Economic growth in China is generally considered a positive sign. However, with this increased industry and prosperity comes a caveat. The price of progress is often at the expense of the environment and health issues for the citizens. China has not escaped these caveats. In a recent public poll, the...
With the growing pace of industrial development, many indigenous tribes lose their power in making environmental decisions. For centuries, these tribes used the existing environmental resources to meet their basic life and health needs. Today, the western manufacturing industry deprives them of their historical environmental status, turning their limited environmental...
In order to be able to understand what environmental issues in material management means, it is first important to understand what material management is. The field of logistics and materials management works to “plan and direct how materials and equipment are used to produce goods and services” (Field of Study:...
In contemporary society, climate change represents a growing global crises which as of yet has not been adequately addressed on the global stage. While arguments supporting action against climate change have been ongoing over the last couple of decades, it is only recently that it has been conclusively shown human...
Jacob, Daniel J. and Darrell A. Winner. "Effect of climate change on air quality." Atmospheric Environment 2009: 51-63. In this research study, Daniel J. Jacob of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University and Darrell A. Winner from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigate the potential impact...
Medical science is much more advanced now than it was just fifty years ago. As a result, people are living longer now and global population has been increasing at a quick pace. When population increases, more of the land has to be converted into commercial and residential areas to support...
Why is Brazilian Amazon Being Destroyed 15 percent of the Amazon forest area located in Brazil has been destroyed. There are several players responsible for this high deforestation rate of Brazilian Amazon. One of them are land grabbers who employ fraud and violence to claim land. Similarly, loggers also cut...
Politicians continue to argue over whether or not global warming, also called climate change, is actually happening. While they argue, it continues to happen. That is the basis of science: whether you believe it or not, it continues to happen. This is one of the reasons why global warming is...
The people in living in the impoverished areas in Africa are faced with various challenges. Some of the challenges are associated with the production and use of energy. The use of unsustainable sources of energy has become one of the biggest concerns that has reduced the quality of life in...
