Question: There is a bill going through the state of Michigan to make it legal to burn plastics and rubber tires. Is this a good or bad idea? Why?
News article
Tuesday
Question: What are the environmental impacts of a meltdown of a nuclear power plant vs. a trash burning power plant?
Wednesday
- Find a current event that has to do with conservation. Post the link to the article and a short summary of it in the comments section. Comment (as a reply) on two other people's post.
- Expectations for tomorrow
- Presentation: Air Pollution
- After yesterday's presentation, what other questions do you still have on air pollution that you would like answered? (Post any questions as a reply to the comment "Air Pollution") This is not saying that yesterday's presentation was not great (it was), but sometimes presentations make us want to know more about a topic.)
- Either:
- design a national park of your choosing (it can be completely imaginary)
- Done INDIVIDUALLY
- Name your park.
- What can I do there?
- Where would it be?
- Map of the park
- Using your field of pollution, create a document/video/song informing people how they can help reduce the pollution problem.
- Example: Air Pollution could create a video telling people why they should not smoke. (This one cannot be done.)
- Another example... (This one has lots of ways, but you can only do one. Be sure to include HOW this helps reduce pollution. Ex: Why does driving the speed limit reduce air pollution?)
Turn in your work from yesterday
Ocean Pollution presentation 1
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Deletehttp://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/12/09/city-makes-multi-million-water-conservation-investment/
ReplyDeleteThis is about a city, Cedar Hill making a multi million dollar investment in a water conservation.
That is such a great idea!
DeleteAmazing that they created this and discovered so much about what was happening in their city.
DeleteI have to agree this is a great idea.
Deletethese is a great idea
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DeleteArticle about air pollution killings. http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/16/world/air-pollution-killing-study/
ReplyDeleteThis is Interesting I didn't know air pollution is affecting us this much.
Deletehttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/12/141208-wood-pellet-energy-boom-driven-by-exports/
ReplyDeleteBurning wood pellets for energy.
it brings up some good points
DeleteInteresting learning about how wood pellets are made and used.
DeleteWood pellets are a recycled resource made from saw dust and is compressed into pellets to burn more efficiently.
DeleteIts very interesting how the wood pellets are made and it would be better to get the wood pellets a different way.
DeleteNick is here? Where were you during English?
DeleteI didn't know that about wood pellets, it brings to light some topics that are important.
Deletehttp://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/noaa-climate-change-did-not-cause-calif-drought-1412091.htm Its about the recent drought in California
ReplyDeleteNice article also I heard soon in California their will be a penalty of 500$ for washing down your driveway and sidewalk
Deleteforgot to say this article has two pages
DeleteI like the article because I have been there and seen the drought.
DeleteI didn't know that droughts still affected states so drastically, hopefully they can figure a way to solve this issue.
DeleteWhy does California have a flood one day and a drought the other? I had a friend their once.
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http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/09/latest-peel-watershed-decision-a-victory-for-first-nations-environmental-values-and-the-democratic-process/ land use policy
ReplyDeleteThe information of this article presents is quite intriguing. To me the fact that this large swaft of land is going to become a protected national park gives me at least some hope in that humans are going to become more aware of their surroundings and look towards the future.
DeleteI agree with Thomas.
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ReplyDeletesound pollution
Its interesting to hear that people can lose their hearing over this.
DeleteI feel as if this article only states how sound pollution affects some people. Also this isn't really a current event just a study and speculation of what the affects of sound pollution on humans.
Delete@Johnathon L. I think noise pollution is going to be problem forever. Advancing in technology and the increasing population is not an answer to noise pollution.
Deletehttp://news.mongabay.com/2014/1210-securing-rights-securing-forests.html#sthash.vNRj8pNm.dpbs
ReplyDeleteDeforestation
Deforestation is a constant problem that people don't really take serious action about. I really think that moving toward more deforestation isn't a bad idea, as long as it isn't at a violently rapid rate and the people doing so, plant 2 trees for every one they chop down.
Deleteits terrible their killing all the trees
Deletehttp://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/12/a-massive-new-marine-protected-area-network-in-gabon/
ReplyDeleteThis is about a new protected marine environment in Gabon. It is huge having 18,000 square miles of water.
It's good to see some protection for the ocean life!
DeleteHow about that.
DeleteCoral Reef Bleaching in South East Asia: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/news/featuredstories/jun10/ct_bleaching/welcome.html
ReplyDeleteInteresting link between bleaching and water temp.
Deletehttp://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/news/featuredstories/dec14/
ReplyDeleteThis article is about conseverving two important fish species in the Hawaiian coastal reefs.
very interesting
DeleteThe Parrot Fish is a very pretty fish and I find it interesting that Hawaii is taking steps to protect these two fish.
DeleteHawaiians are recognizing the problem that's a good thing
Deletehttp://www.npca.org/news/magazine/all-issues/2014/fall/flight-plan.html
ReplyDeleteThis is about how drones should not be able to fly over national parks because they can cause damage to the park or people. They can ruin the view that a person could have too, like if they were looking at something and a drone fly's by and wrecks the view.
I think they should allow unmanned aircrafts to fly over because I mean its not like you see 1000 drones a day in the sky they need to chill
Deleteoh and if they happen to crash into something like how one crashed into the Grand Prismatic Spring they should have to pay a penalty and not be allowed to do that anymore
DeleteI think that if a person is going to fly in or near a national park that person should have training before flying, otherwise it might destroy parts of the park.
DeleteI don't think they should have unmanned drones because like Brandon said it would ruin the view. Yeah not all the time you see drones, but i wouldn't want them in the way.
DeleteMakes sense for them to want laws in place before the holidays.
DeleteI think drones are a good investment for national parks a specially while looking for invasive species because a lot of them are dangerous to humans. Also they are good for searching for lost people in parks. If they think they hurt visitors well then restrict them it doesn't matter to me.
DeleteCool story bruh.
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/tech/solar-powered-roads-coming-highway/
ReplyDeleteIs this the beginning of solar powered roads?
This is the coolest thing ever!
Deleteinteresting...could possibly become reality if further use is discovered.
Deletethat sounds cool
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Deletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/15seals.html?_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis is a New York Times article about a legal battle over allowing seals to stay on a beach in California. The court ruling allowed the seals to stay.
These is really good for the life of the seals
Deletehttp://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/animal-protection-and-conservation-groups-team-up-to-cancel-wildlife-killing-contest-in-idaho/
ReplyDeleteConservation groups are teaming up to stop the wildlife killing contest in Idaho.
I agree with the conservation groups because we need wildlife. Wildlife is funny at times just to see what they do plus you can eat them.
DeleteThat is a very interesting article, I didn't know this was happening.
DeleteThey do need to stop killing wildlife because we need wildlife.
DeleteKilling game for food is the way of life for some people and is necessary for people to survive, but going over board is what needs to be stopped. People that poach are the ones that need to be penalized.
Deletehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205175039.htm
ReplyDeleteUsing unconventional ways to extract natural gas has released gasses that are harmful to human reproduction and health.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/11/netherlands-installs-worlds-first-solar-bike-path
ReplyDeleteThe first of hopefully many solar roads
I think this is a very exciting thing to accomplish, but I worry about the prices and how quickly it will add up, and if the use of it will pay off?
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-water-20141112-story.html
ReplyDelete5% of water usage has been reduced since 2005 even after the population has increased by 4%.
It's nice to see that we are realizing that we can't keep wasting away water, even though it may seem never ending. Also, with our population continually growing we have to be able to conserve what we use, because water is valuable, obviously.
DeleteThis article has semi boosted my resolve in the acts and ideas of conservation. The fact that we the U.S.A have cut back on water usage by a whopping 5% whilst our our population has grown by 4% has made me quite proud of my country, of which I haven't felt in a long long time
DeleteZoo officials killed a healthy giraffe because there was no more room for it in their facility. People are angry with this decision because zoo'z are meant to conserve the life of animals.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2014/02/10/world/europe/denmark-zoo-giraffe/
That is frustrating because zoos are meant to conserve the life of animals and protect them.
DeleteThat is sad.
DeleteThis is a site on how to clean up our water and try to cut down water pollution/contamination.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/gsteps.asp
http://www.outdoorconservation.eu/project-detail.cfm?projectid=615
ReplyDeletebuilding new dolphin habitats
https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/conservingenergy/preview.weml Talks about being energy efficient and conserving energy that would otherwise be wasted
ReplyDeletehttp://www.worldwildlife.org/
ReplyDeleteThese the website of WWF, world wildlife organization to help to protect and conserve the natural resources of this world. Here you can find the answer for all the questions about helping this planet, the natural resources and the wildlife.