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    Over the years people have lost more and more care for the Earth and it is suffering the consequences of this neglect. A bad stewardship of the planet makes it respond with problems such as Air Pollution‚ Global warming‚ Water Pollution‚ overpopulation‚ etc. We think that as stewards of the planet we have the rights to do what we want with it‚ but this is damaging it‚ and us as well. We are the only ones here with the power and capability to change this‚ and there are certain estrategies that we

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    Colombia is a country in South America. We are bordered by Brazil‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ and Venezuela. We have 47 million people. In Colombia some environmental issues include air pollution from vehicle emissions. However‚ Colombia we are well know for riding bikes and walking because we have excellent transportation infrastructure in our cities like sidewalks‚ special lanes for busses‚ special lanes bikes‚ cable cars and many other public transportation options that are inexpensive. In Colombia

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    The environmental problem that is significant in my city would be the water having chemicals in it that causes different parts of town to be on a boil water alert quite often. Due to industrial facilities‚ large amounts of toxic chemicals and other pollutants are being released into our water. This causes problems for the fish in the ocean and it contaminated our drinking water. This can also cause health problems for the persons consuming the water and even for those swimming in it. In order for

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    As our population is growing‚ when we are taking it for granted to ask the nature for resource we want‚ environmental protection is becoming more and more important and necessary. Water protection is especially urgent now. We can see the water pollution is becoming worse. In this essay‚ I am going to talk about the recent situation of the water pollution‚ the bad effects of it and some ways help to solve the problem as well. As we know‚ China is a big country as well as a developing country. Developing

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    County. Seattle Public Utilities. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.seattle.gov/util/EnvironmentConservation/Education/CedarRiverWatershed/CedarRiverBiodiversity/index.htm   What is its importance on the environment? Many people may support environmental causes to help preserve the “beauty” of Nature. However‚ that is in a strange way‚ not really a justifiable excuse

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    SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH Smoking is defined as the act of smelling or inhaling the smoke of a substance‚ mostly tobacco. There are many reasons for doing so‚ the most common being cultural reasons or peer pressure. Cigarettes‚ pipes and hookahs are the most popular methods of smoking and hence also the most injurious smoking elements for health. It is very important for all those who smoke to keep it in mind that smoking is injurious to health. Smoking has been known to cause many problems

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    Global Crime Issues Carma McConahay CJA/394 1/19/2015 Mr. Hale Global Crime Issues "The Global Environmental Crime Crisis‚ an immediate reaction evaluation‚ was published throughout the first United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)‚ where by measures to undertake the environmental criminal offenses has been at the top of the agenda for countless environment ministers‚ regulation enforcement officers‚ the judiciary and senior United Nations authorities" (UNEP News Centre‚ 2014). Worldwide

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    and began exploiting the fisheries and fur trades. Over time‚ a conflict began to develop between the French and English and subsequently in 1713 Newfoundland‚ Hudson Bay‚ and Nova Scotia (Acadia) were lost to England. Later that century‚ during the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763)‚ England extended its conquest‚ and Quebec fell on Sept. 13‚ 1759. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 gave England control. At that time‚ Canada’s population was nearly all French‚ but over the next few decades thousands of British

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    Global Social Issues and Change Social scientists are trying to measure global poverty‚ despite specific disagreements pertaining to where to draw the poverty line. For instance whether to base the poverty line on minimum income‚ or the ability to purchase specific foods‚ or even consumption. In 2000‚ the United Nations began addressing the issue of global poverty and created the Millennium Development Project (Schaefer‚ 2011). Thorbecke (2011) states the project’s mission is‚ “The reduction

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    gas rapidly declined the ozone quantity in the atmosphere that leads to many problems. People’s odds getting skin cancer was the big issue. Because of less atmospheric ozone‚ more UV light was reaching people’s skin that causes skin cells to be damaged. That requires more cell reproduction which gives more room for the cell’s DNA to mutate into cancer. Another issue is less heat and radiation is bounced of by the ozone‚ which can lead to hotter temperatures throughout the planet. Later in 1978‚ the

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