ENVR 1301- Michelle V

  After reading and analyzing Chapter One, it is clear that the focus of environmental policy has been on managing natural resources and preserving public health since colonial times and continues to be so today. Scientific breakthroughs, technological developments, and changes in public attitudes toward natural resources are significantly responsible for significant changes in US environmental legislation. What precisely are environmental policies? Environmental policy relates to public-sector legislation, regulations, and incentives. Almost as soon as Europeans landed in the Americas, they attempted to govern the use of natural resources. The environment they found had been extensively altered by native people. As a result, settlers faced a number of environmental issues, such as safeguarding cattle from predators, managing trees, and avoiding overhunting. The simple duty of feeding their family and heating their houses made environmental management one of the most serious enviro...

  Current Events in Plastic Pollution 1. Exploratory Basic facts and knowledge found in my article were that the extensive usage of plastics outside of the military did not begin until after World War II. It is believed that 90.5% of all plastic garbage produced has been recycled. 79% of plastic trash has ended up in landfills or as litter. While the remaining 12% has been burned. That being said, plastic debris has been discovered in all major ocean basins, with an estimated 4 to 12 million metric tons of plastic garbage produced on land entering the marine environment in 2010. Plastic manufacturing has grown faster than any other industrial material during the previous 65 years. 2. Diagnostic The same properties that make plastics so useful in a variety of industries- durability and resistance to degradation- make these materials difficult or impossible for nature to ingest. The great majority of monomers used to produce plastics, such as ethylene and propylene, are now g...

 What Is Microplastics? After in-depth reading, reviewing resources, and taking notes, I have learned that fresh water is one of the most important resources and one of the most abused. Water has faced continuous threats of pollution and because of it types of pollution have evolved and expanded over time. A little background information about plastic is that before 1950, plastic was barely a part of American life. Modern plastic came to be more produced and used during World War two. It wasn’t until the early 60s that global plastic production increased by 40%, and by 1979 more plastic was being produced than steel. And in 2014 100 billion plastic bags were used in the USA. Just imagine how much plastic we use now in 2023. What is microplastic? Microplastics are plastic particles of fibers smaller than five millimeters in size and are one of the many environmentally detrimental outcomes of modern society's widespread use of plastics. Plastics are made of polymers, which are long, ...

  Six-Point Critical Analysis of Current Event 1.       Exploratory According to the solar farm installation video, a new project is being created with 500 acres of land. This big solar farm will help produce enough energy for about 8,500 EMC households. This project expresses its confidence and support for workers and their community. This project is going on in Georgia, which is currently one of the largest regions for solar installation. More than 300 workers helped build and create this project and in total had about 250,000 man-hours during construction! 2.       Diagnostic This project is occurring mainly because it will cause the lives of citizens in Georgia to get a much larger amount of their energy from clean, renewable solar-generated electricity. 3.       Cause and Effect The cause of this project is that it will help citizens as well as workers stay on the cutting edge of new technol...

 Alternative Energy A. What is Alternative Energy?  Alternative energy is energy produced in ways that do not hurt the environment or degrade natural resources, particularly through reducing the utilization of petroleum, coal, and nuclear energy. B.  Describe arguments for alternative energy in general. Some contend that nuclear power and renewable energy are cleaner, more sustainable, and require less upkeep than fossil fuels. Some also argue that  the sun and wind are unreliable energy sources, that there is a substantially greater upfront cost, and there is currently no storage capacity accessible.  Others argue about fostering  economic growth and employment in production, installation, and related fields. what-is-solar-energy-and-how-does-it-work-1425x800.jpg (1425×800) (ecowatch.com)     C.    Assess solar energy and explain its advantages and disadvantages. Include its limitations. What is solar energy? Solar energy is when s...

My Natural Resource Concept Map  What are Natural Resources? Natural resources are what we take from the environment and use. The whole concept of this review was Natural resources, so I stated the variety things of what natural resources is. I then proceeded to give examples of natural resources, like water, fruits, food, and so on so forth. What is a renewable and nonrenewable resource? Both sound similar but are very different. A renewable resource are resources that are used and after they are used, they still exist and are replenished while nonrenewable resources are resources that are only used once and cease to exist. Good for only about one use and cannot be replaced. Throughout the concept map, I believe I explain these resources, short but to the point. I gave examples for both and also definitions. Each linking line and linking word are interconnected to the main concept. In conclusion, the video "exploring Natural Resources" went very in depth with examples and ex...