SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Essays 1651 - 1680

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

Ozone and its Impacts

growing "hole" in the ozone layer during the mid-1970s, as recently as the late 1990s, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmo...

Organizations and Environmental Compliance

Solutions are typically technocentric, cost-driven and reliant on end-of-pipe technology (1997). These solutions were typical duri...

Environmental Regulation and the Federal Government's Role

environment. From the 1960s to the present, in fact, environmental regulation has been in the forefront of legislative efforts. ...

Violent and Nonviolent Methods of Environmental Activism

all public lands should be managed from an economic standpoint, harvesting resources and building structures and infrastructures w...

Predicting and Treating Alzheimers

This paper explores the genetic and environmental factors associated with this debilitating disease. There are four sources in th...

Options in Green Building

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED is one option in accomplishing a green building initiative. There are three so...

Longevity, Contributing Environmental Factors

This essay discusses the environmental factors that contribute to increases in longevity. These include medical advancements, cont...

Roy's Adaptation Theory

This 7 page paper Explains the Theory of Adaptation created by Sister Roy. This paper explains how a person is impacted by externa...

Environmental Contamination on Navajo and Hopi Land

Grand Canyon in the last 15 years. Livestock have been poisoned and people suffer from respiratory illnesses and kidney disease ca...

Nuclear Power: An Environmental Necessity

Interestingly, while the public practically unquestionably relies on hydrocarbon based fuels they often view alternative energy so...

Urban Economics: Kitchener Ontario

envisions a plan in which the urban emphasis could be doubled (Mercer, 2007). This revitalization is encompassed by both the city...

Some Legal Aspects of Hoover Dam

lived nearby. Rationale for Hoover Dam The benefits that a dam on the Colorado River could bring to the southwestern United...

Gender And Socialization: Nature Or Nurture?

in the field of child development have consistently found that this incongruous approach parents have toward their children begins...

Bio-fuels; An Economic Perspective

industry may be seen as an oligopoly with the concerted effort of suppliers to work in order to control the supply The need for ...

Lead Poisoning

of paint chips. The primary method of exposure is when the child lives in an older homes that have been contaminated by lead paint...

Environmental Policy: Should It be Made at the State or Federal Level?

Its therefore up to California to pass laws that deal with the problem, but before doing so, it only makes sense that California w...

The Conflict Between Shareholder Maximization and Business Regulations

owners; the increasing of their profits and return (Chryssides et al, 1999). Milton Friedman was a capitalist and an unwavering s...

IBM Analysis

those markets as breaching the trading constraints may result in action sanctions by the US government. Global politics is ...

Intel Corporation Analysis

different arenas. However, there is a very serious lack of minorities and women at top levels. Introduction and Industry Analysi...

NAFTA and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

This 3 page paper looks at the pollution haven hypothesis which argues that international trade agreements such as NAFTA are direc...

Environmental Analysis of the Beer Industry in United States; Samuel Adams

males is 67% greater than the average consumption in the general population (Euromonitor, 2005). In terms of occupation type blue...

Bioaccumulation/Population Control

in order to control for mosquitoes and algae and plankton absorbed the pesticide (Human...Toxicology 152). This was in turn absorb...

“Field Notes from a Catastrophe”

continued pollution, clear cutting activities and other industrial and agricultural activities which are adversely impacting our e...

Environmental Impacts: Water Consumption, Coal Emissions, and Nuclear Plant Disasters

surface stream that it contributes to. While a small stream might derive its water from an area as small as a square kilometer, a...

Will Hunting

inherently linked to learned and imitated processes. Will Hunting is a character who demonstrates vast intelligence and a...

Problems Facing China

A 7 page research paper in which the writer, first of all, lists three serious problems facing China and, then, gives the criteria...

DaimlerChrysler; From Start to Finish

is an increase in demand globally, Hyundai Motor Co., project that the global market will increase by 4% in 2008, but this is not ...

Sustainability Strategy at Wal-Mart

the companys own bottom line. For example, a short-term goal in logistics has been the target to obtain a 25% increase in fuel eff...

EMS and Sustainability

There are number frameworks which can be utilized when adopting environmental management, these include IOS 14001, the internation...