The Silence of the Limpkins by Susan Cerulean is about the overall degradation of Wakulla Springs. This story begins with the narrator describing how his colleagues and he have to put herbicide in Wakulla Springs every so often. As to clear the hydrilla, a plant imported from India because of a trade that overall massively impacted the Wakulla Springs ecosystem. “Hydrilla was imported to the United States from India for the indoor aquarium trade in the 1950’s. No one knew it would become a major invader of Florida’s lakes and rivers” (Susan Cerulean).
One con is that there will be many jobs at the mine, but just not nearly as many jobs that Bristol Bay employs in the salmon industry. Another, and possibly the biggest, disadvantage of building the Pebble Mine is the negative effect on the environment in Bristol Bay. Although the company managing this says that there will be a bad affect on the environment, history tells us otherwise. We can look at the Mount Polley gold mine disaster. In this environmental disaster, 10 cubic meters of water and 4.5 million cubic meters of potentially toxic slurry were spilled into virtually untouched forest, lakes and rivers.
The solution to the problem is to prevent injury by removing the source of the hazard by stopping supply; by removing the source of the hazard by stopping supply of the product, offering consumers a remedy in the form of repair, replacement or refund and warning consumers of the hazard. One solution to getting rid of tainted goods in stores is to report them to a consumer protection agency. The FDA, ACCC, and the state consumer protection offices (if you live in colorado) will all help the public by inspecting the suspicious goods and recalling them if necessary. The consumer protection agencies will make sure they are safe for the customers consumption. You can conduct a successful recall yourself by telling consumer directly by: issuing media releases, ads on T.V.
This week, the namesake waterway of the nation's second-largest city opened for unrestricted public recreation for the first time since the 1930s -- when devastating floods prompted officials to close public access to the river and pave its banks with concrete to improve storm drainage, officials said. Raymond was the third person to paddle a 2.5-mile section that's now wide open for public use. Even the name of this stretch of the 51-mile river captures its natural allure: Elysian Valley. "My experience was, 'wow,'" said Raymond, who plied the waters as a representative of the Los Angeles River Expeditions and the Los Angeles Kayak Club. "There's always the sound of water.
The “but for” test for causation is used. Ex: If PG&E had put a sheet underneath the ponds, the injuries to the community would not have happened. Proximate Cause: Plaintiff must establish that the harm suffered by the injured person was a foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s negligent actions. Ex: PG&E dumps excess water into ponds which should have sheet underneath so no toxic water gets out * Foreseeability * Unbroken chain from actual cause to injury * Zone of danger 3) Injury: 14 years of hex chrome seeping into dirt over to contaminate water the families of Hinkley drink and use caused significant injuries such as cancers, miscarriages and kidney stones. II.
Asian Carp Invasion David Long University of New England The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently began fighting an invasive fish called the Asian Carp. These fish are causing problems around the world destroying fishing industries and eco systems. There are four species of the fish, of the two the bighead and the silver carp are the closest to invading the great lakes. The bighead carp can grow up to one hundred pounds and the silver carp are known for jumping out of the water when frightened and scaring boaters. These fish pose a significant threat to the great lakes due to their large size and feeding habits.
The close proximity to land is a major threat to the harp seals, because they are closer to both natural predators and human commercial hunters. In efforts to protect the seals the Canadian Government has reconsidered laws currently placed on commercial hunting. Gabel’s article suggests the complete shutdown of commercial hunting. This change would have a major impact on the lively hood of commercial hunters. In order to counter balance the extinction of the harp seal pelt
Furthermore, Paul was thrown into the water by the sealers and later kicked out of Greenpeace because he had used violence, which was a rule not to use force. Nonetheless, Paul Watson set up his own group , Sea Shepherd Conversation Society. This group went all over nations who proceeded whaling and they tried to ban whaling from many protests. Within a whole year, he cleared out "pirate ships" in the Altantic Ocean. In addition, for the next ten years of Watson's life governments and NGOs would work with him to work from hunting the whales to saving the whales.
Which is a class c felony and they will be fined of $50,000 to $200,000 plus three years in prison. According to the collage of tropical agriculture and human resources university of Hawaii at Manoa said that in 2003 there was an effort to eradicate the frogs with citric acid but because they bread quickly they are not able to kill
This is not a minor issue - $1 million won't go very far," he said. "You can now forget about Kakadu. Kakadu is lost, we now have to try and protect areas further west like the Kimberleys." Inhabiting the Kakadu reserve is many rare and protected species and due to the cane toad’s ethnological significance, the voracious eating habits of the animal could result in serious destruction to the environment. The validity of this article is evident and provides an adequate evaluation of the current problem the Kakadu reserve is