Dr. Greenlaws FSEM 100

U.S. Factories Adapt to Stay Competitive

On the End of the Kyoto Protocol

Leslie Lindballe’s Final Learning Reflection

This is an article explaining the algae growth in aquia creek http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/072011/07302011/642353

This is an article talking about the dead zones in the chesapeake

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/news_deadzonesform.aspx?menuitem=20229

Here is a story one about the walmart corporation’s personal regulations and how they have affected waterways, which i think can be somewhat linked to outsourcing and globalization as well because walmart houses products from all over the world, is a multinational corporation, and is involved in the problem of destroying local business because of local demand

http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/our-work/wal-mart

Environment Notes- November 14^th, 2011

-Environment in the United States
-over the last 100 years? Worsened
-cause?
-development without enough regulation
-standard of living has raised dramatically, along with productivity
-this process associated with degradation of environment
-1970: Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act
-contamination was RIDICULOUS
-positive results, decrease of pollutants
-needed regulation at the federal level to be effective

-Environment and globalization
-why didn’t people consider effects of dumping, polluting?
-environment can withstand a certain amount of pollution
-as development has increased, more pollution and less places to dump
-concept of public property: “If I want to dump here, I can.”
-our environmental mistakes affecting other countries
-acid rain in Europe from US
-need for a bigger regulator?
-countries are accepting garbage for $$$
-aware of environmental consequences
-WHY?
-need the money more, environmental protection is a luxury
-how does globalization itself affect the environment?
-example of Beijing/the Olympics
-outsourcing to avoid domestic environmental regulations
-not globalization that caused the problem, but the companies/countries?
-globalization diminishes bio-variety
-contamination in food (peanut butter, spinach, etc.)

I just found this fascinating article on the political impacts of the Euro Crisis:  Europe’s Political Crisis at Heart of Euro Zone Meltdown

Here’s an article on globalization, politics and economics… 1500 years ago!

You might find it interesting.