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    Natural gas is a pillar in Canada’s energy resources landscape. Industry reports (IBISWorld) indicate that the oil and gas industries (e.g., gas extraction, gas field services, natural gas distribution) in Canada are expected to generate revenues of over $56.4bn in 2015. The Canadian Energy Research Institute projects Western Canada’s natural gas sector to add $2.3tn to Canada’s GDP between 2015 and 2035. While, sales are projected to generate $1.4tn in sales and $400bn in taxes, as well as attract

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    California’s drought affected environmental and social and economic well-being of California. The effects of extremely dry and hot conditions on the environment: • Increased wildfire and spread of pollution, which causes loss of natural inhabitant • Loss of vegetation • Unsustainable conditions for animals • Endangerment of species • Overuse of groundwater which causes depletion of it and land to sink The effects of drought on economic and social sectors of California in 2014 (Howitt

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    This literature review is limited to the following parameters: natural environmental resources and indigenous beliefs and practices of the Marakwet people. This study shall rely on the following literature. Ogunade (2005), in his article, “Environmental Issues in Yoruba Religion: Implications for Leadership and Society in Nigeria” writes about the Yoruba people having rituals as a principle tool that is used to control and approach the unseen world and rearrange the physical world and bring material

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    Introduction Have you ever wondered what Arkansas’s wildlife is like and their natural resources are like and how they use it? Arkansas is called the natural state because of it’s wildlife. It is filled to the brim with wildlife. They have natural resources. They used their natural resources more in the past than they do now. Arkansas has wildlife and natural resources that people use. Wildlife Arkansas has a lot of wildlife. According to Student World Book,”Arkansas

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    Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. 467 U.S. 837 (1984) Petitioner: Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Respondent: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. Facts: In 1977 Congress amended the Clean Air Act to address states that had failed to attain the air quality standards that were previously established by the Environmental Protection Agency. This amendment to the Clean Air Act required states that were not incompliance with the established air quality standards

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    Modern day Bolivia is a country that is rich in natural resources. Bolivia is well known for having the largest salt and lithium deposits in the world as well as the largest iron ore mine in the world. Along with these natural resources, Bolivia also exports many other resources such as gold, silver, tin, lead, and many other minerals. Bolivia also has many resources that can be used to make power. Although has many natural resources it is still a very poor indigenous country because the rich

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    Misjudged Land The Earth has an ability to produce natural resources, provide land to build on, and absorb waste. This is known as the bio capacity of the Earth, and it can only take so much to keep the planet healthy and clean. It takes about a year and a half to generate the resources that the human population only uses in a year. Therefore, if it continues at this rate, according to the World Wildlife Fund, “by the year 2050, the human population is anticipated to use an equivalency of two Earths

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    region of the country. The nation’s natural resources are made up predominately of phosphates, limestone, marble, and arable land. As of 2011 their total renewable water resources are 14.7 cu km, with total withdrawals in 2005 only at 0.17 cu km per year, suggesting they have enough water resources to meet the growing needs of their people for the time being. The percentage of endogenous freshwater supply withdrawn for use by Togo as listed by The World Resources Institute is about 1% annually. The

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    Won The natural resources committee is committee of Texas house of representatives. Natural resources committee is permanent basis committee of state legislature from session to session which refines the bill and act sensibly on the details of bill and decide on bill’s merits (House committee on natural resources). The committee with 11 members deals and functions procedurally with conserving natural resources and economic development. They are concern about the conservation of the natural resources

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    basically that “a natural resource should not be managed primarily to satisfy human economic interests nor valued mostly in dollar terms.” (Rosenbaum 25) In respects to lakes, rivers, wetlands and other natural resources this means that they should be managed to protect all their natural benefits such as supplying clean drinking water to communities, providing a habitat for local wildlife and a use for recreational human uses. Another assertion of ecosystem management is that endangered natural systems “should

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