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Walmart's ethical violations: labor practices, discrimination, and child labor

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer within the United States and it is an epitome of corporate success within the country. The organization has also strives to increase its global presence, but has been met with limited success.

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Environmental history and policy implications in Mark Kurlansky's The Cod

Largely, this is because potential costs and benefits associated with environmental problems can only be speculated upon, rather than empirically determined.

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Environmental compliance costs and profitability in petroleum refining

The petroleum industry has a unique responsibility in the initiative to practice environmental safeguarding while producing the petroleum products in such great demand.

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The September 2012 flooding in northeastern England: disruption and economic damage

Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed and transportation was disrupted as flooding continued for several days.

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Human activities and greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming

Global warming is due to human actions. Since the Industrial Revolution, there is an increase in the greenhouse gases all over the world. This, consequently, has turned out to be the cause of a slow but sure increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere.

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Global food systems: economic and ecological impacts of borderless commerce

Because of technology and the way in which society has evolved, people currently live in a world where there are virtually no geographic boundaries (Time, 2006).

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Willmott Dixon's five-year sustainability and market development strategy

The development plans for the Wilmott Dixon Company for the next five years can be based only on the current perceptions of the free market sustainability available now with the entire constraints and benefits attendant to the subject.

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Alternative energy sources can reduce dependence on foreign oil

Concerns that have been raised regarding energy security have been occasioned by fears about oil and other fossil fuel depletion; reliance on foreign sources of energy; geopolitics; developing countries' energy needs; environmental concerns; population dynamics; and renewable and other alternative…

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Energy conversion processes and efficiency in coal-to-electricity transformation

Energy is an important element in daily life since it used for many activities like moving vehicles, promoting growth of the human body, and enabling humans to think.

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Wetlands as critical ecosystems and conservation strategies

Wetlands are the main link between the land and the water, and as such are vitally important to the ecology. Wetlands have been misunderstood and abused throughout the history of the United States -- and elsewhere in the world -- and that has led to enormous environmental losses.

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