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Integrated emergency management and the 2007 UK floods

In the last several years, the concept of integrated emergency management has been continually evolving. This is taking place by focusing on how communities, businesses and government officials are prepared for a host of events ranging from natural disasters to terrorism.

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Voluntary versus mandated actions for environmental sustainability

There are many ways in which a person can get involved in selfless actions that can help the planet. One of these is to take public transportation (or carpool) instead of driving.

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The mysterious collapse of Mayan civilization around 900 CE

The Mayans civilization was so well developed and had such a large population that it has perplexed researchers for years as to why the civilization disappeared so quickly.

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Conservation challenges for the American eel species

The chief difficulty in evaluating the possible endangered species listing of the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is the somewhat bizarre life-cycle of the organism.

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Budget analysis of the EPA, FBI, and Small Business Administration

For purposes of this discussion, I will concern myself with the budgets of three agencies. These include: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Incentives to conserve marine biodiversity as impure public goods

On the surface, environmentalism might seem like an 'easy' thing to sell to the American public. After all, marine biodiversity (to take one example) might seem like an uncomplicatedly 'good' thing -- it is necessary to preserve the health of the planet and by extension, the human species.

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Economic growth and joblessness in the global economy

During the Cold War, poverty in the developing world was deemed to be a critical issue for the developed world because of the perceived (and likely very real link) between poverty and economic radicalism.

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Walmart's sustainability policy and stakeholder involvement analysis

The company publishes a fairly extensive report about its sustainability practices. One of the interesting things about Wal-Mart's sustainability practices is that they seem very focused on efficiency, with efforts dedicated to waste reduction.

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Environmental and health impacts of hydraulic fracking in the northeast United States

Hydraulic fracking of gas and oil wells in the northeast region of the United States is controversial, and it has the potential to create devastating and long lasting environmental damage and human health problems.

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Agricultural supply and demand dynamics in the global coffee market

My good is coffee beans, which are an agricultural commodity. The first factor that goes into the supply of coffee is weather. Coffee is a relatively fussy plant, and grows well only in the tropics, at a certain altitude, and in volcanic soil (CoffeeResearch.org, 2006).

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