BP Oil Spill

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/04/627m-in-gulf-oil-spill-recovery-projects-approved/16714763/

Over $700 millions were spent on the pass year due to BP Oil Spill. The spill has caused the closed of beachfront hotel, gulf course destruction, destroy of barrier islands, and many more. In 2011, BP payed $1 billion toward the coastal restoration in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/24/corexit-bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-effects-marine-life

The cause of cancer and developmental disorders are from a chemical that is mixed in with the crude oil. Corexit, created by BP, is a substance that contains over 100 of chemicals. It was meant to help the oil quickly disappear form the human's eyes, which it did, but result negatively toward the environment. There are two types of Corexit, 9500 and 9527. Corexit 9527 is more toxic and it contains polyclinic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) when it combines withe crude oil. All these mixtures were caused by wave action and wind turbulence. According to the BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley, he stated that without the use of this chemical, crude oil is much more dangerous. However, study as shown that bacteria can consume oil and decomposed it, but it takes app. 30 years. Dudley used the comparison of crude oil to dish soap that it both destroyed that environment and that Corexit makes everything better by not having it appear in your backyard. In addition, the level of hydrocarbons in seafood has increased by 3000x higher than what human should be consuming. This shows how dangerous the chemical is. Not only the food source is affected, but the water beneath 30 feet of sea level as well. Scott Porter and his divers traveled down to part of Florida to collect a sample of the crude oil. It has caused them sea sick and they have witnessed redish-brown color objects like little pieces everywhere floating in the ocean. There were no life underneath that water. The water was dead.

Uncontrollable Ice Melt Summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140505104435.htm

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research used a computer simulation to measure the volume of the ice from East Antarctica and stated that the melting of these ices will impact the sea level making it uncontrollable for another thousands of years. The air above Antarctica is cold, but what cause it to melt is the warm water. Levermann, the head of PIK's researcher, stated that West Antarctica is already unstable, that means the East is also at risk. As the ice melt, it will rise the sea level by 300-400 cm. Because of the rise of sea level, this put coastal cities at risk. In addition, the researchers believed that the greenhouse-gases is also making the ice melt uncontrollable.

Higher Temperature Can Influence Butterfly Emergence Patterns in the Urban Area summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428121244.htm

Butterflies are living in the warmer area. An International Team of researchers that they are more butterflies than usual like; there are more in North Dakota than England because of the warmer weather. The researchers are using data from Ohio Epidemiologists' Society, they volunteer to keep record of butterflies species that enter the sit every week from April-October since 1996-2011, the population of those species estimated, and the climate. Also, they look at the urban area and the researchers discovered that they are wider range in the urban area. The Urban area is the colder part of the Ohio but 7 / 20 species emerged there. The researchers studies the climate change and how it will effect the future of the climate whether if it would be warmer or colder. According to Wepprich, he stated that "We don't really know precisely where the tipping point is, or why only some species respond this way,but something is happening here. We're still working to better understand what's going on with these butterfly species and what consequences there may be for their populations." This explain that if any consequence occur when climate change really did affect the butterfly and wipe out the species, humans and other animals will be in great danger. Currently, they are still studying about the Climate Change and the emerging of butteries. 

Coca-Cola going GREEN

http://www.naturalnews.com/022109_Coca-Cola_recycling.html#



Coca-Cola is going green by creating 30-acre plant in Spartanbury, South Carolina, for recycling old plastic bottles to new bottles. Not only, that the end product will become new bottles, they are reusing the old products for Eco-fashion, clothes, bags, wallets, and jewelry. John Faucher, a beverage analyst at JP Morgan stated that even when Coke did not make a huge investment, but they did continue to fight. Because of Coca-Cola and Pepsi companies doing work almost like the Coca-cola, they other beverage companies git criticized for the waste products of plastic bottles, and also petroleum which is dangerous and it's contentions in the water bottle.

The Link Between Diet and Breast Cancer summary

http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/101/benefits-of-healthy-eating/reduce-your-calories-reduce-your-risk.aspx

When people eats healthy, they decreased the risk of gaining weigh and getting Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer is more commend with woman and the resources are from weight gain. Study has shown that women that recently gave birth has 3.2 times greater of receiving breast cancer than women with healthy weight due to the less exercise, woman's age, being pregnant and continuing to eat, and maybe from the family history. However, women eating healthy such as eating soy-based food is bad for you, too. Everyone knows that soy product is plant-based food and great for diet, "but there's really no good evidence soy reduces breast cancer risk..." stated Doyle, a director of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society. In addition, Doyle also implied that consuming a lot of soy is not good; however, receiving it only for 3 serving would not be a big concern. Another type of food that increased the risk of having Breast Cancer is alcohol beverage, Women has low folate than men, Doyle stated that for women to have about 2 glasses per week would already increase the risk. The risks are not only breast cancer, but also it increases heart disease. I think this article explained how women and men should start eating healthier and exercise daily because even the soy, a type of healthy food, can also increases risk of having breast cancer.

Clean energy from Renewable resources

http://www.usa.siemens.com/sustainable-energy/renewable-energy.html?stc=usccc025774

United States installed one of the most wind turbines. We are running out of resources and an alternative way to find the energy supply is the wind.  Siemen is the company that has been providing the wind turbine to U.S. Siemen is "strong focus on energy-efficient wind power technology in the U.S.". In addition, Siements signed a contract with the National Nuclear Security to build a wind farm in Amarillo, Texas. The wind power technology, ATB, is designed to absorb the strong wind power and capture it and use it as energy. Also, as the wind industry develop, new jobs increases.

Has Tokyo lost fear with Nuclear Energy?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/tokyo-lost-fear-nuclear-energy-20143154843925277.html

It has been almost 3 years since an earthquake and tsunami did damages to the nuclear plant in Japan. It destroy nearly 50 nuclear reactors. Last month, Japan had elected a new candidate as a governor named Yochi Masuzoe whom supported the nuclear power plant being rebuild while he went against other anti-nuclear candidates which had lost. The prime minister of Japan stated that Japan has nothing more than to use the nuclear power plant. It will helps improve the health care, the nursing care and the childcare system and helps get ready for the Olympic in 2020 in Japan.
According to an worker that was interviewed, she stated that restarting the power plants may be the threat because they are not sure if it will be safe again.
To Okumura, restarting the power plant again is too big to deal with since there are a lot of nuclear reactor that has to rebuild and fix.
To one of the mother living there, Mihoko Sato stated that she still feel the danger of the nuclear power plant and that on one of the first explosion at the Daiichi plant, she was going to moved to the Southern Japan with her 3 years old son at that.
According to this, many people still feared of rebuilding new power plants.