David asks…
What are some of China’s current environmental issues?
I need to find some to write about for a paper. I’d find them myself, but I’ve been doing homework literally all day and I just want to finish this paper and get some sleep. And, if you know any, it’d be nice if you could give me some future environmental issues, too.
The Expert answers:
They have too many people, they burn too much fossil fuel,
Richard asks…
What are environmental issues for the canadian sheild?
What are environmental issues of the canadian shield region of canada???? I need this for a geography I.S.U. Thanks in advance. 🙂
The Expert answers:
The lakes in the Canadian Shield are located where the rocks are igneous. This means that they will have little capacity to neutralize acid rain generated by coal fired power plants and some ore processing plants. The acid rain slowly increase the acidity of the lakes to levels that fish can not tolerate. In many other locations lakes are located in basins that have carbonate rocks that supply the chemical bicarbonate to the water. It is this chemical that has the capacity to neutralize acid rain and make these lakes much less susceptible to acid rain
Linda asks…
Environmental ISSUES?
Why does RESPONSIBILITY belong to corparate America and the leaders of a Capitalistic Society and their Disciples??
The Expert answers:
In the warped liberal mindset, it’s because “Corporate America” has “all the money.”
Conversely, liberals feel it’s their responsibility to tell you what to do with your (their) money. They are useless. Above all else, they desire power. They don’t give a damn about America or their constituents.
Charles asks…
What are environmental issues in Ontario?
Im doing a history project and I was wondering what are some/most of the environmental issues the affect Canada and Ontario directly?
The Expert answers:
Current issues- environment
air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
this is for the country of canada
Susan asks…
How should we analyze environmental issues?
I would be good to hear from environmentalist or anyone who has been in an environmental controversy . Would like to hear how you would approach the analysis or what analysis techniques would you use to in environmental controversies.
For example analyzing and assessing scientific information put forwards by certain stakeholders within the issue.
The Expert answers:
I’m involved with property development. We always have to provide environmental studies regarding not only the immediate property, but also the extent to which the community-at-large may be impacted by the development.
The main body of the report is called an EIR (Environmental Impact Report). When it finds that the development will not adversely impact the property or community, this is referred to as “A Negative Declaration.”
Usually, we have to hire experts to analyze the specific environmental impacts, generally being:
Traffic
Seismic
Biological
Acoustical
Habitat
Archaeological
Soils
When a particular issue is discovered, the property is not usually rendered undevelopable. Usually, the owner of the property can deal with the issue using something called “Mitigation”, which is just a fancy way of saying that the environmental issue is allowed to exist within the development substantially unaffected.
When approvals are eventually given to move forward, it is only under certain “Conditions.” These are called “Conditions of Approval.”
One typical Condition is that, upon discovery of any archeological remains while digging, the development process will be suspended while a team of environmental experts is dispatched to study the findings.
As you can see, here in California environmental issues reign supreme.
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