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Overpopulation and resource depletion as environmental crises

The world population is growing at an astounding rate. As the population clock is racing towards the 7 billion mark, we are faced with a huge problem. [U.S. Census Bureau] A problem of balancing the ever-increasing demands for the earth's natural resources and the fast depleting sources.

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Weather systems and the water cycle lesson plan

Grade Level -- Easily adaptable from 3-6 grades, depending on depth, vocabulary, and speed of lesson. Science, part of unit on Earth science and systems.

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Food security, political stability, and international cooperation

Is there Really an Elephant in there with those Blind Men? Food security has been defined as the ability of the population to obtain a safe, nutritionally sufficient food intake through a sustainable food system that amplifies community self-sufficiency and social justice (Bellows & Hamm, 2003).

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Corporate ethics codes and competitive lobbying practices

Would it be unethical for company "X" that has just constructed a new plant with pollution-emission restrictors to lobby the government for stricter anti-pollution laws that could affect company "X's" competition by forcing the competition to spend capital on upgrades?

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Sustainability classifications in engineering: discipline and approach

Sustainability classifications in engineering: discipline and approach," the author sifts through the plethora of definitions, theories, and political viewpoints in relation to the concept of sustainability.

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Political gridlock and denial delaying action on global warming

Despite the overwhelming evidence in support of the idea that global warming is a very real phenomenon, the political inconvenience of the hard steps needed to circumvent it, such as limiting fossil fuel and meat consumption, makes the issue politically unpopular.

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Does human activity cause global warming? A data analysis

Does the data available about the earth's average temperatures support the contention that the earth is getting warmer? Do the temperature data and data about carbon dioxide and fossil fuel emissions suggest that the warming trend is due to greenhouse gases, and is related to human activities?

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Privatization versus public stewardship in resolving the global water crisis

In "Private Water Saves Lives," Frederik Segerfeldt claims that governments are ineffective managers of water and that the private sector would do a better job of distributing water equitably to reduce the water crisis.

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Environmental justice and distributive land policy in American politics

America's environmental policy orientation has endured a tumultuous and often compromised path.

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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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