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Regulating Oil and Gas Drilling and Transport Introduction. The American economy runs on energy produced from oil, coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power, nuclear power and renewable sources like solar and wind energies. In fact according to a report in the Congressional Research Service, oil provides the United States with 40% of its total energy needs. It is used in myriad ways, providing "…fuel for the transportation, industrial, and residential sectors" (Ramseur, 2012). Because of the great need for energy to fuel the American economy, oil in "vast quantities" enters the country and moves through the country by ships and by pipelines, Ramseur explains in the Congressional Research Service. Hence, it is inevitable that some spills will occur, and they certainly do occur, notwithstanding the attempts by the industry to conduct its business safely. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the U.S. consumed 6.87 billion barrels (about 18.83 million barrels a day) in 2011, and that was a slight reduction from the 7.0 billion barrels consumed in 2010 (www.eia.gov). As for the amount of natural gas consumed in the U.S. annually, the EIA reports that Americans used approximately 24.38 trillion cubic feet in 2011 (www.eia.gov). There is no doubt that until such time as renewable sources provide far more energy for the nation, oil and natural gas in particular will be in great demand. This paper reviews current environmental problems associated with oil and gas production and offers strategies for safer ways to regulate oil and gas production. Thesis: Because of the risky strategies energy corporations take in retrieving oil and natural gas – and due to the leaks, spills, blowouts, tankers running around and other errors and disasters associated with oil extraction and transport – major new environmental regulations must be put on place regarding the drilling for oil. Moreover, current tactics for producing natural gas from existing wells – a process known as "fracking" – are not safe, do not protect the environment, have the potentiality of bringing harm residents and communities, and should be strictly regulated.

Dorothy Day was a convert to Catholicism who went on to found the Catholic Worker Movement. Although she flirted with a variety of social movements, they all lacked the spiritual aspect that the Catholic Church offered. As a result of her conversion, she was able to concentrate on the important aspect of her mission instead of the institutional aspects of the church.

In this paper, we are going to be examining the potential areas for GE Energy to establish operations by comparing the Ukraine with the Philippines. This will be accomplished through focusing on: the political evolution, stability, the direction of government systems and IT infrastructure considerations. Once this takes place, is when we will show how the Ukraine is the most logical choice.

This paper examines the character of the Wife of Bath from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and show how she may be considered neither as a "feminist" nor a gargoyle but rather as a strong-willed woman who lacks control of her passions and seeks to challenge a man, like the knight in her company, by asserting her desire for sovereignty.

David Landes' Clocks: Revolution in Time -- a historical book review

¶ … religions throughout the world. It is interesting to explore Judaism and determine its general belief system, the types of Judaism and the meanings of its four cornerstones.

Anxiety -- Mental Disorder or Just Modern Culture?

Basically, Internet Marketing is the set of different strategies and techniques that are used on the Internet in order to support the various online services and marketing objectives that an organization would want to…

Bernard of Clairvaux was one of the most revered monks of his time. Born in the medieval ages, in 1090, he lived up to the year 1153. He is even today considered to be the most honored medieval monk, by both Protestants…

United States Homeland Security report asserts that the speedy advancement in technology over the past number of decades has accelerated the transformation of the globe to a digital society .Of significance here is the collaboration of various departments and experts say, in the academic sector, the private sector and the government, and the focus of these players in developing a superior level of framework worthy of instituting an appropriate baseline representing the fundamental knowledge of Information Technology that the various practitioners ought to possess. Techniques have proved effective in their application to information technology considering the highly advanced mechanism and science with which they have been generated