Environmental impact assessment

came into use. “Sustainable development emerged as a result of significant concerns about the unintended social, environmental, and economic consequences of rapid population growth, economic growth, and consumption of natural resources.” (Sustainability and the US EPA). In the U.S., the history of sustainability is rooted in American

mining industry. Towering machinery replaces billowing trees with piles of red, earthy mounds, and the heavy clanking of metal on metal echoes across the land. Frac mining and fracking scars the land around it indefinitely. I am not an expert on environmental habitats or the mining industry, but my love for the outdoors and fishing drives me to investigate the harmful effects of frac sand mining. The frac sand mining industry exploits the remaining wilderness of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and surrounding

We, the state of Minnesota, have a big decision coming up when it comes to mining the copper and nickel in the boundary waters. Sulfide mining has been stereotyped as a major pollutant to nearby waterways. As this may have been proven true with other mining corporations, PolyMet Mining has found a new way of reusing the sulfide as renewable energy instead of flushing it back into the waterways. Minnesota is home to one of the largest deposits of copper, nickel, and other precious metals. Currently

Similar to its history, current climate changes may have adverse effects on the culture and economy of Norway. Two significant climate change issues in Norway are carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and the warming of the Arctic Ocean; both have important impacts on both Norway and the world. Climate change is not a new phenomenon for Norwegians. Some historians believe that slightly over two thousand years ago the climate in Norway drastically changed from tropical conditions to frigid conditions, slightly

These sites have been deemed the worst of the worst in terms of environmental damage; they pose a threat to human health and the environment, prior to their remediation. Superfund sites are usually a result of several years of contamination; however, there are some instances when they are one-time accidents. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in charge of Superfund, which is the common term for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the enforcement

portion of the swamp before emptying into the Mississippi River via the re-emerging channels of Bayou Baton Rouge. 1.2 Lead and support agencies The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 office is the lead agency for this Site and has conducted remedial activities at the site since the 1990’s. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is the support

Comparison of Initial Social and Psychological Impacts." American Behavioral Scientist (2011): 3-23. This article was concerned in identifying psychological impact of disasters. The article analyzed the psychological effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and the 2010 BP oil spill. The article discussed how years after these disasters the environment and the people felt the effects of these man-produced disasters. Goldman, Laurence R. Social Impact: An Applied Anthropology Manual. Oxford: Bloomsbury

Section 2: Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) Group 3: Pittosporum undulatum & Rhamnus alaternus 1. Attach WRA score sheets: Pittosporum undulatum- attached Rhamnus alaternus- attached 2. Outcomes of the risk assessment: Pittosporum undulatum: The Weed Risk Assessment determined that this species should be rejected with a score of 8. It is clear that this plant will impact on the environment (score of 11) yet have minimal impact on agriculture (score of 1). It has 12 undesirable attributes. Rhamnus

University of Windsor   Life cycle analysis (LCA) compares the environmental effects of products and services by quantifying all inputs and outputs of material flows and assessing how each material flow affects the environment ("Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Overview". sftool.gov. 8 Aug 2015.). Life cycle is not only the purchase or use the product but also its assessment of raw-material production, manufacturing, use and disposal of the product including all of the transportation between each step

internal factors that impact the planning functions of management. We must all be mindful of these factors because they could have an enormous impact on organizations productivity. The process of assessing the external and internal factors that an organization will face can be vital to the planning function of management. One must determine a set of issues and constraints and then list the assumptions that will impact the implementation of the plan. The environmental assessment develops understanding