Natural gas windfall that’s destroying a country. Papua New Guinea has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Just couple decades ago, the local peoples main form of currency were pigs. Now that the modern industries have arrived to harvest natural resources, the local peoples live’s have been turned upside down. The locals are very angry about this change. Since Exxon has arrived, the locals are out of work and as one of the locals states: “If the situation does not change, there will be fighting.” I definitely think that it is wrong for a major company to come in like this and destroy their native land, creating war over money. The government made this thirty-year deal and did not think about how this would affect the locals. …show more content…
The video states that the people in power in Texas, do not even believe in climate change. What? I don’t understand how is this even possible, there are clear signs that our climate is changing, just look at the rising sea levels for example. The video showed a water resurvar in Texas which is supposed to hold water for the people living in a nearby city, to my surprise, the water resurvar has turned into the locals mudding spot. I couldn’t believe that the people living in Texas, standing right next to the water resuarvar were stating that they do not believe in the Climate change. Did they not see the mud next to them? The mud that has been there for the past three years and used to be a water resurvar. Honestly, this was kind of upsetting to watch. To me it seemed as there were clear signs of climate change in this second part of the video, even the farmer said that the rain he used to experience a century ago, he does not experience today. Also the factories were closing, cattle was being sold and relocated and cities were turning into ghost towns. I can only hope that soon these people will open their eyes and realize that there clearly is a change in the
clearly define that Natural Gas Companies are in the wrong and that the general public could
The documentary Gasland, directed and narrated by Josh Fox, tells the frightening story of corporate greed and a lack of concern for the negative effects of natural gas drilling called fracking. The story begins with Josh receiving a letter from a natural gas company seeking permission to drill on his family’s Pennsylvania estate in exchange for $100,000. In an effort to decide whether to accept the deal, Josh drives from state to state interviewing scientists, politicians and mostly working class people being affected by this method of natural gas extraction. In areas where people welcomed the additional income and allowed fracking on their property thinking this process was safe, they were now experiencing unclean underground water that is igniting, animals that are losing their hair
If I were to read about climate change through a book, I wouldn’t understand how much ice was melting away; I wouldn’t be able to visualize the enormity of the glaciers, and their losses. I would probably dismiss the melting as “not a big deal, there are more important things to be done”. But watching the video allowed me
With this struggle between the interest of society against a business and by extension the state, a Polanyian analysis would consequently reveal the underlying factors that explain the persistence of the overriding interest of capitalism. To begin, Polanyi states that “the commodification of land, labour and money poses a moral threat to nature, human beings, and business respectively, inevitable generating grievances, resistance and the ensuing imperative of protection”. It is consequently unsurprising that fracking unfolds a discourse regarding the commodification of land and water for profit, and arguably a threat to not just nature and human beings, but the health and survival of the planet and its resources overall, given the precarious relationship between Earth’s climate and the energy industry. Moreover, the basis of Polanyian theory lies in the assumption that the state
Through looking at recorded snow fall totals, Lake Freeze overs, and agriculture impacts one is able to start seeing trends in environmental changes. By looking at record snow fall records we can get a sense of historical air temperature and see how a specific location has been warming. Lake Freeze over data also gives good indications of an average air temperature increase. But there are still many people in this world that doubt that climate change is real. Yes earth goes through different periods of time where the climate has changed drastically. Look at the Ice Age, there was a time where a huge glacier stretched all the way across Vermont and in some places that glacier was 2 miles thick. Take for example, former Texas governor Rick Perry, who is in charge of the Department of Energy stated in 2011 that, “Global warming was an unproven scientific theory.”(Sidahmed, M. (2016, December 15). To the new presidential administration the topic of climate change has been looked at as a joke or even as a false idea. What we now know with the amounts of glaciers residing and the rise in temperatures and sea levels I believe that this subject is a bigger topic than what they believe. This subject needs to be taken seriously and we as humans need to take responsibility for some of our actions that have impacted climate change. I strongly disagree with many different actions that our president has taken regarding the issue
There’s a difference in knowing your culture and living your culture. The difference of it is living your culture is to know your identity and just knowing the culture isn’t enough. A very important way to live your culture is through language. Without language many of us would lose who we are and where we came from.With the help of a video called “ ‘E Ola Ka Olelo Hawai’i, ” made me understand more how important language is to one’s culture. And by learning your own or even someone else’s culture you better understand them or yourself.
Over there oil companies have put in pumping stations in people's lands and they are not happy about it at all. It is not safe it could potentially kill someone or cause them a life long disability. They have no say on who gets their land it's basically force they live everyday in fear of losing their lives. These big companies have definitely abused their power they make a lot of money and get addicted to the whole lifestyle but this is one of the major things ruining the earth. There's even a plan of evacuation if something goes wrong and if something does happen they could potentially ruin a whole chunk of habitat and wildlife. All the families are paranoid everyday that something will happen to them and their loved ones their pleas are denied by the government they are hopeless right
Additionally, the natural gas business is losing money as prices continue decrease as supplies outweigh the demand and as competition continues to grow with Russia and other European producers. As a result, Greco concludes that the benefits of natural gas and fracking do not overcome the “physical, emotional, and financial distress experienced by Laura Gideon and thousands of other Southern
Have you ever wondered how many people there are in the world? This beautiful place called earth is home to billions of humans, and human-kind is not alone. Although at times we may forget that we have several different species living with us, not only do different species live with us but they are part of the circle of life that is the root of our existence. For many years’ people have been releasing excessive amounts of CO2 into the earth, with little to no consideration of the effects it may have on surrounding environments. Exploiting natural resources to leave nothing behind except for oil spills and other environmentally dangerous components. Corporations need to be held to higher expectations with more regulations, there needs to be a government that will enforce these regulations. Who decides our government? People do, local communities vote for who runs their city, state, and country. Communities can help spread awareness and demand cleaner energy, stricter laws, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Climate change is one of the leading global and political problems we face today. Recently, Texas experienced the worst flooding from a major hurricane in their history. Aside from Harvey in the United States, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal also had dangerous monsoons that caused massive loss of life and property. Although there have been fewer hurricanes in the last decade they have become significantly stronger causing more devastation wherever they make landfall. While Harvey gained strength just before landfall it stalled over Houston causing massive flooding before returning to the Gulf again. Climate change remains a divisive political issue, with a significant percentage of Republicans saying they don’t believe the scientific consensus that man-made industrial emissions are accelerating the rise of global warming due to climate
By looking at this situation I realised that Dayne was protesting because he cared deeply for his family and his friends. This leads to the point about harmfulness of accounting. I think that accounting is harmful since, I became aware that the government companies did not care for the situation and claimed that there was no problem only since the fracking had no real negative impact on themselves. In addition to this, I was also taught that the government companies just wanted to maximise their profits so that they could look good in the eyes of their stakeholders. All of this put together points back to the agency theory and this act of the government not caring for the environment or the society is a matter that I need to retrospect about deeply. This will impact my future profession as accountant in addition to the fact that it causes deleterious harm to the people and communities that are affected by it. If I were involved with a coal gas extraction company, I would have to deal with all of the costs that the company deems unnecessary. But in reality, the company is avoiding the true cost of extracting coal gas from the land (Eg: Cost of leaving the land damaged after using it, society disruption costs, air/water/land pollution costs etc). These costs are usually not taken into consideration by companies since they usually are not necessary or they do not include them in the expenses since it will significantly reduce company profit. Therefore, accounting is
Due to their fear of change, it is easy to manipulate them into believe Climate Change is not caused by human. It is hard for them to accept the fact that after
Each time a person residing in the United States pulls up to a gas station to fill their tank it costs more money. This is particularly true of the past four years. Many focus the blame on the American Government but there are a multitude of factors causing gasoline prices to be so astronomically high. Middle eastern war, environmental precautions and government all seem to have a hand in the price we pay at the pump.
At some point in everyone’s lives, we are affected by the rising gas prices in today’s economy. Natural gas is not a renewable resource, since there is a fixed amount of it trapped in the Earth. However, many people carry the misconception that there is a very limited amount of natural gas, and that we may use all of it up. This isn’t true. The gas shortages of the 1970's were prompted by the government’s lack of faith in the industry’s ability to discover and develop new reserves, not by lack of gas supply. The unfortunate impression left by the shortages of gas in the 1970's caused the people to believe that there was a small amount of gas left. On the contrary, the gas resource base is vast, and probably even
At 5:30am WA time on the 21st of August 2009 the Montara wellhead platform drill rig owned by PTTEP Australasia suffered a well head accident, resulting in the uncontrolled discharge of oil and gas. This discharge was stopped 2 months later on the 3rd November 2009 (Government, 2013). The devastation that this oil caused in 2 months was outrages, resulting in the destruction of ecosystems and surrounding villages to perish overtime. The following will analysis the perspectives of three major stake holders, the Australian government, PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) Australasia and the people of West Timor, and explain how the common good is of relevance to this issue.