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The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill: economic costs versus environmental benefits

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, proposed during the year 2009, has incurred considerable debate among all sectors of society. Most are against it and its projected economic costs to the country.

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Causes and effects of global warming on humanity

Global warming is an issue that concerns us all. It refers to the fact that the atmosphere is increasing in temperature. More correctly, global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of both the atmosphere and oceans, which is continuing to increase.

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Effects of recycled steel fiber on concrete sustainability and durability

The work of Wu, Lim and Li (1994) states that there has been much in the way of recent attention directed toward the United States in terms of its "rapidly deteriorating infrastructure." (p.1828) Stated as the main cause of the infrastructure decay is material deterioration with cracking behavior…

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Nuclear power's role as a carbon-free energy alternative

Nuclear power has long been one of the world's major sources of energy, especially electricity. Touted as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, nuclear energy does create waste but its waste is not carbon-based and therefore not a greenhouse gas.

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Timothy Egan's The worst hard times and the Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan's book the Worst Hard Times is a chronicle of the American Dust Bowl, when drought combined over-farming and other poor agricultural practices lead to the complete depletion of the soil of the American West.

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The need for a public service campaign on recycling and green consumption

Recycling isn't a new concept in the U.S.; there are people and organizations that have been recycling newspapers, aluminum, steel and other materials for decades.

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Toyota's environmental strategies and commitment to sustainability

Environmental issues are of cardinal concern today, particularly in the light of the various climatic and other environmental issues facing the world. Global warming has been established as a critical issue that has been engendered by years of pollution and abuse of the environment.

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The European Union's Environment 2010 program and sustainability

In 1900, the beginning of the 20th century, the world population was 1,650,000. In July, 2007, the world's population had reached over 6.6 billion.

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Public opinion and media influence on global warming as a social problem

The objective of this work is to provide an outline of a research paper on the rise and decline of global warming as a social problem with a clearly stated thesis.

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Global warming, disease, and pollution threatening Earth's future

Environment [...] future of Earth's environment, including global warming, the bird flu and disease, and pollution. As with any argument or heated debate, there are two very different views regarding the Earth's environment and man's affect on it in the future.

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