination, oil spills and pollution are guaranteed. ...

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In Environmental Issues in Oceanography, Second edition the authors [Daniel C. ... According to the Environmental Health Perspective "For over a decade, in utero and postnatal exposure to PCBs has been linked with reduced IQ in children, but exactly how the chemicals exert their effects on cognitive functioning remains uncertain." ... Although the Environmental Protection Agency is taking large steps in stopping oil spills, they could very well still occur, and many oil spills have already happened. ... Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency, oil spills are becoming rarer. Here are ...

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A million years ago, when dinosaurs were in existence, the earth consisted of diverse tropical trees and swamps. It was an ideal state for the formation of fossil fuels. At the time, dinosaurs died along with various plants and decomposed deep in the Earth's crust layer upon layer. The layers gradua...

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The traditional image most people have of the artic tundra, is a vast, featureless sheet of ice, home to a few polar bears and maybe an Eskimo. The reality is that the artic is not the never ending snowstorm you picture in your head. There are several different settings that can be described as the ...

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