Essays on Environmental Issues

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency proposed to the Senate and House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon on July 9, 1970 via the signing of Reorganization Plan No. 3. In his message to Congress explaining his reasoning behind the…

Frontline’s War on the EPA documentary brings to light certain agenda setting approaches and policy legitimating challenges in the environmental policy arena. To give a little background, the documentary starts by outlining Obama era policies and what the overall environment was like for coal workers….

Imagine living in a world where it’s not as clean as you remember. All you can see is clear bottles lining the surface of your world, alongside a thick layer of filth including plastic bags, milk bottles and fellow ocean life struggling to inhabit the…

In the near future there may be a food security crisis. The United States Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO for short, claims that in 2016, roughly 11% of the world’s population went undernourished. In 30 years it is estimated that there will be over…

When food waste is dumped in landfill, it will produce decomposition odor, attract flies and pests, and may increase the biological oxygen demand (BOD) of leachate. The EU landfill directive and waste regulations are the same as those of other countries. The road from landfill…

Pollution has become one of the biggest problems facing all living things on earth. To begin with, is important to know the definition of “pollution”. This term means the manifestation of any unsolicited foreign substance in something. Ocean pollution also known as marine pollution is…

Introduction Food waste is a food, which is discarded or remains uneaten and throw away without consumption of living creatures. Hunger is one of the most crucial challenges in the world right now while food, which is producing is more than enough. Food wastage starts…

Introduction The battle of water conservation is very real today. The need for water has gone sky high due to the doubling size in the worldly population. Things such as pollution and water shortage have affected countries all around the world including the United States….

There is so much pollution in our oceans and it’s barely talked about. There have been some big moments where recently people have talked about saving turtles and just starting to use metal straws instead of plastic, but it quickly got made fun of and…

The case of Erin Brockovich took place in Hinkley, California from 1993 to 1996 against the Pacific Gas & Electric Co (PG&E). The case concerned that PG&E was using an anti-corrosive chemical called chromium 6 between 1952 and 1966. So customer advocate and environmental lobbyist,…