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000 Square Miles Hundreds Of Years
1,778 wordsIt can be argued (convincingly) that human's usage of fossil fuels is responsible for a large part of the world's pollution problems. The area that I will discuss is the interaction that the big oil companies have had with the environment surrounding their businesses in Alaska. I will not tackle the issue of whether it is right or wrong to extract or use fossil fuels. Instead, I will ignore the larger issue and concentrate on specific issues concerning the Arctic Slope activities of oil companie...
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Environmental Protection Agency Oil And Gas
1,712 words... al erosion, and if they blame oil companies then they don't show it. Regardless of the Natives' opinions, their rights are still being violated. The workers at the Along ship-wrecking yards were happy for the work they had and the meager wages they were being paid, but a slew of their rights were being violated. A group of people, such as the Arctic slope natives can be in favor of activities and still have their rights (unspoiled environment) violated. The right of habitat for the wildlife ...
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Oil And Gas 21 St Century
1,457 wordsChesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns 1. 1 trillion cubic feet equivalent (the) of proved oil and gas reserves, one of the largest inventories of onshore U. S. natural gas {Chesapeake Annual Report, 1998, p. 1 }. Recently, Chesapeake finished the transformation from an aggressive exploration company focused on developing short-reserve life, to a lower-risk, longer reserve life natural gas producer. Chesapeake's operations are focused on develop...
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Gore And Bush Bush And Gore
1,087 wordsThe first election of the millennium will take place on November 7 th, 2000. The two most recognized candidates running are Al Gore who represents the Democratic Party and George W. Bush who represents the Republican Party. Gore is labeled as a liberal, who leans towards being a moderate in some issues. Bush is labeled as a conservative but takes many positions considered as moderate. Gore and Bush have very different views when it comes to issues such as a prescription drug plan, education, oil...
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National Missile Defense Gore And Bush
1,163 words... an across-the-board tax break, meaning everyone will benefit. The rich, the middle class, and the poor will get a tax break. Bush's proposal would be a trillion-dollar tax break that will start in 2001 and last until 2010. Gore believes that Bush's tax break will only benefit the rich. It is true, the rich will benefit from the tax break because the rich pay one third of the taxes in the U. S. It is believed that Republicans have always favored the rich, and in the case of Bush's tax break, ...
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Presidential Debate Racial Profiling
1,167 wordsRepublican Dick Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman confronted each other Thursday night in their only vice presidential debate, disagreeing pointedly but politely over taxes, energy and military readiness The vice presidential debate took place on October 06, 2000 at at Centre College in Danville, Ky. The moderator is Bernad Shaw. They covered the positions discussed in the presidential debate and introduced new ones as well the rights of homosexuals, racial profiling and so on but its quite c...
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Securities And Exchange Commission Political Speech
515 wordsCreated in the post-Depression era, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acts to protect investors by regulating financial speech. The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled, in instances such as the TGS case, that this regulation is not unfair censorship, even though it means some speech is compelled. Rule 10 b- 5 is one such SEC regulation, which compels speech by prohibiting "fraudulent or misleading corporate communications in any context relevant to investors, " according to Zelezny (334). I...
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Crude Oil Foreign Oil
885 wordsA century ago, when Henry Ford was mass-producing automobiles, most of the fuel for Americas cars came from places like Oklahoma and Texas. Today, oil for our cars and other things that use petroleum comes from places like Venezuela and Iran. In fact, our country is now dependent on a group of nations called the Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). They have the power to set the price of the oil we import and the price is inflating rapidly. In 1997, the cost of oil was $ 14 per barrel. ...
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Standard Oil Vs The United States
415 wordsRockefeller was obsessed with the refinement of oil. He saw the tremendous potential of the industry and he decided to dominate it. Rockefeller left the drilling of oil alone, instead he focused on refineries and certain pipe lines that were used to move oil around. Rockefeller and several companions founded the Standard Oil Company. Two years after its conception Standard Oil Co. had taken control of over all but 4 of the almost 40 refineries in the Cleveland, Ohio area. To ensure a monopoly in...
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Oil And Gas Plants And Animals
1,118 wordsPart One - Introduction Fossil Fuels are the most important energy sources in our world today. The overwhelming majority of the huge amount of energy used in the world comes from the burning of three major fossil fuels: coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy, and there is no other. They are formed over a very long period of time; the fossil fuels on earth today were formed from plants and animals that lived up to 300 million years ago. These fossil fu...
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge Energy
331 wordsWhat Are We Trying to Accomplish? Emboldened by the election, President Bush and his allies in Congress have renewed their call to open up the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Senate is expected to vote on this as soon as the week of March 14. This will be an incredibly close vote, with a handful of Senators deciding the fate of this spectacular wilderness. That is why we need to mobilize Americans around the country to speak out for protecting the Arctic National Wi...
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Shell And Nigerian Oil Uti
1,084 wordsShell Oil and the Exploitation of Nigeria Nigeria has been a country in political turmoil for a long time. The country was created in 1914 under British colonial rule and at that time it was considered a protectorate. It was not until 1960 that Nigeria received independence from the United Kingdom. One of Nigeria's problems politically is that it has over three hundred different ethnic groups. The three largest of these are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. At the time of the independence of N...
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Running Head Cold War Submarines
1,011 wordsRunning Head: Cold War - Submarines Cold War - Submarines (Authors Name) (Institution Name) Cold War Submarines The period between 1945 and until the breaking down and collapsing of the Soviet Union in 1991 is considered as a heated competition between the Soviet Union and with specificity with the United States. This period of competition is known as the Cold War because both the countries were in the continuous process of preparing for war with each other. However, luckily for the world and as...
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Alternative Energy Sources England And Wales
1,557 wordsArticle Analysis The article I chose is Solar Energy by Power Light by John Smith staff writer of Inc. Magazine. The article is about alternative energy sources and deregulation of the industry. The focus of the article is put on a company called Power Light Corporation in Berkeley, California. This particular $ 10 million company designs and manufacturers solar electric products. Power Light Corp. is a very fast growing company over past years and is expected to grow at an even faster rate in y...
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Gore Presidential Debate
1,232 wordsCheney and Lieberman Debates Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman confronted each other Thursday night in their only vice presidential debate, disagreeing pointedly but politely over taxes, energy and military readiness The vice presidential debate took place on October 06, 2000 at at Centre College in Danville, Ky. The moderator is Bernad Shaw. They covered the positions discussed in the presidential debate and introduced new ones as well? the rights of homosexuals, racial profi...
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Coastal Plain Oil Fields
520 wordsOpening the Alaskan Oil Fields is the Right Thing to Do Energy is precious to the American way of life. Without sufficient amounts of energy, Americans would not have the privileges and opportunities that transportation and electricity give them today. In order to possess a sufficient amount of energy, America needs a reliable and renewable source of energy. The oil that lies beneath the Alaskan Coast Plain would yield this amount. Since a domestic resource of energy would establish a safe and s...
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Air And Water Water Pollution
868 wordsWhen you think Conservation Conservation When you think about conservation what do you think about? I think about a better, more beautiful world. Without conservation where would the world be today? I know where we would be. We would be drinking polluted water and breathing polluted air. That is why it is our job and our government job to help conserve this beautiful land that we live in. Conservation is the protection, improvement, and wise use of natural resource to provide the greatest social...
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Aircraft Drill And Bicycle Crank Bicycle Crank And Aircraft Drill Shape
332 wordsParts, Pieces and Remnants Abstract: The two pieces that have been chosen are the bicycle crank and aircraft drill. Reason of chosenshapecolorLife span material Other use Bicycle Crank Color, light weight Smooth rectangular Silver Long, dependable Aluminum- Aircraft Drill Interesting shape Helical Silver Life time Steel Drilling other objects Introduction: Having a knowledge about materials that have been used in an object, helps us better understand the technology around us. This experiment is ...
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Human Rights Violations Billion Dollars A Year
2,235 wordsShell Oil and the Exploitation of Nigeria Nigeria has been a country in political turmoil for a long time. The country was created in 1914 under British colonial rule and at that time it was considered a protectorate. It was not until 1960 that Nigeria received independence from the United Kingdom. One of Nigeria s problems politically is that it has over three hundred different ethnic groups. The three largest of these are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. At the time of the independence of N...
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Nobel Prizes Gun Powder
1,531 wordsAlfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833. (Encarta) His father Immanuel Nobel was an engineer and inventor who built bridges and buildings in Stockholm. In connection with his construction work Immanuel Nobel also experimented with different techniques of blasting rock. Alfred's mother, Andrietta Ahlsell came from a wealthy family. Due to misfortunes in the construction work caused by the loss of some barges of building material, Immanuel Nobel was forced into bankruptcy th...
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