The Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River is a body of water that stretches for 315 miles from the Adirondack Mountains to the Battery in Manhattan‚ reaching its deepest point of 216 feet in the Highlands near Constitution Island and West Point and reaches its widest point of 3 miles across at Havestraw. This river is one of the most beautiful and scenic of the Tri-State area. Unfortunately‚ it happens to be New York ’s most polluted river. The river
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The Canal which connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Therefore‚ the Great Lakes to the Atlantic were the main factor for Buffalo a thriving Commercial city. It was showed an easy statistic that before Canal there were 2500 residents and specialized in commerce along the Great Lakes. It was a revolution in transportation‚ even more‚ dramatic than railroads. Through this Canal‚ 50-ton bruges travel eastward city’s water-based transportation advantage also help Buffalo to become an early twentieth-century
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Dredging The Hudson River For PCBs Tens of thousands of years ago‚ glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary‚ " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu). The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy‚ the highest peak in New York‚ and is 315 miles long. At its deepest point‚ World ’s End near West Point‚ it is 216 feet
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responsibility is defined in Chapter 5 as the corporate duty to create wealth by using means that avoid harm to‚ protect‚ or enhance societal assets. Did GE in the Welch era fulfill this duty? Could it have done better? What should it have done? I believe that Welch only fulfilled one portion of his corporate social responsibility duty. Financial results for GE show that Welch was very effective in directing a highly profitable company‚ but he did so at the expense of many of the employees of the business
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General Electric Case Study Thanks to international markets‚ General Electric (GE) has created international revenues which have been contributed to growth of the company. During the 1980s and 1990s‚ GE made huge foreign investments in Europe‚ Latin‚ and Asia to expand their market. As a result‚ from 20 percent in 1985‚ the revenues from international sales increased to 40 percent in 2001. They realize that China‚ and India have been potential markets which purchase more wide-body jets than United
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However‚ topics much more important such as pollution in the Hudson River barely make the headlines of newspapers or news broadcasts. One of the most concerning pollutant in the Hudson River is polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). According to the US Environmental Protection Agency : PCBs are a group of man-made organic chemicals consisting of carbon‚ hydrogen and chlorine atoms. The number of chlorine atoms and their location in a PCB molecule determine many of its physical and chemical properties
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Planning at GE Oil and Gas GE Oil & Gas was established in 2012 when GE Energy was divided into three new business units of General Electric. Prompted by poor financial performance‚ GE Oil & Gas was created in an effort to simplify business and also make General Electric more visible to its shareholders ("Working Environment | GE.com"‚ n.d.‚ p. 1). GE Oil & Gas has grown to become one of the key players in the energy sector. Operating in more than 100 countries and employing 43‚000 people‚ GE Oil & Gas
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identify three global companies that you think will perish? Can you identify three emerging companies that you think has the potential to become global leaders in their fields? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. CASE STUDY: Globalization at General Electric (GE) This case explores General Electric’s quest to become the number 1 or 2 company globally in every business in which it participates. General Electric‚ the largest industrial conglomerate in America‚ produces a range of goods and services
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biphenyls (PCBs) were released into the Hudson River‚ severely polluting the water and harming the wildlife that inhabit it. These toxins‚ which are responsible for the death of many fish and birds and the cause of many serious health problems in humans‚ settle to the bottom of the river‚ as they are unable to break down. One species in particular that was affected by this extreme level of pollution was the Hudson River Tomcod. Now‚ nearly sixty years since the Hudson River Tomcod’s initial exposure to these
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GE’s Two Decade Transformation Case Analysis 1. How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? In 1981‚ Jack Welch became the CEO of GE‚ following on the heels of a well-respected leader whom the industry heralded as “CEO of the year” several years in a row. Welch needed to find a strategy for GE to succeed in this economy to avoid being the CEO that broke what Reg Jones had built. In fact‚ when Reg announced his retirement‚ The Wall Street Journal wrote
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