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Nova Scotia's balance between environmental goals and energy affordability

The government's environmental discourse of "sustainable prosperity" emphasizes that in Nova Scotia the province's financial future is intensely attached with the task of making a cleaner environment.

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Economic impacts of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

Global warming is becoming an international dilemma nowadays. The countries are determined to put a stop to global warming but it requires steps that are not easy to take because of their cost.

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Pastorilism and the environmental costs of meat production

New York, NY.2006. This book is written by bestselling author on sustainability issues, Michael Pollan. This published work focuses on asking what is appropriate for eating dinner.

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Pastoralism as a solution to industrial food production's environmental harm

The way humans eat affects the globe in many ways. The balanced ecosystem requires a homeostatic process that achieves cooperation and will allow the environment to thrive. It is possible that humanity may very well eat its way into extinction if certain practices are not curtailed.

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Agnes Denes' Wheatfield confrontation and humanity's environmental crisis

MoMA PS1 is a unique artistic endeavor that has contributed to the social, political, and environmental awareness since its inception in the early 1970's.

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Globalization and deforestation in Madagascar's endangered ecosystems

Deforestation is having a devastating effect on Madagascar, which has one of the world's most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems (Harper, Steininger, Tucker, Juhnand Hawkins).

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Developing a site conceptual model for contaminated land assessment

The conceptual model technique is essentially used to model the hydrology, geology, and geochemical situation of a site. It is also essential to understand that historic usage of the land site is also important.

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The moral case against factory farming and for vegetarianism

Among the shocking facts linked to the issue of factory farming -- in addition to the appalling practice of cattle jammed into feed lots "…shoulder to shoulder knee deep in their own excrement" -- is that every second of every day an estimated 650 animals are slaughtered (Henning, 2011).

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Vegetarianism in America: sources on ethics, environment, and dietary choice

Banerjee, Mandira. (2010). One Burger, Hold the Meat -- Being Vegetarian in America. New American Media. Retrieved April 7, 2013, from http://news.newamericamedia.org.

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The European Union's holistic security approach in Eastern Europe

The objective of this study is to critique the European Union's 'holistic security policy' in its neighboring region or that of Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russian and Belarus and to analyze this region from different perspectives including economic, political, and traditional military power.

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