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After years and years of exploiting fossil fuels and using them at our leisure for convenience, it has been brought to our attention that the overuse is causing major issues with the environment. Big oil companies now realize that they need to alter the way they are operating in order to keep up with the changing Earth and available resources, as fossil fuels become more and more limited. Much like other environmental concerns and issues, Europe is responding well to this and adapting to the change, while America remains stubborn. However reluctant certain countries are, most are moving in the right direction, some just substantially slower than others.]]> 2016-11-07 00:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135650556 17carsono https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135653442 Article 2
Big companies are beginning to realize how big of an effect even the smallest amount of pollution that they put out can cause. While most are reluctant and certainly in no rush to change their wasteful and harmful habits, a trend has began and slowly more and more major companies all over are taking the state of the Earth and the environment into their own hands. We are striving for improvement, but are nowhere near the global standards. Some of the steps states are making are things like trapping pollutants and safely disposing of them underground. On a larger scale, some programs are being implemented such as the Energy Innovation Reform Project. Companies are putting some of their money into researching ways to become more environmentally friendly, while still accomplishing all the tasks that they need to.]]> 2016-11-07 00:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135653442 17carsono https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135654268 Article 3
Farmers are beginning to impact the environment negatively, due to their blatant disregard of Land Acquisition Laws. What they are doing is called 'land pooling', and what it does is allow for land owners to get back a share of developed land, while the state gets the remains. This leads to a vulnerable situation, because when all this land is owned by wealthy people, there is poor compensation. This leads to stalled projects, which not only affects the environment for the time being, but also is detrimental in a long-term sense. When land owners hand over their land to a government agency, it is converted into roads and begins to get convoluted with things such as water lines, completely destroying the environment in that area. The problem with that is that the farmers get a portion of their land back, as well as make a nice profit, so there is no incentive to stop the never-ending cycle.]]> 2016-11-07 01:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135654268 17carsono https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135665643 Article 4
Mosquitoes occupy pretty much every portion of land, and are very hard to avoid in most parts of the world, the exception being in Iceland. It's strange because all of Iceland's neighbors are home to the pesky bugs, and have similar climates. It's not even that Iceland has climates that wouldn't be able to sustain mosquito life, which is why it's a mystery to many. Global warming raised the average air temperature there by two degrees, making it even more compatible for population there, but it remains uninhabited. Some theorize that it is it because of the chemical content of the soil that mosquitoes cannot survive in such a place. However, people are not unhappy about this, and are actually quite content with the fact that they don't have to put up with the mosquitoes. However, if mosquitoes eventually did go to Iceland, they wouldn't be too big of an issue, because they could be just another food source for fish.]]> 2016-11-07 03:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135665643 17carsono https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135665744 Article 5
It is because of krill that the Antarctic system thrives, but they don't get the praise they deserve for sparking the aquatic food chain. There is concern about the numbers of krill however, because of the much bigger, stronger competition in species that prey on them, such as birds or fish. Some argue that this is all part of the natural order of things, while scientists, on the other hand, have been gathering to try and come up with a sound solution as to how to quell the steady decline of the krill population.]]> 2016-11-07 03:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/135665744 17carsono https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/136626702 Article 6
With a new president comes new environmental standards to fulfill, and they all have different ways of going about it. In this recent campaigning process, environmental issues of course took a backseat to the more pressing matters, such as security and money, but it was briefly touched on. Naturally, every candidate wants to say that they have solutions to better the state of the environment, such as minimizing greenhouse gases, but it's nothing but an empty promise until they implement a solution. Hopefully Trump has plans as to how to make our planet a healthier planet again.]]> 2016-11-10 04:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17carsono/73l9ujw2t3vc/wish/136626702