The Effects Of Environmental Impacts On The Environment

Some examples of changes that could be made are: educating citizens about the benefits of turning off electricity, cutting back on building new highways and using those funds for a light rail system, or giving benefits to states that are leaders in renewable energy, such as solar or wind energy. According to the EPA, electricity accounts for 37% of the U.S.’ carbon dioxide emissions and transportation accounts for nearly 31%. (EPA, "Overview of Greenhouse Gases") Both these figures could be lowered, respectively, by a stronger effort to turn off electricity in homes and businesses, and an increase in public transportation. Providing subsidies to businesses who install environmentally friendly lighting, or make a clear effort to turn off their electricity at night is one example of using a policy design to encourage this behavior. Additionally, having states cut back on automotive transportation in favor of public transportation would help lower their total emissions as well. Trains and light rail only emit 25% as many per passenger mile as a single-occupant automobile, and nearly 100% hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. (First State

In 2015 in Paris, France, the air pollution index hit one hundred twenty-five, which is above the harmful level for people breathing in the air (Malkyhin, 2015). This poses a problem for the people living in France. The pollution will lead to sickness, health problems, and potentially even cancer (Malkyhin, 2015). One potential solution to solving the issue of pollution would be to reduce the carbon emissions put off by the vehicles in France. For instance, a solution would be to increase public transportation; this would encourage carpooling. Another way to decrease pollution would be to put stricter regulations on the corporations that give off extensive amounts of carbon emissions. Hence, even though France has had issues, France can

Adding travel opportunities for the community may contribute to environmental sustainability, as affordable transport fares will decrease the number of journeys taken by car, and thus will directly minimize carbon emissions (Paulley et al, 2006) into the atmosphere. Additional sustainable measures for the project include waste management; water efficiency (Bain & Li, 2011); land use integration, biodiversity conservation and

Sanchez and Hudson opened small pediatric office in Riverside, California is an example of having a dream come true without planning for the future. The building has become too large for the staffing that the Two Doctors /entruenpuers have been in for five years, Records are being lost, and waiting rooms packed medical records systems are overloaded with the possibility of patient’s records getting lost. Long lines cause patients to get in patients and staff to get stressed from their inability to serve their customers. The Two business men are spending

Ramachandra Guha (2000) wrote in his book Environmentalism: A Global History that “The environmental movement has refused to go away and, some would say, refused to grow up, retaining the vigor and intensity but also the impatience and intolerance of an ever-youthful social movement.” His words are praising the success of environmentalism as a worldwide, far-reaching movement across decades. As was explained in his book, the global history of environmentalism showed an evolution, which took this movement step by step into successful episodes in different domains including law, global market, and the influence of Non-Governmental Organizations. However, some environmentalists, including Peter Dauvergne (2016) in his book

‘Mitigation is a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases’ (IPCC 2014a). According to Fifth Assessment Report of IPCC (IPCC 2014a), technical and behavioural mitigation instrument for all transport modes, in addition new infrastructure and urban redevelopment investments could decrease final energy demand in 2050 by around 40% below the baseline. Integrated urban planning, transit-oriented development, compact urban form that supports cycling and walking, and new infrastructures such as high-speed rail systems that will reduce short-haul air travel demand, can play a vital role for emission reduction (IPCC 2014a); which can be guided at the very beginning of the policy and plan making through instruments like SEA. Moreover, the next two decades present a window of opportunity for mitigation in urban areas, as a significant segment of the world’s ‘transition/semi-urban’ areas will be urbanized during this period in

Through industrial development we have diminished our soil, ruined farmland, trees and have caused extinction of various species. All of these natural resources took over hundreds of millions years to form and Americans have destroyed them all for the need to build more. David Brower a prominent environmentalist says “we have diminished our soil, fisheries, fossil fuels and we have changed the climate. We caused the extinction of countless species by half.” Over consumption has reached a point of harming Americans health and the overall environment. According to John De Graaf, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor “sixty-nine acres of prime American farmland are lost to development.” Once you cut down and pave over farms the land is gone forever. The very thing that humanity relies on is being taken for granted. Americas increase in consumption does have benefits but the negative effects on the environment, American health and family outweigh the positive.

Around the world, it is a common tendency of the transport sector to be a critical contributor to greenhouse emissions. It is about 23% of CO2 global emissions and about 30% for OECD nations in 2007. The CO2 emissions from transportation increased by 45% from 1990 to 2007. Estimates of the increase for 2030 says that a continuing grow is waiting, up to 40%, even with the actual planning to reduce fuel consumption.

Environmental sustainability is a major cause for concern in the world today. The entire world has come to the realization of some of the dangers posed by unsafe environmental practices such as dumping of effluents into the sea and releasing smoke and dust into the atmosphere. There has been a renewed interest in handling the environmental concerns by making deliberate and collaborative efforts to address the situation (Blewitt 17). The coming into force of legal instruments such as the Basel Convention of 1989 aimed at enhancing compliance with environmental safety concerns. Despite these deliberate efforts, some states are yet to put in place remedial measures to handle the matter. The efforts made by the societies aim at making the environment more sustainable. This article examines the sustainability processes taken to control electronic waste dumping in the environment (Blewitt 56). In the process, the write-up will discuss some of the mechanisms of handling the waste and analyzing their suitability, in the ultimate determination of the most appropriate mechanisms for handling the issue. Sustainability remains the major drive in regulating the activities of the industrialists and the households that pose a danger to the environment.

With over 100 thousand trucks and other vehicles in service around the globe, it has more emission output than many average sized cities (UPS, 2017). A complete reduction in emissions would be equivalent to an entire city that stopped using combustion engines. The positive social impact would make UPS the benchmark of social economic environmental consciousness that every transportation provider would attempt to emulate. Furthermore, the entire planet would benefit from such an ecofriendly competition, which will lead to many other health benefits and provide lasting sustainability of our dwindling fossil fuel resources.

It has been predicted that by 2050, reduction strategies within the passenger transport sector could result in GHG emissions being cut by up to 38%, while reduction strategies in the freight transport sector could see GHG emissions reduced by up to 13% (Chunark et al. 2015).

Changes in the Land analyzes the changes in ecosystem that was created by the introduction of Europeans into England. It shows the shift of life from Natives to Europeans and many of the changing circumstances. More than the environment being affected, the author goes into detail about how the lives of the Natives and Europeans heavily differed. The European contact drastically altered the land and ecosystem in the environment once settlers were introduced into the picture.

Most people agree they want the gases to be taken care of. Using cars and planes less, recycling and conservation lowers a person’s “carbon footprint” (the amount of carbon dioxide a person is responsible for emitting into the atmosphere).

Humans effect the environment in many ways, some negative and some positive. While learning about all of the problems people cause, in my opinion that population is the worst thing that humans are doing to our world, but that population cannot be looked at alone. It really goes hand in hand with overconsumption. With the population of earth as of 2014 being 7.1 billion and the United Nations projecting that by 2050 it will hit 8.1 billion we have to figure out a way to reduce what we are consuming. (Population Division Technical Paper No. 2011/3, n.d.)

In an increasingly urbanized environment, many actions that benefit humans can consequently have a negative impact on the surrounding environment due to how interconnected Earth’s systems are: for example, chemical cleaning products that are often used in households and businesses, such as Clorox and Fantastic, are a convenient and useful way to disinfect surfaces and prevent the spread of diseases between family members, friends, and coworkers. They are cheap and easy to use, but their market prices tend not to accurately reflect their true cost, specifically the negative cost that their production and use has on the environment. Many household cleaning products contain ingredients that can be detrimental to environmental health. They are often abundant in Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s)—including formaldehyde and ammonia— and nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous. These compounds make their way into waterways when they are flushed down the drain or reach the atmosphere through evaporation (Davis, n.d.). From there, they become incorporated into Earth’s physical systems, including material cycles such as the water cycle and the phosphorous, nitrogen, and carbon cycle, and overload their natural storages. The uncontrolled increase of nutrients leads to rapid plant growth, eutrophication and the eventual creation of dead zones in aquatic environments (“Nutrient Pollution: The Effects: Environment”, n.d.), while the release of VOC’s to the atmosphere