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Clerical:
The Exam #4 Grade Distribution is posted. The Exam #5 Study Guide is posted.
Please read the following two articles for discussion in class on next Tuesday:
Themes of the Day:
- Waste Management
- Air Pollution
Group Projects
- Prepare a short (10-15 slide) presentation (please use Google Presentations rather than PowerPoint) that describes a case study of Waste Management or Air Pollution in the USA
- Where is the study located? (Use Google Earth and the clipping tool to give an overview of location and regional features.)
- What sort of contamination/environmental hazard is/was it? How was it detected? How does/did it threaten humans or the environment? Relate your case study to material from your textbook (Chapter 16 figures, Chapter 17 figures).
- What is the cause of the contamination/pollution? Was it natural or human-induced? If the latter, who was responsible for it?
- What is the geology/geography of the area and how does it affect the contamination/pollution?
- How was (is) the contamination/pollution (being) remediated/cleaned up?
- What environmentally sound practices/laws could have been undertaken before the problem arose that would have avoided the threat?
Some other resources that may be helpful:
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