Environmental Studies Essays

Environmental Racism in New York City
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Introduction: Abstract This study examines the environmental inequalities seen in New York City, New York and the emotional distress faced by residents with the knowledge of this inequality. Using his...

Advantages and Applications of Biogas
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Introduction:  Since the beginning of mankind individuals have utilized renewable sources of energy to survive. Renewable energy is energy that is gathered from renewable resources, which are normally rec...

Impact of Littering on the Environment
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Introduction: Littering Have you ever seen an animal choking on a piece of litter? Why should an animal die because of a humans laziness? E very year the ocean winds up having 1.4 billion pounds of li...

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Proposed Itare Dam, Nakuru, Kenya
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Introduction: AN ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED ITARE DAM, NAKURU, KENYA. Introduction Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a useful tool for ensur...

Legal and Ethical Issues of the Flint Water Crisis
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Introduction: Legal & Ethical Environment of Public Administration   Introduction This paper is written to delineate the legal and ethical issues that arose in the city of F...

CSG Emissions: The Environmental Impact of Coal Seam Gas Wells in the Darling Downs
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Introduction: Introduction The Darling Downs region is an area of Queensland’s central south located west of the Great Dividing Range. It covers an area of 170,710 km2 and encompasses a v...

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Recommendations for Change
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Introduction:   The following are the key learning’s in terms of limit of growth: “Peak oil” is the one of the major problems which is given more importance in this paper, whi...

Impact of Global Warming on Climate Change
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Introduction: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING  Global warming (climate change) is a worldwide issue currently happening that affects everything living on the Earth. The main eight geographic re...

Relationship between Human Behaviour and Global Warming
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Introduction: Global Warming has been a large issue for many years and is linked to human behavior. Some of the problems we face are, an increase in temperature and the number of natural disasters. For the pas...

Impacts of Cosmetic Waste
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Introduction: What is cosmetic waste? Cosmetics are defined as any product designed to improve one’s appearance, such as shampoo or eyeliner. Cosmetic waste, on the other hand, occurs when cosmetic ...

Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans: An Evaluation on International Efforts for Mitigation
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Introduction: Summary The global predicament of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans has been of growing concern since the increasing commercial use of plastics during the mid 20th century...

Oxybenzone in Sunscreen: Why Protecting Your Skin is Affecting the Environment
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Introduction: Introduction:  On a hot sunny day, children are always told to put sunscreen on to ensure protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Although, sunscreen protects ind...

Climate Change and the Dire Future of Forest Fires
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Introduction: Forest fires are the result of a combustion reaction involving oxygen, heat, and fuel, and burn on average 2.3 million hectares of Canada’s forest each year (SciShow, 2014; Van Wagner, 2015). T...

How are Human Activities the Main Contributor to Climate Change?
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Introduction:  Climate change is one of the major environmental issues in our world. Scientists are inventing new solutions, such as nuclear power, a low-carbon electricity source, to reduce climate chang...

Effects of Plastic on the Environment and the Solutions
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Introduction: PLASTIC PRODUCTS NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS? People are suffering from the burning issue of plastic pollution which has played a significant ro...

History of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
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Introduction:  For hundreds of thousands of years, the state of Washington has been associated with many species of salmon. Due to the fertile environment and the accesibility to the sea, millions of salm...

Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Fergana Valley Oil Spill
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Introduction:  The Fergana Valley Oil Spill occurred on March 2nd, 1992. The valley is located in Central Asia and stretches across northern Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan, and eastern Uzbekistan. The va...

Impact of Plastic on the Environment
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Introduction: Plastic is one of the synthetic materials that has played an essential role in every single moment in our life. Plastic is strong, lightweight, thus plastics have become the most popular products...

Investment and Efficiency of Solar and Wind Energy
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Introduction: Are renewable energies the best option to dealwith the issue of the massive fossil fuels usage? The more a society evolves, more energy it consumes. In the last five decades, situations ...

Impact of the Consumption of Shark Fin Soup
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Introduction: The Global Citizen Shark fin soup, is considered as one of the most controversial meals in the world since the demand for the dish has caused the near extinction of several shark species...

Challenges to the Global Seafood Market
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Introduction: 1. Introduction to Global Seafood Market Being the major protein source besides meat in our diet, seafood are amongst the most traded commodities worldwide. In 2018, global fish producti...

An overview of global warming
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Nov 2019
Introduction: Cautions: Global Warming! The air quality of our atmosphere has been in drastic changes in the past century. Industrial revolution has cause major harm to our environment. Pollution, dumping toxic was...

Development of Solid Waste Management System
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Nov 2019
Introduction: Module: Urban Environmental Planning and Management in Development FOREWORD The President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo announced government’s budgetary commitment of GH¢200 million t...

Environmentally Friendly Alternatives to Leather
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Introduction This report addresses the current sustainability issues of leather production in the fashion industry. The main issues being the “toxic chemicals used in tanning and prod...

Effects of Wildlife Crime on African and Asian Elephant Popluations
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Facing extinction; a study into the effects of Wildlife Crime on both African and Asian Elephant (Loxodonta africana, Elephas maximus) populations. Introduction Both African an...