Essays on Environment Problems

Guy-Uriel Charles, the writer of the article, “Stop Calling Quake Victims Looters” points out that the use of the term looters against victims of earth quake is contemptuous making of moral judgment. The author argues that the term looter characterizes an individual as a criminal contrary to describing or defining...

The Junkyard Planet is an odyssey about the rubbish and the people who work in the dumpsters and turn this junk into money. According to the Minter (2), junk is the second biggest employer in the world after agriculture and farming. Minter argues that what makes junk the second biggest...

Senator Kevin De León is renowned for engineering the authorship of Senate Bill 100 on the emission of green gases. The legislation targeted California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard Program. According to De León, this bill focused on having the standards of renewable energy improved by 2030. Moreover, De León projected that...

Mining and its Impacts Mining has been a subject of debate due to its varied positive economic and negative social and environmental impacts. The primary concern is whether the financial results outweigh the social and ecological concerns. Mining advocates stress the values and the importance of minerals in our current world...

Today, the crisis that has posed the greatest concern on the planet earth is the overpopulation issue (Ehrlich, 2002). The threat of overpopulation and the constant rapid increase has greatly impacted and is still projected to severely impact the affairs of the various state nations, developed and developing, the poor...

Growing human population has forced man to come up with various innovations and civilizations that attempts at making life comfortable. Overpopulation has led to over exhaustion of natural resources and human has been using these civilizations to supplement for such shortages. This overexploitation of earth resources has made geologists to...

Cultural awareness refers to how people in the society understand the differences between them and other people from other backgrounds or countries.  They become aware of their cultural beliefs and values.  Attitudes and values differ from one environment to the other, hence a different culture.Culture is the shared values, norms...

World Population Growth and Resource Sustainability Over the decades, the world population has ever been on the rise, with no sign of slowing down. According to York (14), today there is an estimated more than seven billion people as a result of the fast growth rate. This is a mind-blowing revelation...

A 'direct quotation', a paraphrase, and a summary A ‘direct quotation’ is a statement of the exact words said by a speaker or an author. For instance, “My organization has a zero tolerance policy to sexual harassment”, said Thomas Cook, the founder of ABC company. A paraphrase is a reiteration of...

Tehran: The Most Polluted City in Western Asia Tehran is the capital city of Iran with an estimated population of around 8.4 million. The city is the most populous within the country and Western Asia, while it has the second largest Metropolitan area in the entire Middle East. However, the city...

Climate change has become a topic of concern in recent times, with different organizations focusing their efforts towards evaluation on the impact of climate change and its effects on the environment, animals and the human race. Demographic trends in the globe have an essential connection and role regarding both the...

In 2015, a video of marine biologists removing a plastic straw from the nostril of a sea turtle went viral on online platforms globally (Sea Turtle Biologist, 2015). The video rekindled the discussion on the adverse environmental impact brought about by plastics particularly to the marine environment. The use of...