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Environmental regulations and safety strategies for oil and gas production

The American economy runs on energy produced from oil, coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power, nuclear power and renewable sources like solar and wind energies. In fact according to a report in the Congressional Research Service, oil provides the United States with 40% of its total energy needs.

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Legal and environmental aspects of hydraulic fracturing regulation

Hydraulic Fracturing -- also commonly referred to as "fracking" -- is a technique for extracting natural gas and oil from the crust of the earth. It has become a controversial program because there are environmental impacts associated with fracking.

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Genetically modified crop plants and genetic engineering technology

The term genetically modified organisms, popularly referred to as GMOs, constitute crops, animals and even microorganisms that have undergone development my man and technology.

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China's exceptional economic development trajectory and reform policies

Development is a general concept that includes many different aspects. The definition of development is improvement in human welfare, quality of life, social well-being, and satisfying the population's needs and wants.

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Geological causes of landslips at Jackfield in the Ironbridge Gorge

The Jackfield site is bounded by the River Severn to the north, the Jackfield Tile Museum to the west and the footbridge across the Severn near The Boat Inn to the east; the southern boundary runs approximately NW-SE through Woodhouse Farm.

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Instruction manual for a future electric vehicle

For this project, I intend to write an instruction manual for an electric car. This seems like an interesting topic because environmental issues are becoming more noticeable all the time and it seems that our society will have to accelerate its response to these issues.

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Environmental spheres and their interconnected effects on human society

Give some examples.

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Personal resource consumption and daily energy use audit

How much water do I use in a day? How much electricity do I use daily? What other resources do I count on and consume each day, like gasoline, food, paper products, ink, and other materials? This paper is a fine way for me to begin to catalogue those materials.

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Globalization's mixed economic and social impacts on labor and inequality

Globalization has become a ubiquitously word in the last few decades. Much of the globalization trend is driven by the fact that many organizations operate internationally and supply chains have become sophisticated, complex, and spans the entire globe.

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U.S. counter-terrorism strategies: Bush and Obama administrations compared

The incidence of September 11, 2001 led to an anti-terrorism campaign by the government of U.S. And was called the war or terror. Since 2001, U.S. government has taken several steps to maintain security and counter terrorism by implementing certain strategies at national and international level.

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