4. Exam 2 results What are the approximate costs associated with biological invasions in the United States? A) $36 million / year B) $136 million / year C) $36 billion / year D) $136 billion / year
5. Exam 2 results By the year 2020, it is expected that the United States will be using how many million barrels of oil per day? A) between 1-10 B) between 20-30 C) between 50-100 D) between 100-200
6. Exam 2 results Insecticides can benefit human health. A) TRUE B) FALSE
7. Apple is the Worst Environmental Offender in Tech, Says Greenpeace By Brennon Slattery , Apr 22, 2011 The report, "How Dirty is Your Data?", compared Apple to other top tech companies such as Amazon's Web Services, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo. Apple scored the lowest--6.7 percent--in its overall Clean Energy Index, while Yahoo scored the highest, with 55.9 percent. Apple was also the worst offender in terms of coal intensity, scoring 54.5 percent, with Facebook trailing closely behind with 53.2 percent.
8. Apple is the Worst Environmental Offender in Tech, Says Greenpeace By Brennon Slattery , Apr 22, 2011 Accepting the brunt of the blame is Apple's 500,000-square-foot facility coming online in Maiden, North Carolina--a facility that, according to Greenpeace, will consume as much energy as 80,000 U.S. homes. Google and Facebook also have facilities on that grid, which is made up of only about 5 percent clean energy, with the rest coming from either coal (62 percent) or nuclear (32 percent).
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10. The town that wants nuclear waste Per Nyberg , CNN April 24, 2011 Like the energy source itself, it's the question that won't go away: what can be done with spent nuclear fuel? Sweden believes it has the answer. The plan is to bury the country's expected 12,000 tons of nuclear waste in corrosion-resistant copper canisters under 500 meters of crystalline bedrock. There it will remain isolated from human contact for at least 100,000 years.
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16. Welcome to the era of 'extreme energy’ John D. Sutter , CNN April 20, 2011 Canada's oil sands, 620 miles north of Montana. Huge amounts of energy are expended to clear boreal forests and dig up land that's about 10% bitumen, a thick form of crude that must be processed multiple times before it turns into gasoline or jet fuel.
17. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/13/fracking.explainer/index.html New York governor pauses 'fracking’ Sarah Hoye , CNN December 13, 2010 Using hydraulic fracturing, drillers pump large amounts of water mixed with sand and chemicals into the shale formation thousands of feet underground under high pressure. Fracturing the shale around the gas well then allows the natural gas to flow freely. The process has raised concerns about whether those chemicals are contaminating the underground water. Some residents near hydraulic fracturing drill sites along the Delaware River Basin -- in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania -- have been able to set their water on fire.
18. New York governor pauses 'fracking’ Sarah Hoye , CNN December 13, 2010 The proposed moratorium in New York was described as "misguided" by Kathryn Klaber, who represents a large natural gas industry coalition in the Northeast. "Tightly regulated, environmentally sound natural gas development in New York can and will deliver a much-needed and long-lasting economic shot in the arm ... for the entire state, just as it is in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and elsewhere," said a written statement from Klaber, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/09/13/griffin.gas.danger.cnn
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27. Including: Benzene - causes leukemia Dioxin – causes cancer Hooker Chemical Company dumped over 20,000 tons of chemicals until 1953.
28. 1953 - Hooker covered the site with dirt and clay and sold the land to the Niagara Falls Board of Education for $1.00 1955 - the 99th Street elementary school opened and homes were built on the 16-acre rectangular site 1960s-1970s repeated complaints to city
29. Aug. 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at Love Canal Aug. 2, 1978 - the NY State Department of Health recommended temporary relocation of pregnant women and young children April, 1978 – Report in newspaper about toxic chemicals 1976 -- Calspan Corporation hired as consultant