The French Vs. the American View of the Environment France is lagging in the fight against climate change. France must conform to European regulations both for the climate and initiatives to counter the imminent dangers of global warming. The significant features of climate change policies in France have been controlled and changed times by European union with hefty fines for not meeting the “Eu ecological rules.” Throughout France, taxes are a significant factor determining the race against climate change. There is a strong tendency towards general taxation to fund the disposal of potentially contaminated materials. These are already popular on vehicles, on containers, on electronic devices, on batteries. There’s even a picnic tax, which is typically imposed. In the context of his election pledge (very prominent environmental activist Nicolas Hulot had vowed to run for President, if the politicians had not made a commitment to do anything substantial in the area of environmental issues) President Sarkozy held a large meeting in October 2007 to include successful improvements in its government’s climate policy (Environment in France, n.d). France discharges three times…
Hurricane Katrina Impact Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005, causing catastrophic damage in Florida and Louisiana. The hurricane was described as a category five hurricane resulting in extensive destruction and over 1200 deaths (Kettl, 2006). Hurricane Katrina also had a significant impact on the country’s economy since it had paralyzed imperative operations such as oil supply, grain exports, and transportation due to the destruction of road networks, particularly the Gulf Coast highway. The catastrophe also affected the forestry industry, with millions of acres of land under forestry destroyed. Of all the sectors that were adversely affected by the catastrophe, the ones that managed to rebound the fastest were educational institutions, restaurants, and nursing care facilities. One of the companies whose operations were adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina was the Golden Corral Franchise (Burton & Hicks, 2005). Golden Corral can be described as a restaurant chain that provides customers hot and cold food varieties in the style of a family buffet. The company has been in operation for forty years, with over four hundred stores across the country. The company, being…
Implementation of Adaptive Traffic Light in Kuwait Technology has been a crucial factor that drives the rapid developments witnessed in the contemporary world. The technological environment has been highly volatile, thereby presenting rapid changes, and for this reason, all processes and systems have to adjust themselves to these changes to retail their importance within the current society (Sotra, 2019). Governments are also realigning their systems and processes to suit the technological demands in the contemporary world to maintain their relevancy in service delivery to their citizens, and the Kuwait government has not been left behind in this. There has been the adoption of e-government across the globe. E-government is an electronic platform in which a country’s population can access relevant services offered by the government. This system helps in areas such as e-procurement that comes in suit with platforms that facilitate tendering and payment electronically. The rapid rise in the urban population has also been presenting several challenges, and one of these challenges is traffic congestion in these respective urban areas. This has been facilitated further by technological development in…
Invasive Species Invasive species are controllable through a number of measures that can be used to kill or prevent their spread in the human environment. Some of the mechanisms include manual control. This may involve digging of the sites providing shelter, burning the places the species live like nests, or destruction, removal and picking of the nests by use of hands (Gallardo et al., 2016). Mechanical control is also possible by the use of appropriate machines to destroy the shelter or kill the species. Apart from the two methods, one could still apply chemicals to control the population by destroying their eggs, seeds or seedlings or even kill them. Despite the rapid reproduction and spread of invasive species, they are still manageable. They could be controlled through such measures as cleaning vehicles and equipment to avoid plants and seeds that are invasive. Another measure that can be taken is reducing soil disturbance during construction and maintenance activities (Lavin, 2016). Establishment of communities for health could also help in reducing and preventing spread of the species. Through these methods, we can…
Exemptionalists Science has come a long way since its conception in the Hellenic era. From then, man has tried, and I dare say, achieved feats in understanding earth and the universe at large (Cairns, 2014). This understanding has led to countless advancements in this field, and said advancements had helped humanity jump leaps in terms of perfecting ‘living.’ Improvement of science over the centuries has led to the development of medicine, technology, transport, food production, etc. which has all improved the standards of living (Cairns, 2014). All this has come at a great cost. Climate change, for example, is eating away at our planet. It is because of this that two revolutionary groups have emerged, each fighting the other but both fightings to save our world. These groups include the environmentalists and exemptionalists. The focus of this paper is on the later, a group that does not only acknowledge the superiority of mankind above all things nature, but the fact that we as humans, transcend all other lifeforms and as such have the ability to think, and to come up…
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE INTRODUCTION Legislation and compliance requirements are essential in chemical industries. They revolve around making sure that all the processes are up to standard .safety is one of the significant concerns looked on. The legislation and compliance requirements are several and vary with the type of company LEGISLATION AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS One of the requirements is disposal. It is the company’s responsibility to come up with an excellent safe strategy of disposing of its waste remnants. It should be in a position to treat the waste before disposing of it. Disposing of untreated waste will degrade the environment, which might cause complications to the life present in the area. Otherwise, the company should store the remnants in safe places, which will not lead to contamination before dealing with it. The company should also ensure that the company compound is well enclosed to avoid potential leaks to the outside space. By doing this, the environment outside is safe. (Handford et al., 2015) Handling and safety is also a critical issue in legislation and compliance requirement. Human health is so much…
UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING IN INDONESIA Abstract: Publication of sustainability reports among corporation significantly increase, though it is relatively at the beginning stage in the university. Also, there is a literature gap in the relationship between sustainability performance and reporting. In response to these two factors, this study aims to analyze university sustainability reporting practices in Indonesia. It involves three steps, including knowing the reporting channel used by universities, analyzing the level of sustainability reporting readiness, and examine the difference between sustainability performance and reporting. This research used secondary data, and the samples included 48 Indonesia universities in the 2018 UI Green Metric World University Rank. It combines content to analyze data quantitatively. The findings show that Indonesian universities use several channels and forms to report sustainability, and most of them cooperate in this regard. The result of the Mann Whitney test shows that there was no significant difference between Sustainability Performance and Reporting, and between public and private universities in reporting. This indicates that, to a certain extent, the institutions already practiced sustainability, though they are not aware or…
A Critical Evaluation of Marine Plastics in the Lenses of Roland Geyer’s Work Contents Introduction. 3 The Current Sources of Marine Plastics. 3 Discharging Plastics Materials Direct to the Sea. 4 Ocean Currents. 4 Single-Use of Plastic Materials. 4 Fishing Nets. 5 The Outcome and Effect of Marine Plastic Debris. 5 Upsetting the Food Chain. 5 The Toxic Plastic Components Leaking to the Underground Water. 6 Entangling Fish and Other Marine Organisms. 6 A Reduction of Tourism.. 6 Threatening the Livelihoods of Communities that Depend on Fishing and Other Marine Activities 7 Posing a Navigation Problem.. 7 The Possible Solutions for the Complicated Issue. 7 Recycling of Plastic Materials. 7 Encourage the Production of Biodegradable Materials. 8 Educating People on the Need for Conserving the Environment 8 Impose Strict Regulations Concerning Plastic Pollution. 9 Conclusion. 9 References. 11 Introduction According to Geyer (2019), the management of the environment, especially the control of plastic pollution, is critical for the wellbeing of marine plants and animals, as well as the general good of populace across the world. The work by Geyer (2019)…
Advance energy technology Introduction Advance energy technology comprises of a wide range of services and products that consist of the most superior technologies available for accomplishing energy needs currently and in the future. Among these are; energy preservation, biofuels, demand response, solar, electric cars, smart grid, energy efficiency, and production of natural electric gas. Why advanced energy is better Entry to dependable, affordable power is vital in the current life and business world. High necessity of dependability, the increasing economic expense of cutoff, and the rising cyber-raids threats can get settled via a responsive and dynamic energy technology that draws many resources and offers enormous selection in their power preferences. The models required to develop a modern, affordable, and higher operating power technology are available, and carry with them massive business opportunities of expansion in America and lead international upheaval in power. The current century energy achievable through an advanced energy system is not just a mere assortment of energy crops and lines of transmission, pipelines, gas centers, refiner, and automobiles. It is a flexible and complicated collection of resources,…
Control of level of algae in the great lakes region Background In the 1960s, there emerged an issue concerning water quality within the great lakes region. Particularly, Lake Erie was perceived as a dying lake since the rapid growth of algae in the area. The fast growth of algae is known as cultural eutrophication, and it is brought about by the excessive input of phosphorus in the water. By the late 1960s, both the countries which resided close to the great lakes area, namely Canada as well as the United States, came into a consensus regarding the limitation of phosphorous inputs in large water bodies such as Lake Erie. The key was to stop and control too much growth of algae within water bodies. The two nations also decided that the control of phosphorus deposits in the lake required a coordinated approach to tackle the issue. This call for action was the main focus stipulated by the “Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement” held at the beginning of 1972. Due to the combined efforts to limit the levels of phosphorus…