Environmental Issues

1. A working title for your paper 2. Describe the following organization (https://www.stand.la/), including their name, location, areas of concern, population served, descriptions of their history, and their mission (1-2 paragraphs) 3. Provide a working definition of environmental justice and injustice based on course readings (1-2 paragraphs) (readings will be uploaded) 4. Offer initial reflections on how the organization you are studying does or does not address environmental justice using an intersectional approach (1-2 paragraphs) 5. Works cited

Current Event Assignment Texas Government What Should be Included in a Current Event Paper? Each current event paper should be approximately one page in length and should include the following sections: (1) A correct citation of the article including title, author, publication, and publication date (2) A brief (one paragraph) explanation/summary of the article – please don’t copy the article – use your own words to paraphrase and summarize the article. (3) An explanation of why this particular article was chosen by you. What drew your attention to this article? What issues or events interested you? Why? (4) A description of how this current event article relates to a topic of study described in this Texas government class (5) An explanation of how you feel this current event/article will impact yourself, your city, county, or the State of Texas. All articles should be relevant to subjects presented in class or in the textbook and should be directly related to government! Current events should be timely, relevant, and of interest to students of political science (ie. no articles from two years ago, no sports scores, not about the Justin Beeber concert in Austin or Shakira visiting El Paso; should be related to political issues related to topics we are studying or those topics described in the book or syllabus).

One of the challenges local and state governments face in implanting mitigation strategies is finding a way to pay for them. It is one thing to identify the risk of potential structural failures, but quite another to actually mitigate that risk. In this assignment, you adopt the perspective of the emergency manager in your community (choose a relatively small community, not a large metropolitan city such as Washington D.C. or New York City where the mitigation issues are very large scale in nature). If you live in one of these cities, please contact the Instructor about an appropriate community to use in lieu of either of these two cities. Research emergency mitigation strategies that have been or might be deployed in your community. Then think about the funding sources related to emergency mitigation strategies in your community. Finally, consider challenges related to funding for emergency mitigation strategies. The assignment this week is also part of your Final Project. Refer to the Week 1 Project area for details on the type of community to select. The assignment: (5–7 pages) Briefly describe the community in which you live. Identify and describe emergency mitigation strategies have been or might be deployed in the selected community. Describe two potential funding sources related to emergency mitigation strategies for the selected locale. For each potential funding source, describe (1) the key participants and stakeholders and (2) the goals and objectives of the mitigation strategies as they relate to finance and budgeting. Explain why the selected funding sources are the most appropriate for the mitigation efforts identified. Identify and explain at least two key challenges to accessing funding for emergency mitigation strategies at least two challenges to accessing funding for emergency mitigation strategies in the locale. Provide at least one strategy to address each challenge.

Analysis Writing Assignment — In a two-page assessment, review the roles of USNORTHCOM, the Stafford Act, State Governor, and the National Guard in requesting and executing defense support of civil authorities. Format is pretty loose – start, middle, and end. Use the State of Georgia

I work in the Industrial Field The question is: Does your current organization (or one you used to work for) have a written hazard communication (HazCom) program? Have you been or were you provided a copy of the various program elements, or did you receive any training on it? What changes would you recommend for improving Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) compliance? If the organization does not have a HazCom program, do you believe one is needed? Why, or why not? If your organization is exempt from OSHA, do you think some application of the standards would be beneficial? Why, or why not? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Essay 3 – Environmental Crisis This assignment requires that you write a single-spaced, one page, 12-point font, paper in which you contextualize the material from your life’s experience. Please do not give me general or internet information on the topic. I want to know your perspective. You can reference the discussion material. Please attach your essay and make sure it has your name?. The YouTube documentary “2050 – a documentary” is about the general environmental problem that the world is facing today. After viewing the documentary, discuss your view of the environmental problem, including your level of awareness and what you can do, if anything, to protect the environment? link for the video…. https://youtu.be/Z24Dd1Tcz1Y

Develop a comprehensive, generic audit checklist for a sustainable program under economy only, with 20 sub-categories. Frame the sub-categories in a way that it can be applied to an organization to check their sustainability using a Likert type scale such as 0 – 5 for “not at all” to “to a very great extent. However, this scaling isn’t included in the assignment (just for guardians) Only the sub-categories are required, with regards to an economy check.

Please write three articles based on the following three questions. Write one page per article. Each question corresponds to an article. (expect 200-300 words): 1) Ecological Footprint Calculation. Calculate your individual ecological footprint. Describe the major contributors of your lifestyle to your ecological footprint. What can you do to reduce your footprint? 2) Pick an ecosystem (eg hydrothermal vent, temperate forest, Arctic tundra, semi-arid desert, etc.). Describe the abiotic and biotic components that make it unique from other ecosystems. What could you measure that would indicate the “health” of this ecosystem as the climate changes. 3) Describe an “environmental success story”, a case study of an area/resource/system that has recovered. Describe the increased ecosystem goods and services that are once again provided to society that were not existent in its degraded state.

Abstract :  With the Present Global Pollution its necessary to reduce the Plastic usage to protect the Environment. Plastics mainly act as pollutants and are categorized into micro-, meso- or macro debris based on the size. Plastic pollution is very serious issue in the word now a day. Plastic pollution generally involves the gathering of plastic products in the environment. It affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, aquatic culture or humans. But all those casual behaviors of human beings make the environment pollute seriously.   Analyse the current usage of plastic and what is the environmental impact Find out the challenges why we need an alternative solution replacing of plastic bags  Identify the benefits and dis-advantages for replacement of plastic bags (paper bags or decomposable materials ) Provide recommendations how we can reduce the plastic usage

For this essay, you will explain your own opinion on several different political issues. Each body paragraph will talk about a different political issue. Each body paragraph will contain the following information: Each paragraph shoulder  Your opinion on the questions being asked Why you believer what you believe Whether your position aligns with the Democratic or Republican party Which political ideology (liberal/conservative) does it align with and why Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change? Should the federal government increase funding of healthcare for low income individuals?