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    Human Waste And Body Waste

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    research question ‘is it possible that human body waste could be use as renewable energy ', the technology of composting human body waste will be investigated, data and case study will be analyzed in terms of energy consumption, water use and air pollution, finally, how to make human body waste as a useful substance and achieve sustainable lifestyle will be answer. 2. Background Human feces including differently complex composition, which depend on the diet. Most of them consist by 65% moisture

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    Mongolia

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    Mongolian air pollution In Mongolia’s capital, air pollution is 6-7 times higher than the most lenient World Health Organization standards. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar is one the world’s most polluted cities – its “harmful dust” is 6-7 times higher than the most lenient World Health Organization standards. * Luckily, the issue is drawing more attention – International organizations including the World Bank are working with the Mongolian government to find solutions

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    Essay On Clean Air Act

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    known as the Clean Air Act (CAA), was established in 1963 to allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to manage the environment by regulating air emissions around the nation (Hackney). The law is “a model of “cooperative federalism””, where states may regulate according to federal standards, and known as “a source of persistent federal-state conflict” as well (Alder). Since Texas is known for high industrial air pollution, the federal government has imposed limitations on air emissions by the

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    benefits of centralized production and exchange. By living and working in cities, we achieve a higher standard of living but also put up with pollution, noise and congestion. (O'Sullivan, 2012) Megacities are large and highly dynamic systems, and represent concentrated sites of human life as well as ecological stress and pollution. Due to the combination of pollution and stress as neighbourhoods grow in size and their resource capacity, the transformation in social-environmental relations is also observed

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    North American Automobile Industry Environmental Analysis Global competition in the industry Of the top 10 automobile manufacturers globally, in 2014, America is represented 3 times, by Ford, General Motors and Fiat-Chrysler. The two top selling manufacturers, Toyota and Volkswagen Group are Japanese and German respectively (“Leading automobile manufacturers”, 2015). This indicates that there is significant, global competition and that competition is currently better placed than the American

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    resources available. Pollution is the introduction of a harmful substance that has a negative effect on the environment. Millions of metric tons of pollution is pumped into the atmosphere every year. The effect of the colossal amount of pollution is massive for our current generation, let alone the build up created for the new generation in 50 years time. Pollution comes from countless sources, including aerosols, coal or wastewater. For example, China has the worst air pollution in the world, as seen

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    deaths- as a result of air pollution exposure.” (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollution/en/) The definition of air pollution is the air contains gases, dust, fumes or odor in harmful amounts. That is, amounts which could be harmful to the health or comfort of humans and animals or which could cause damage to plants and materials. Primary air pollutant includes carbon monoxide from car exhausts and sulfur dioxide from the combustion of coal. Further pollution can arise if pollutants

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    Fears of polluted air and water, and the extinction of wildlife species due to contamination have overtaken the western world. In an excerpt, titled “The Filth They Breathe in China,” taken from American historian, Michael Auslin’s book, the author focuses on the nation where, due to its rapid industrial growth, these effects of pollution are most prominent, China. In his article, Auslin, uses anecdotes, uses strong diction, and uses appeals to logic and credibility in order to capture the enormity

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    Aqua Silencer

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    ABSTRACT Polluted air causes physical ill effect decides undesirable aesthetic and physiological effects. The main pollutants contributed by automobiles, electric power generating stations, industrial and domestic fuel consumption, refuse burning, industrial processing etc. are carbon monoxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbon (UBHC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and Lead. An aqua silencer is an attempt mainly dealing with control of emission and noise. The noise and smoke level is considerably less than the

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    both the air and the oceans warming. Since 1880, when people in many locations first began to keep temperature records, the 25 warmest years have all occurred within the last 28 years. The problem is that if we keep on hurting our own environment and ecosystems we are just going to destroy ourselves sooner or later. If we don’t start to change the way we are doing things around the United States with our factories, the way we dispose of things, or the way we get affected by the pollution, we will

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