The passage of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) had two sides‚ one supporting it and one opposing it. The supporters were considered conservatives. The conservatives supported ANILCA because it would protect a lot more land from the government’s use. Many major national conservationists were involved with the act‚ like George Bird Grinnell‚ Charles Sheldon‚ and Belmore Browne (akhistorycourse.org). George Bird Grinnell was an anthropologist and served as president of the National
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taken away. “I don’t expect the IAU to reverse what they’ve done‚ but I do expect it to be widely ignored‚” said David Grinspoon‚ a Nasa pnanetary scientist. A definition that puts Earth in question of being a planet is obviously not right. “If it’s large enough to be round by self-gravity‚ and orbiting the sun or a star‚ then we might consider it a planet.” (Yuhas
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THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE Nuclear energy is a powerful source of energy compared to other conventional fuels. All crude oil based fuels derive their energy from oxidation‚ which is a change in the energy levels of electrons outside the nucleus. However‚ nuclear energy derives power from changes in the nuclear energy levels of the atomic nucleus! Tremendous energy lies locked up inside a radioactive nucleus and nuclear fission is a way of tapping this energy. Nuclear power plants derive
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This is a heated topic because we have a growing population to feed and CAFOs could potentially provide the food we need but on the other hand they do have some serious issues that need to be addressed. CAFOs may be able to feed a lot of people but they have many more disadvantages than advantages. An example is that they are a huge part of pollution in a couple of ways; the methane from the animals adds to greenhouse gas emissions and animal waste is not properly disposed of and contaminates drinking
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W-word. When a friend would mention an outing to the retail store we would exclaim “You shop at the W-word?!” this was always followed closely by a sharp gasp. There are two groups of Walmart shoppers; the first wonder how they would live without the large retail store; then there is the second‚ who hate Walmart with a passion‚ some even going as far as to never step foot in the store. If you are part of the first group you probably have been deceived into believing into believing the slogan “Save money
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Each year‚ on average‚ there are 105 snowstorms. Salt is driven around in millions of trucks across the country to help deice the roads to make way for safe travels. In the United States‚ 20 billion pounds of salt are used every year to treat the icy roads after snowstorms. Common salt‚ the salt almost every American has on their dinner table‚ NaCl is most frequently used to deice roads across the country. Salt is very cost effective and efficient when used properly‚ however it is causing more harm
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Each state has the right to determine its own disenfranchisement laws. However‚ not if they conflict with the constitutional voting rights. Felon disenfranchisement is the stripping of voting rights from those individuals who have been convicted of a felony. These rights can be taken in multiple ways‚ however there are five prominent categories: permanent loss of voting rights (twelve states)‚ right restored after parole and probation (nineteen states)‚ restored after parole (four states)‚ restored
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to compensate for the increasing number of bourbon drinkers‚ which was up to 22‚530‚000 people in the U.S. alone as of 2013 (statista.com). Why is this? As Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit puts it‚ “This has not transpired as part of any large scale corporate takeover‚ but rather in the sort of small‚ local‚ and folksy increments that put American whiskey on the map in the first place” (256). That is to say‚ many Americans and people across the world are once again discovering the products
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and allowed for the expensing of depreciable assets. The tax act also greatly helped small businesses and individuals. They benefited from special tax treatment‚ accelerated capital recovery‚ and being allowed to merge. ERTA is most known for its large reduction in personal income tax rates across the board (Schein‚ 2015). Reagan’s Economic Recovery Tax Act was supposed to create jobs by reducing tax rates‚ therefore restoring the incentive to create jobs for people. It was supposed to help improve
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In our society the government creates our laws‚ makes financial decisions for our country‚ and basically rule over our population. But what if the government had to much control over us. What if the government had the power to use someone for spare parts just because you were not talented enough in their eyes? The government’s right to unwind wards of the state who aren’t talented enough in the book Unwind is a prime example the damage that this could cause‚ along with ways that it could help or
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