Essays Tagged: "Union of Concerned Scientists"

Overpopulation is Not the Problem

oductive if grains were grown rather than "meats." In a very interesting study conducted by the The Union of Concerned Scientists, red meat is 18 times more polluting to our waterways and 20 times mor ...

(7 pages) 69 0 2.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Genetic Engineering: Consequences of Playing God

ng natural toxins in food," says Margaret Mellon, director of food and environmental program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "With genetic engineering, you're operating in a different, unknown w ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Satellite Networks, history and modern use.

ODUCTIONThere are approximately over 8,000 artificial objects orbiting around earth and about 2,500 of those are satellites. The public has used satellites as, relay systems to transmit and receive si ... have land based lines.SATELLITESA satellite is an object that orbits in the sky and acts a repeater of a signal. First a source from a station transmits a data signal to the satellite, and then the sa ...

(8 pages) 33 0 3.8 Jul/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Exxon

Exxon Mobile engages in that have potentially negative effects on the environment.A study by the US Union of Concerned Scientists reports that ExxonMobil funded 29 climate change denial groups in 2004 ...

(2 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Air Pollution

cks. When inhaled, CO blocks oxygen from the brain, heart, and other vital organs," causing death. (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2013). The petroleum in its engine can also increase the number of as ... Law For the Americas. (AIDA). Climate Change. Retrieved from:http://www.aida-americas.org/en/climateUnion of Concerned Scientists. (2013). Cars, Trucks and Air Pollution. Cambridge, MA. Retrieved from ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community