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Essay Instructions: Environmental Fraud

Visit the Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That site includes the National Priorities List (NPL), which identifies locations where environmental damage is being corrected. For example, if a pesticide company was found to be dumping harmful chemicals into a lake, the NPL would document the case and the status of the cleanup process.

Review the NPL and choose a location that is near your area of residence (I Live in Virginia Beach, Va.). Summarize the case, being sure to include the following:

?Type of pollution in the area, the environmental fraud responsible for it, and any company or organizations involved in the fraud.

?Laws related to the case.

?How the situation was investigated by EPA or other related agencies and any criminal charges filed.

?Status of any cleanup effort.

Cite your sources.

Essay Instructions: Directions: Please read first the proposed rulemaking entitled, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA??"HQ??"OAR??"2011??" 1000??" 0001, Nonconformance Penalties for On- Highway Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines.

Based on your research, complete a formal response of comments to clearly advocate in favor of, or against, the proposed rule. Support your opinions with evidence and data.

Draft your comments to the entire rulemaking action for a formal response. Please submit your responses in the fashion as provided within, “Opinion Paper Sample 2”. You should prepare your response to be no less than eight-hundred words (800) in length. Also, be sure your response includes the following elements listed below of the proposed rulemaking action:

I. Statutory Authority and Regulatory Background
A. Statutory Authority
B. Background Regarding Nonconformance Penalty Rules
C. 2007 and 2010 NOX Standards
II. Interim Final Rule
III. Nonconformance Penalties for 2012 & Later Heavy-Duty Engines & Heavy- Duty Vehicles
IV. Penalty Rates
A. Parameters
B. Issues and Alternatives for NCPs
V. Economic Impact
VI. Environmental Impact

Essay Instructions: Submit a 500 word comprehensive environmental case study examining your faculty-approved case study.
Include a reference page with at least 2 references.
Use the following resources to prepare for this assignment:

? Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available through the University Library
? Facts on File News Services, available through the University Library
? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website (http://www.epa.gov)
? Ethics and the Environment journal, available through the University Library


Give a 10- to 15-minute presentation accompanied by 2 Microsoft? PowerPoint? slides illustrating their paper.
Format your case study and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Present the Ethics and the Environment Case Study Presentation Outline Presentation

Essay Instructions: TOPIC
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
The fall of the Soviet Union and communist governments in Central and Eastern
Europe during the late 1980s revealed a grim legacy of environmental destruction
(Figure 2.16). Over the previous decades, the value of natural capital had been ignored.
Figure 2.16 Pollution problems in former
communist countries. This coal mine on
the Mius River in Ukraine produces
pollutants that seep through piles of waste
into soil, surface water, and groundwater.
Note the scummy layer of chemical wastes
covering the river water. Thousands of
these sites exist in former communist
countries, the result of the rapid expansion
of industrialization without regard for the
environment. Photographed in the late
1990s. (TASS/Sovfoto/Eastfoto

SOURCES
o Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available through the University Library
o Facts on File News Services, available through the University Library
o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website (http://www.epa.gov)
o Ethics and the Environment journal, available through the University Library
o Electronic Reserve Readings