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    Kimptons earth program

    List at least three economic benefits Kimpton expects to receive from its EarthCare Program. Explain whether or not you think Kimpton has achieved these benefits.

    Continuous Improvement: ISO14000

    What is meant by continuous improvement as it relates to ISO14000. Does there ever come a time when further improvement is not technically or economically feasible?

    Critique of environmental report

    Find and critique the environmental or sustainability report for an organization of your choice. How do you think the report could be improved? What additional information, if any, do you think the report should include?

    Dumps, Landfills, and Modern Landfills. Definition, impacts, and how to improve.

    Describe an open dump. Explain the environmental problems. Describe an early landfill. What are the problems associated with early landfills? Include a discussion of leachate, methane, incomplete decomposition and settling. Describe a modern landfill. What are the differences as compared to early landfills? What improvemen

    Identify and support Environmental Impacts for a Wastewater Treatment Facility.

    1. Identify all environmental impacts likely to cause significant impacts and prioritize them in the order of importance, stating clearly the process and factors used in their prioritization. 2. Research available control measures and recommend at least two options to control pollution, minimize impacts and comply with Singapor

    EPA's Top 10 Watershed Lessons Learned

    Multiple choice with justification. Choose the single best answer (a, b, c, or d) and explain/justify with a sentence or two. 1. One of the EPA's Top 10 Watershed Lessons Learned does not include: a. Partnerships equal power b. Plans only succeed if implemented c. Good leaders are committed and empower others d.

    Contributions to Increasing Amounts of Metals and Hydrocarbons

    List three attributes or occurrences (can be physical such as slope, width, etc, or chemical, climatic, or otherwise) for which you can expect the described result: Increased metals and hydrocarbons a. ________________________________ b. ________________________________ c. ________________________________

    Solid Waste Problem in the U.S.

    Present two factors contributing to the solid waste problem in the U.S. How could these factors be changed or controlled for the better? What problems are there with current recycling efforts? What is being done in your area relative to recycling?

    Savannah River Watershed Pollution

    Please address the following: Explain what accounts for either the high level of low level of pollution in the Savannah River watershed.

    Impact of Biodiversity Loss

    Describe what you think could happen if one of the major components of the earth's biodiversity were somehow eliminated completely. In your response, provide at least 2 examples of occurrences and suggest ways that biodiversity loss can be avoided.

    Environmental Health

    What do the words environmental health mean? Why is environmental health a global concern and an individual concern?

    Plan for uniform pollution control standards

    Propose a plan for unifom global control standards and how to enforce them, take a position on whether wealthy nations have an obligation to provide poorer nations with, or help them develop, greener industries and sources of energy.

    Environmental Hazards and Human Health

    There are various types of water pollution. Water pollution occurs when contaminants enter a water body and the water body becomes impacted; farms, industries, and even homes can be a source of pollution. For this response, discuss eutrophication and the following concepts: -Definition of selected pollution topic -Causes and

    transferable discharge permits

    What are the advantages and disadvantages of transferable discharge permits? Was the approach taken with the 1990 Clean Air Act transferable discharge permit program appropriate? Why or why not? What alternative approach do you recommend?

    The Clean Water Act: Economics Effect on Environmental Laws

    Details: As an environmentalist, you are very interested in how economics plays a role in determining how many and what type of environmental laws are passed. There are many environmental laws that are determined by economic conditions. Choose 1 environmental law to research and give a detailed description of the law includ

    Environmental Science Reflection

    What has been the most interesting aspect of environmental science? Has your new understanding of environmental sustainability changed the way you view the environment? Have you adapted any behavioral changes as a result of taking this course? Any other aspect of environmental science that you would like to share that you though

    Swimming Pools and Health Hazards

    Summarize health hazards that are associated with lead and mold in a swimming pool setting, and describe what may be done to control these two public health problems. Discuss two methods that are used to treat swimming pool water, (ozonation and chlorination). Then, I have to identify the method or combination of methods th

    Contaminated Beach Waters: Risks, Challenges and Swim Safety

    Describe some types of illnesses that can be caused by contaminated recreational beach waters. Identify the challenges in monitoring and managing beach waters to protect the public, and particularly surfers, in a timely manner. Describe the different types of warning information that should be made available to the publi

    Water Treatment

    Compare and contrast the secondary water treatment methods to tertiary water treatment (also known as advanced or final water treatment) methods, in the context of the wastewater treatment process. I have to consider that there are multiple secondary water treatment methods and multiple tertiary water treatment methods.

    Prevention of pollution in speciality pharmaceuticals

    It is common in some industries, such as the manufacturer of specialty pharmaceuticals, to have very low yields for the compound of interest. This means that feedstock requirements are high and voluminous amounts of waste result from the manufacturing process. Assume that the reaction yield cannot be easily improved. As the poll

    Science Becoming Science Fiction

    Please help answer the following questions. Why do you think scientists probably want to leave what they do open to revision? What are the hard-and-fast rules of science? Are there any? With so few firm rules, how does science avoid becoming fiction? What might make science and its constant revising work even better?

    Landfills

    Background: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is all of the garbage, refuse, trash or junk that gets thrown away from our homes or small businesses. All of this MSW is collected and taken away. Have you wondered where it goes? In the 1950's and 60's it went to open dumps. In the 1970's landfills were established but there were problem

    Environmental Management Studies

    Water pollution occurs when contaminants enter a water body and the water body becomes impacted: farms, industries, and even homes can be a source of pollution. Environmental pollution topic: Eutrophication Discuss the following: Definition of selected pollution topic. Causes and sources of pollution. Impacts due to

    Ecology information about a community

    My community is Pulaski County, Kentucky: 1. How many acres of land does it take to feed one person each year? (remember that just a URL is not a correct citation.) 2. How much crop land and potential crop land is converted to urban use per year in this country? 3. What is the population of the US now and what the proj