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36 days ago by ahewat

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being accused by an environmental group (WildEarth Guardians’) in the United States of neglecting the public’s health by failing to decrease air pollution. The WildEarth Guardians’ accusations come from a 2005 investigation which found that all 50 states ...

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38 days ago by Max Spielbichler

Article: http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2009-03/2009-03-08-voa11.cfm In the Niger Delta, over 60 oil companies have been dumping waste from oil and gas extraction into the Niger Delta, which makes up 77% of Nigeria’s mangrove ecosystem. 1.5 million tons of waste has been dumped into the delt ...

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39 days ago by gavinsteinhubl

This article addresses the fact Tuna fishing over the last couple of years has reached a point where it is being massively over produced. This is a prime example of a market failure. A market failure is just when a certain product is either over produced or under produced, which in this case it’s ov ...

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40 days ago by welkerswikinomics.com

By Bjorn Borgers, Justus Poeschl and Bjorn Kvaale:

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44 days ago by thibaultdk

This article talks about the overfishing that is done in the ocean. “Small prey or forage fish” is being “overexploited”. This is due to the high demand of fish that people are consuming and the cheap costs to the firm. Another reason for the high demand of fishing is that some of the small species ...

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46 days ago by vhasenmeyer

Due to climate destabilization, companies worldwide are trying to reduce their carbon emissions. This article states that the Kyoto Protocol has not influenced countries enough so carbon emissions are still very high. The US is willing to reduce their emissions only if other countries are doing it t ...

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46 days ago by Hpoxon

In 2001 the then president of the United States George Bush signed an executive order banning American stem cell research believing it was against human nature and would offend conservative supporters. On March 9th 2009; Barack Obama the new current president of the United States signed an executive ...

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47 days ago by gdubois

Sixteen years of mounting scientific evidence are securing the idea that “specific forms of air pollution increase the risk of suffering a fatal heart attack, among other cardiovascular diseases.” If these particular toxins are present in the atmosphere, even at levels below the federal health stand ...

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47 days ago by Rocio Perez

China, whose economy heavily relies on exports, has been experiencing a decline in exports for six months now as of April. The value of China’s exports in April fell 22.6% in comparison to last year, a faster decline than in March’s exports (also in comparison to March of last year) during which Chi ...

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53 days ago by MarenRackebrandt

New stem cell research policy Former president of the United States, George W. Bush, banned stem cell research during his administration and therefore no public resources were allocated towards this good. President Obama now wants to overturn Bush’s policy to increase public funding for stem cell re ...

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