DEEP SEA OIL DRILLING DANGERS By: John Nolan

In the past years we have affected our oceans with oil. Is it worth it?

Deep sea oil drilling has affected our oceans when the pipes breaks and can kill much sea life.

For example 8, 000 sea creachers were reported dead in just six months of the BP oil spill .

Also the dangers were that people can get killed in these explosions like in the BP oil spill killed 11 people

and left 17 injured. The spill stopped in 2010 but there is still crude oil washing up on the shores and is af-

fecting the environment .More disasters can happen in until people get their head out of the sand and do

something! Also 4,000 of barrels were dumped into the ocean during the BP oil spill. This may happened

again if we don’t stop drilling. And when the Exxon VALDEZ happened they dumped 11 million gallons into

the ocean. Also 3.19 million barrels of oil was dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in one of these terrible

spills. 16,000 miles were affected too in the BP oil spill and maybe more in future spills will be affected if

we don’t stop. Animals are getting covered in oil and die. If we don’t do some thing we might kill half of our sea life. Also

these companies’ owe money for the entire damage .For example BP owes over 56 million dollars for cleanup. Also if we keep

wasting all of this oil in the water and keep drilling we could destroy our ocean. And how can we fix this? We could protest and

get the company’s to drill less oil.

Deep Sea Oil Drilling is when people

put pipes in the ground and suck up oil

from the sea. When people deep sea oil

drill it can harm ocean animals, like

whales and dolphins. Even though it is

bad, some people do it anyway.

Leaking Pipes

When you take oil from the sea the

pipes can break and crack and oil could

spill into the

sea. One

humongous

oil spill was

the gulf oil

spill. The

gulf oil spill is one of

the worst oil spills in

the U.S. history. It

killed 11 people be-

cause of a explosion of the pipes. Peo-

ple put camras in the sea, to only find

out that the BP pipe was leaking about

42 miles of oil off the coast of Louisi-

ana, for 87 days. The leaking pipe was

stopped July 15, 2010.

Why Is It Bad?

Some people think taking oil from

the sea is good, but some people think

it is bad. When you are burning fossil

fuels it causes global warming and

stronger hurricanes, which threatens

offshore oil being proposed, and causes

more global warming. Also the oil that

we don’t get can harm animals. We do

need the oil but, can we at least try to

be more careful so we don’t pollute the

ocean and hurt animals.

Is It Good?

Deep sea oil drilling is bad for the

ocean and for the animals. We do need

the oil, but is it worth it to have strong-

er hurricanes, more global warming, ex-

plosions that kill people, and much

more? Some people do. Oil is very im-

portant, but if we drill every beach, Na-

tional Park, and forests, we would still

not have enough oil to meet our grow-

ing demand.

The Dangers Of Deep Sea Oil Drilling By

Mya Raitses 5-2

This is the BP

leaking pipe.

Solution

The solution to deep sea oil

drilling is to be more carful when

collecting oil from the sea. The

pipes should be more secure so

they don’t leak like every time

they want oil from the sea. There

are a lot more solutions to deep

sea oil drilling, but this is just one

of them.

Conclusion

Drilling oil is good and bad.

We do need the oil, but we don’t

want to hurt the animals and ruin

the ocean. Some people just don’t

care about nature, but at least

some people do.

NO DEEP SEA OIL

DRILLING!!!!!!!

Introduction

Earthquakes can destroy most of our natural

resources. Did you know that if an earthquake

happened in New York City most of the build-

ings would fall down! This is because the east-

ern part of the United States is not used to

having earthquakes. For example, Florida and

North Dakota have the fewest amounts of

earthquakes in America.

How Do Earthquakes Affect Us

Earthquakes can destroy our Earth,

communities, injure people, and lead to many

deaths. The effects of an earthquake can in-

clude many of these examples such as col-

lapsed buildings, burst water pipes that lead

to flooding. People can lose their homes. Gas

pipes can also burst and lead to fires and ex-

plosions. Transportation links, such as road,

highways, and rail can be disrupted and dam-

aged. This often leads delays in emergency

help. Earthquakes can also cause extreme de-

struction due to volcanoes and tsunamis.

How we can prevent damage from

earthquakes

People can prevent damage from earthquakes

in some way. Your next question is probably

“how”? Well, Japan has a giant catfish called

Namazu. Namazu is responsible for all of Ja-

pans earthquakes.

Citizens of New York know that there is 1% of

a chance that NY can get an earthquake. But

what if an

earthquake

NY. The state

of New York

should have a

person who

watches if a

tsunami or an

earthquake

happens.

1556 Earthquake

The earthquake of 1556 was a terrible earth-

quake. An estimated amount of 830,000 peo-

ple died. The magnitude of the earthquake

was 8.0 to 8.3 was released by this earth-

quake. Many buildings fell down! It took more

than one year to get the city back to 100%

normal.

Conclusion

After you read this article, you can prepare for

an earthquake.( if an earthquake ever hap-

pened). You can conclude that earthquakes

can cause a lot of damage.

Earthquakes By Nicholas Elarde

Earthquakes are devastating to improp-

erly built structures.

When you hear hydraulic fracturing you think of

fracking and when you hear fracking you think of

“Fracking is good. We need the fossil fuel.” Well

fracking is bad and good in so many ways.

What Is Fracking?

Hydraulic fracturing is fracking. Fracking is a pop-

ular way to remove fossil fuel from natural gas. Frack-

ing could be a big fuel breakthrough. Fracking has so

much of potential; it could transform the world’s en-

ergy markets. There are good reasons why fracking is

good and there are bad reasons why fracking is bad.

Here are some reasons for good and bad.

The Pros

Fracking is also good for the world. Fracking is be-

coming available on American soil. That means the

cost of importing oil will be shortened significantly.

Fracking rekindle old wells and makes the natural gas

in previously wells accessible. Because of this, it

makes use of the machinery already in place which

also cuts the cost. Natural gas resources have al-

ready expanded by nearly 65%. Although hydraulic

fracturing is pricier than traditional drilling, the cost

of an oil barrel is so big, that the process has become

financially

feasible.

The Cons

The bad side of fracking is the emissions form frack-

ing are twice of coal and could extremely increase air

pollution around the site. Another reason is that

fracking vanishes a large amount of water with some

wells requiring between one and eight million gallons

of water to crack the rock. In some cases, only 30-

50% of water is redis-

covered. Quick fix

chemicals are use in

the fracking process,

sometimes keeping

nearly 600 different

chemicals. This can

certainly be a concern

for the personnel

working at the site,

along with the tainted

rediscovered water.

It has been described that methane levels in ground

water near fracking sites have been up to 17 times

higher than natural. This will have a severe impact on

local residents.

Fracking is bad and good in some many different

reasons why. Fracking hurting the world and we

need to help the world. Figure out a way to use frack-

ing while not hurting the world. Now when you

hear fracking , you probably think “ Is fracking good

or is it bad?” . And you are right, is fracking good or

bad. No one really knows if fracking good or bad.

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? BY: Kate L. Vaughan

A picture of a house

that got destroyed

because of fracking

SOURES

http://www.elsevier.com/connect/fracking-the-pros-and-cons

http://www.dangersoffracking.com/

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/revives?s=t

http://blog.worldwidemetric.com/trade-talk/the-pros-and-cons-of-fracking-for-

oil/

P.s. please go on the web site http://www.dangersoffracking.com/

Anyone who pans for gold always thinks they

are going to be rich and be rewarded by the

glitter of the colors that they find at the

bottom of the gold pan. Although mining for

gold is an exercise and a out door activity

experienced in prospecting are rewarding also

there is only a few thrills to some people that

they found gold.

Some people today think that there is no

more gold and every who mined for gold left

nothing for anyone else but that is not true u

can find gold in a lot of place like Alaska,

Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,

Nevada, New Mexico, north Dacota, Oregon,

south Dacota, Utah, Washington, and

Wyoming.

Did you know that ground water collected

from wells, springs, and drill holes may

provide clues to the presence of deposites. As

ground water flows through the deposite

minute amounts of gold are leached from the

rocks. These can sometimes be detected in

ground water samples collected from wells

located down gradient from the deposit?

Did you know that Idaho was once a leading

placer mining state. Also one of the chiefs

dreading areas in the Boise Basin a few miles

northeast of Boise in the state west central

part of the state. Other placer deposites are

located amough the salmon river and on the

clear water river and nits other tributes,

particulary at ELK city,

pierce, and Orofino, extreamly fine-grained

(or flour) gold occurs in sand deposits along

the snake river in southern Idaho. Placers in

Colorado have been mined in the fairplay

district in park country and in the brecken

ridge distric in summit country. In both areas

large dredges were used during the peak

activity in the 1930s.

These are a lot of the reasons people want

gold. And some of the people who mine for

gold don’t realis that it is ruining the earth.

And some of the people don’t even care they

want to just get money and they don’t take

care of the earth like some people do and

some people work hard taking care of the

earth and other people destroy it by gold

mining.

Gold Mining By

Kaylee Lopez

oil drilling By Gianna Santopietro

Do you think oil drilling is a good

thing, well you are wrong oil drilling

is distorting the envierment . Oil

companies think oil drilling is a good

thing because they get payed for do-

ing it. What oil driller don’t know is

What Is oil and Why do people

need oil ?

Did you know what oil is well you are lucky I

know ever thing about oil. Oil is a viscous liq-

uid derived from petroleum ,especially for

use as a fuel or lubriallt. We mainly use

petroleum to generate energy, like fuel for

cars and airplanes and to heat homes, but

there are many other things to do with it ,

such other things to do with it , such as cray-

ons, ink, cds and dvd ,PLASTIC and tires .

How do we get oil? What is the his-

tory of oil drilling?

Did you know that oil driller drill in the ground

for oil and did you know that Edwin drake

drilled the first oil well in pennsyuana.

How does oil drilling affect the

environment?

Did you ever know that oil drilling is affecting

the environment. The process of drilling and

extracting oil is complex and leaves many

opportunities for witch frguep team members

have witnessed firsthand.

How do oil spills affect people

People who live near water count on seafood

and beaches that are clean for their health.

For example ,20% of the seafood we eat

comes from the golf of Mexico. Damage to

the fisheries will lead to loss of food and mon-

ey . oil spills and beaches covered in oil will

affect tourism, oil contaminated to be close

for health and safety reasons.

Conclusion

Here are good and also the bad about oil drill-

ing .We should work hard to stop oil drilling .

This is a oil drilling tower

GOLD MINING GONE BAD

BY NICK NACCARATO Gold mining creates a big toxic waste.

Gold mining destroys landscapes and many

other things. The Amazon River got destroyed

because of this. The community says that gold

is more than benefits.

Community concerns

Gold mining is difficult and dangerous work.

But millions of miners get no wages. It’s a

waste of time. The heavy machines can hit

water pipes and all kinds of other things.

There is 600,000 people trying to risk their

lives to get gold. This creates a huge

waste .Gold mining is violence, and danger.

Gold mining is deadly because men and other

soldiers buy weapons’ just to get gold. In 1998

5,000,000 people were killed because of this.

Gold miners lost their lives from starvation

and other things. People are dead because

they were victims with hot tempers to get

gold .you can’t trust anyone. Gold mining is a

very dirty process. Gold mining harms the

health problems of miners and communities

by releasing dangerous sub stances into the

air and water, mercury and cyanide the two

most common gold extraction agents are toxic

to humans. Pulse health problems of life style.

There are Gold miners from South Africa say-

ing that there reporting that miners are get-

ting diseases, THIS IS DANGEROUS. The gold

miners are getting the disease when they’re

going home.

RIGHTS

Land mines often require a significant amount

of land to operate but communities may rely

on that same land for housing, farming, ranch-

ing and other processes. battles over land are

often the result, with local communities losing

out.

Why are people so desperate for gold mining?

Why don’t people just live their lives like nor-

mal people? Instead of gold mining live your

lives. If you want to gold mine try not to de-

stroy the land .

WWW.BRILLIANTEARTH.COM

DID YOU KNOW: THE AMAZON RIVER GOT DESTROYED BECA USE GOLD MINING.

When you hear gold mining it makes

you think of money right? Does it

make you think of destruction well

that’s what it is doing to are world.

What is gold and gold

mining?

Gold mining is the process of mining gold un-

der the ground. Gold mining it not just not dig-

ging a big hole you need a lot equipment and

big machines to just mind for gold. It is a very

hard job to do. Gold is a yellowish, brownish

metal find under the ground and it is mind for.

Sixty-five percent of gold is used in jewel-

ry .Another 25 percent is also used in ceramics,

electrical, and electronic applications. Gold

powder is used for tinting enamel and making

a special glass called ruby glass.

Things good about gold

mining?

We need gold because gold is made out of are

jewelry, money and much more things. Gold

helps as in every day life’s, but why do people

want gold? THE number one reason is they

wont to become rich and they won’t fancy jew-

elry. Gold is in electronics .So we need gold.

What is gold mining doing to

the environment and people?

Gold mining is ruining are world .There are

cutting down trees to dig the holes and that is

where the animals homes are. Toxic waste is

even going in lakes, rivers and a lot more. Gold

mining is one of the most deadly forms of min-

ing. It causes a lot more global mercury pol-

lutes then any other source. Gold mining does

a lot to as they cut down trees witch we need

them to breath .Toxic waste goes in are water

were the fish and what if the toxic waste goes

in the water we drink ? Gold mining is also re-

sponsible for releasing a lot of mercury in the

amazon’s air and water.

Conclusion

The ways we can stop this is stop cutting tress

down and clean the toxic waste that goes in the

lakes, rivers and much more places. We can

mind were no animals are. So we should stop

gold mining. This is the good, and bad about

gold mining. We should stop gold mining in till

it ruins the environment and we don’t have so-

lution.

The Dangers of Gold Mining

By Isabelle Clementi

This is one of the big machines

to gold mind

Everybody loves to see the sight of gold. But would you like to see the sight of toxic waste on

gold? Did you know that over 20 tons of toxic waste goes on a 0.333 ounce gold ring? But the de-

struction of gold mining became very devastating. The environmental damage left from gold mining

can last generations.

Gold mining is difficult and dangerous work. Millions of Gold Miners earn low wages or are

exploited by dishonest middlemen. Dangerous working conditions can cause illness, injury, or even

death. The risks are highest for the estimated 600,000 children who work as gold miners. For too

many communities, the costs of gold mining are far greater than the benefits. Gold mining has fueled

a tragic Civil War in the Democratic Republican of Congo, led to higher crime rates, facilitated the

spread of disease, and threatened indigenous cultures-all while failing to lift local communities out

of poverty. Gold mining today relies on practices that are extremely harmful to the environment.

Open pit mining devastates the landscape while cyanide heap leaching and mercury amalgamation

contaminate. water, air, and soil

Modern industrial gold mining creates 20 tons of toxic waste on every gold ring. Modern In-

dustrial Gold Mining destroys landscapes and creates huge amounts of toxic waste. Also, Dirty Gold

Mining has ravaged landscapes contaminated water supplies, and contributed to the destruction of

vital ecosystems. Cyanide, mercury, and other toxic substances are regularly released into the envi-

ronmental due to dirty gold

Due to the use of dirty practices such as open pit mining and cyanide heap leaching,

mining companies generate 20 tons of toxic waste for every 0.333 ounce gold ring. The waste is usu-

ally a gray liquid sludge, is laden with deadly Cyanide and toxic heavy metals. Gold Mining is fueling a

deadly Civil War in the Democratic Republican of Congo. Since 1998, more than 5 million people have

lost their lives of violence, diseases, and starvation associated with the war. This war is one of the

worst humanitarian catastrophes since World War II. global trade, helping to stem the violence. Also,

a rise in gold prices has led to a modern gold rush. About 15 million people worldwide now make a

living as artisanal gold miners, panning or digging for gold.

Golden Destruction By

Michael Tomasino

Just because of Gold Mining, It has caused

the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest.

Although the war is an ethnic conflict, it is also a fight to control the supply of gold and other mineral re-

sources. Rebels often take over gold mining communities and force local miners to give up a portion of their

earnings. Even the soldiers use the profits to buy more weapons. When the gold is exported, it is blended

with gold and other sources, making it indistinguishable in the global gold supply. Despite a peace settle-

ment, violence in the eastern Congo continued. In 2010, the US congress passed a law requiring large US

companies to disclose the origins of certain “conflict minerals” in their products. It is hoped that increased

transparency will make it stop.

In conclusion, over many years of

the past, gold mining has turned everything into a bloodshed war. In other countries however, it gets even

worse. People are fighting for gold to get rich. Will gold mining stop? Well, that is a problem we have to

solve.

Good as gold What makes gold so valuable?

By Kyle Hendrickson

Gold was first discovered shining yellow nuggets. Throughout history, gold has always been associated with gods, with immortality and with wealth. Through-out the world gold has always had value to humans, even before it was money. We know this is true because of the great efforts made to find it. Searching for gold was worldwide going back for thousands of years. Gold was the first metal widely known to our Species and is the easiest metal to work with. There are four different traits that give gold its value. There are ductility, mallea-bility, indestructibility and rarity. Ductil-ity measures how much a metal can be drawn out into a wire. One ounce of gold can be converted into more than 50 miles of gold wire. Gold wire is used in electronics. Gold is an electric con-ductor. Malleability means that gold can be made into different things. For example, gold can be made into jewelry or into a statue. This happens

because gold can be melted. Gold is indestructible. It has high resistance levels and does not easily corrode. This happens because gold can be melted. Gold is one of the rarest natural re-sources on Earth. There is approximately 150,000 tons of gold that people have mined over the past 6,000 years. So, when someone tells you that you are ‘’good as gold’’ definitely consider it a complement because you are rare and valuable!

Can You Copper Me? (Mine).

Miners mining pickax’s hitting rocks but most of the miners are mining copper.

The problem about, effecting environment is…Copper Mining when copper was first mined in ancient van-

ished race between 5000 and 1200 B.C.( before Christ) A copper mine is being build animals and plants get

plowed over. There is a higher chance that the copper mine can make animals and plants to become endan-

gered or extinct.in copper mines soils and rock may contain naturally occurring radioactive materials (normal)

Overall the problem that is effecting the environment is Copper Mining. Over all I think copper mining is ef-

fecting the environment.

Copper mining is effecting the environment and the world as we know it. There are over 28 copper mines in

the United States. Escondida, Copper mine in Chile, is the largest copper mine in the world. Some-

times copper mines will be a lot smaller… like a lot smaller. Sometimes the mine is so small that it

doesn't look like a coper mine. It is also not safe for the miners for them to mine for example if like a

TNT goes off some how in a mine and all of the miners are still under ground and the TNT goes off, the

whole cave falls down and collapse on the miners. Over all, all of the copper mines are dangerous to

our environment our world.

Copper mining is effecting environment in many different bad ways. I think a salutation for copper mining is

that we should destroy some of the copper mines right now there should be about 10-15 copper

mines in the United States since we need copper for pennies. We could also could maybe put the cop-

per mines in places that are abandon for example like places wear no plants or animals live. Over all

copper mining is effecting our world our environment…

Over all this dilema is making our environment a chaos. Hopefully the government or some one or some

thing is going to change our environment about copper mining. But copper mining is really important

but it can cause chaos to our envirement,our world.

Glossary:

Delema:means a situation in which a diffi-

cult choice has to be made between two or

more alternatives, especially equally unde-

sirable ones.

Radioactive: means emitting or relating to

the emission of (convert) of ionizing radia-

tion or particles.

This is the biggest copper mine in the

world.

This is what copper looks like

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend! By

Riley Eaton

Diamonds. You might wear jewelry with diamonds, but I bet you haven’t even

wondered about how diamonds are created or how about how diamonds get

from the ground to you! So now you might be thinking and wanting to learn more

about this topic.

Catoca, Fucauma, Luarica, Damtshaa, Jwaneng, Letlhakane, Orapa, Baken, Culli-

nan, Finsch, Kimberley, Koffiefontein, Venetia, Murowa, Williamson, Letseng, Vic-

tor, Jericho, EKATI, Daviak, Snap Lake, Gahcho Kue are all diamond mines where all

diamonds are from. Now you are probably wondering how diamonds are formed

but if you are not well I am going to tell you. All diamonds are formed the same

way but how is fascinating. Diamonds are formed by carbon being exposed to ex-

treme heat and pressures deep within Earth’s mantle.

So now we have to get all these diamonds out of these mines. How we do this is

by machines but with all this energy being used there could be a global climate

change. But they still have to refill the mines, and again we are all using all this en-

ergy. Diamonds mining is effecting the environment one by one and we know it.

In the end diamond mining is not the best thing for the environment. A solution

would be to stop cutting down natural habitats in the rainforest. Diamond mining

is one of the many environmental issues that need to stop.

Gold mining is a very destructive type of

mining and destroys many landscapes but

there are some solutions to this! Gold

miner companies could replace cyanide

with non-toxic corn starch in the gold

mines or mining in places that have no

habitats or ground that may be used for

property or buildings. These solutions can

be done if gold miners focused more on

where they make mining tunnels or what

their surroundings are around the land

they are going to use for mining and if

they see buildings or habitats and such

they might not want to mine

There are also many ways you and your

friends/family members can help solve

some simple gold mining problems in

your area like maybe if you see a abandon

area around your neighborhood you know

was used for gold mining or just any sort

of mining you could ask your parents or

guardians if you would be able to do

something about it to fix the damages

done to that part of your area. Also even

just recycling could help.

There are many issues to our environ-

ment that were because of gold mining,

like the ground being torn up or toxic

waste on the ground but there are some

ways you can avoid doing those kind of

things just in your everyday lives like re-

cycling batteries, batteries have toxic

waste, or don’t dig in areas for fun that

may be an animal’s habitat.

Gold mining is not such a bad idea when

you think of the amount of money you

could make off it but once you start dig-

ging it just turns into a money pit… mean-

ing you will be spending money constantly

over and over again on the same issue.

Also you will actually be destroying land

that could be used by an animal who lost

its habitat or land that could be used for

houses or work buildings…therefore gold

mining could be a horrible idea, lets solve

these problems together and make gold

mining safer!

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-mining-environment

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starch-gold- sequestration/27504

Oil Drilling was Good….Until Now

By

Kaitlyn Seitz

Figuring It Out

Oil drilling is a way of getting oil out of the ground. To do this first the land

must be clear and leveled. You also need to make access roads. Next since water is used in drilling, there must be a source of water nearby. Then you must dig a reserved pit, which is used to dis-pose rock cuttings and drilling mud dur-ing the drilling process and lines it with plastic to protect the environment. If the site is an ecologically sensitive area, like marsh or wilderness, then the mud and rock cuttings must be disposed off site-trucked away instead of being placed in a pit . Then once you get all of the equipment you’re ready to start oil drilling, but it isn’t that simple.

Is Oil Drilling A Problem?

The most common problem is oil spills. Most oil spills range from 50 to 250 mil-lion gallons. The largest oil spill was in Kuwait, Gulf War. Some people think that we should stop oil drilling, but not everyone thinks this way. Other people think that we should continue oil drilling because we need the oil, but do people know that oil isn’t our only source of en-ergy?

Did you know that oil spills are affecting our health? People are getting contaminated with oil by eating fish such as shrimp. Cer-tain allergies like dust are also starting because of oil drill-ing. Some people are also drinking contaminated water, the oil is leaking into the water. The oil is al-so giving people skin rashes that require daily attention and Major head-aches. So here’s a tip, don’t make con-tact with oil.

So let’s Rethink

People can help by switching their oil source to solar, wind, gas, water, geo-thermal and biomass. Now we know all about the pros and cons of oil drilling. We also found out what oil drilling can cause. So next time (if you’re an adult) you may try switching your energy source to something other then oil. That is why you should think about the af-fects of oil drilling.

Oil spills don’t just affect us, it also affects animals such as otters.

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For decades the world has been dependent on oil, but

this will have to change when the world’s oil reserves

have all been depleted. Oil is one of the most essen-

tial commodities people have ever known. Our de-

pendence on it has reached such an extent that life

without oil is almost unimaginable. When oil runs out,

it will affect everything from travel to food. A world

without oil will greatly affect our daily lives.

Travel

Unless you walk or cycle everywhere, when you travel

you use oil. All modes of transportation like cars, vans,

motorbikes, planes and ships depend on oil to run.

Out of all the types of transportation, airplanes de-

pend on oil the most and therefore will likely be the

most impacted. What is likely to happen is that, espe-

cially for long-distance, air travel will once again be-

come expensive. Airplanes will be something for the

only the wealthy to enjoy on a regular basis.

This would have a huge impact on our current global

society, as people would be less willing to move if they

knew it may not be financially possible to return home.

This might lead to a lot less global travel.

Plastic

There are so many products we use every day that rely

on oil to be produced. For example, plastic wouldn’t

exist without oil. If you think of all the plastic products

you touch every day, you’ll realize what an impact a

plastic-free world would have on your life. From iPh-

one covers to groceries to clothing, there all thousands

of items that contain plastic. Plastic is also used for

medical purposes such as for components in surgical

insertions for hip, knee and heart operations. Plastic is

a very popular material because it’s resilient, versa-

tile and long-lasting. Plastic will become more expen-

sive as it becomes scarcer. As this happens the need

to recycle will become much greater.

A World without Oil By

Sophia Sheldon

Oil reserves in the world

Food

Food today is mass produced, which is mainly possi-

ble through farmers using pesticides and fertiliz-

ers on their crops. If you shop for organic

food you have less choices and higher prices due to

the higher operating costs for organic farmers. How-

ever, pesticides and fertilizers are often oil-based.

Once oil is no longer available, the chemicals we use

to produce the majority of our food may not be avail-

able either. Most people will likely have to change

their eating habits. Higher food prices have already

inspired people to reduce the amount of food they

waste. People will have to adjust the types of meals

they eat such as eating more seasonal foods, reducing

our portion sizes and eating more leftovers.

What if Oil Never Runs Out?

Some believe the world will not run out of oil

for a really long time, if ever. If they’re right, then our

day-to-day lives may not have to change much.

When there is less oil things may become more ex-

pensive, but we would not have to find new sources

of energy. This is how the world has been living for

decades and so far we have not had to make drastic

changes. It’s possible we could continue this way for

a long time but it’s probably smarter to try to find

better sources of energy.

From food and toiletries to transport and medical

procedures, we depend on oil for so much of what we

take for granted today. However, in a hundred years’

time, it is estimated that there will be no more oil

supplies left. A world without oil will change our life

styles greatly. People wouldn’t be able to travel by a

car anymore or have plastic water bottles. We de-

pend on oil so much that the life you live today

wouldn’t be the life you would be able to live without

oil .

The graph shows oil produc-

tion is dropping.

Glossary

Essential Commodities- Goods needed to maintain a minimum of a standard of a living

Resilient- Strong and able to recover from damage quickly

Versatile- Able to adapt to the different functions or activities

Scarcer- Less supply to meet a need

Pesticides- Substances used to destroy insects or other organisms

Fertilizers- Materials added to soil to improve the equality of plant growth

Inspired- Filled with the urge to do something

The Polltion...The

Solution By

Trey Morstadt

Big oil spills and little oil spills are both a really

big deal if it reaches the ocean. Crude oil

(petroleum) is a thick, black liquid found under

grown. Crude oil is also a fossil fuel that

means it is made naturally from plants and an-

imals that lived millions of years ago. People

need oil because oil heats people homes, and

oil makes cars and boats run. People also need

oil to make plastic, clothing, furniture, cars,

and even food.

You can recycle motor oil. This will keep oil out

of our water ways and ground water simply .

You can reduce your use of fossil fuel by driv-

ing a fuel efficient vehicle and using ener-gy

efficient lighting . Solar and wind power re-

duce the need for oil .

You can recycle motor oil. This will keep oil

out of our water ways and ground water sup-

ply. You venicle use of fossil fuel by driving a

fuel fishent and power reduce the need for oil

can reduce your using energy efficlent light-

ing . solar and wind power reduce the need

for oil. I hope that now you want make poor

choices with oil and try to keep our planet

clean.

This is what happens when it reaches

the ocean .

Bibliography http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Types_of_Pollution

events.awna.org/enviro

Our World Is Now Greed By Jake Solomito

These pictures show what are land is turning out to be. You would think that our land is ok. We’re

not harming it right? All our land is being destroyed. All the minerals and metals are being re-

moved and there is nothing left but dirt. Was it really worth it? Is this is what our society is turning

out to be? Is a gold ring for Valentine’s Day really worth destroying habitats and Earth’s land.

The mining industry has had a devastating impact on our ecosystems worldwide. Is there any hope

left? People are blowing up are habitats just for gold. No-

body will respect our wildlife anymore. The Pebble mine in

Alaska is big problem in our country. It could damage wil-

derness, wildlife, peo- ple that live there

and even the salmon. They just want to

make a lot of money and don’t care

what it does to our world.

Most people don’t know what it takes to make a gold ring. Twenty tons of rock and soil are taken

just to get enough gold. It takes a lot of energy to mine gold. It produces a lot of waste and pollu-

tion. It ends up in our rivers too.

There is a global campaign to boycott gold. In 2004, the environmental group Earthworks asked

retail companies not to sell gold that was “produced though environmentally and socially destruc-

tive mining practices”. Some of the largest jewelry companies including Tiffany & Co., Target and

Helzberg diamonds don’t sell gold that is mined this way. The goal is to “encourage the metal min-

ing industry to respect human rights and natural environment”.

A lot of people give gold jewelry as gifts for the holidays. On Valentine’s Day jewelry sales go up. “According to a recent survey released by National Jeweler, about 20 percent of Americans who planned buy jewelry- sales estimated to total about 4 billion dollars”. This is why activists think Valentine’s Day is a good time to teach people about mining gold. “The director of Earthworks, Payal Sampat, wants consumers to understand the back story of the gold industry. She believes this would spur an improvement in mining practice”. This is a good place to start. If people stopped buying gold for gifts then companies might not keep blowing up our land. It would help to keep our land safe and clean one step at a time. This one difference in our life can help so many others.

These maps show were the miners destroy our world.

Oil Drilling Effects

By Niko Ginis

People all around the world are using oil. They use oil to fuel their cars, heat

their homes, and even cook their food. But that oil had to be drilled out of the

ground. When oil is drilled out of the ground there are effects. These effects can be

dangerous to the environment, to people and even animals.

Oil drilling can be very dangerous to the environment in many different ways.

Some of these ways are. When drilling you need to use a metal pipe. Like a lot of

other materials metal corrodes. Corrode means to get old and rusty and brakes.

When this happens the oil leaks out into environment and causes harmful effects.

Like polluting the water in that environment. Also destroying trees and plants.

Oil drilling is not just harmful to the environment it’s also harmful to people.

Drinking contaminated water can result in fainting spells, vomiting, headaches, and

various types of cancer. Also breathing in the harmful gas can cause cancer and also

lung disease and sometimes even death. And I know

what you’re thinking but no not that kind of gas.

Oil is also harmful to animals. Now it’s not going

to be like in some movies where radiation causes ani-

mals an extra head or something like that. Animals

have a weaker immune system than people so oil can

affect them easier. Like if a fish is swimming in oil filled water and opens his mouth

he will most likely die. Even though some animals are very strong it’s hard for them

to fight. Also animals are not as smart as humans so it’s a lot harder for them to tell

whether or not water is polluted. And even if they do see the difference they proba-

bly won’t know what it means so they will just eat or drink the contaminated food

or water.

These are the terrible effects that oil drilling brings to animals, environments,

and even people. A lot of these effects are very dangerous to anyone and anything.

So the next time you use something oil related maybe you will appreciate it more.

When you hear about gas tanks what

do you think of? Is it good? Is it bad? Many

gas tanks leak around the world. It is a big

problem.

Does oil get in our groundwater?

Many people around the world proba-

bly know that when gas tanks leak it is bad.

That is true, but does everyone know that

when gas tanks leak it can get in earths

groundwater. If people drink this water it will

cause health risks such as cancer and

organ damage. A leak as small as ten gallons

in an underground tank can contaminate up

to twelve million gallons of our precious drink-

ing water. This takes water away from people

to drink.

Gas tank spills and their expense.

When gas tanks leak, they need to be

cleaned up. When gas tanks need to be

cleaned up it is a problem because it is very

expensive. When people have to clean the oil

up from the leak of the gas tanks it costs more

than $73 million. Many people in the world

don’t want to pay that much money.

Do we know when gas tanks leak?

There are so many gas tanks that leak

without people even realizing it. About 50% of

gas tanks leak all the time around the world.

When this happens usually gas tanks have to

close down until everything is fixed and

cleaned up. When this happens it usually

takes a while for the gas tanks to open up

again.

Does gas tank leaks effect the environ-

ment?

When gas tanks leak it is a problem un-

derground. It is effecting the soil under-

ground.it is also effecting the environment.

This is not good because we need soil for

many reasons. If this

continues the envi-

ronment will be con-

taminated.

Gas tanks leak

because of what con-

tainers they are in.

When the tanks are

put underground

they corrode

quickly they are unprotected in the soil. The

tanks rust and then they crack. This is not

good. Things must be done so the tanks stop

leaking.

Gas tank leaks are very bad for the envi-

ronment. It effects the world in many ways. It

effects our groundwater, it is very expensive

to clean up, and it is effecting the soil under-

ground and the environment. Many people

don’t realize how bad it is when gas tanks

leak. Gas tank leaks is a very bad thing for the

environment and it needs to stop soon.

Silent pollutant

By: Jenna Bonura

This gas tank is being taken out of the ground.

Where is the Water ? by Thomas Clark

We need water right. Then why do we pollute this essential resource .Water pollution happens

when pollution goes under ground and goes in our ground water. Water pollution always happens when

pollution goes into the ground and goes into an aquifer full of water. Water pollution can cause birth

defects and cancer.

The issue

New Mexico gets 90% of their water from ground water. The governor

of New Mexico allows the copper industry to pollute this essential re-

source. This state has become increasingly dependent on ground water.

New Mexico is running out of water. Since the copper rule has been

adopted the dairy industry and other industries want the same ability to

change ground water standards. The Copper Rule will allow Copper and

Gold Inc. to pollute ground water within a nine-square mile of the Tyrone

mine. While you find fertilizers, presides and other chemicals helpful but

much of their volume is being washed off your lawn and into the nearest

waterway.

Pollution solution

With New Mexico having a pollution problem the simplest action any of us can do to protect our

water supplies and materials is to not pollute the water in the first place. Another solution is to make

filters and filter out the dirty chemicals. One last solution is to get rid of the Copper Rule.

Water pollution is a big environmental problem. If we don’t choose to

help the environment and our ground water our society will crumble. We need

water to survive, just imagine a world without clean water. What will happen

when it rains and in that rain is pollution it will be like having a polluted shower.

Gallons of polluted water dumped into

our environment.

The keystone pipeline a proposed

1,179 mile pipeline that would

cross the United States and Canada

border. The pipe would run from oil

sand in Alberta Canada to steel city

Nebraska. The pipeline would be

built by

Trans

Canada

corp

There

are many things that are bad about

the keystone pipeline. First of all

the pipeline would be made out of

tar sand which is vulnerable to leak.

Also dangerous but not the most

dangerous way to transport oil. Al-

so critics of the pipeline are fond of

saying that the pipeline would carry

the dirtiest oil on the planet! The

oil will be significantly dirty. An av-

erage of 97,376 barrels of petrole-

um and other hazardous liquid have

been spilled in pipeline incidents

over the last decade. That is why

the pipeline is bad.

There are many good things about

things about the keystone pipeline.

First of all it will create more jobs in

the United States. The U.S. state de-

partment estimates 42,100 jobs

would be added during construc-

tion. there would be 1,950 jobs

added per year. Also some advo-

cates have claimed the key stone

project would hold down gas prices

in the U.S. that is why the key stone

pipeline is good.

There are many good and bad

things about the keystone pipeline.

The bad things

about pipeline

The good things about the

pipeline

The Key Debate by Daniella Di Benedetto

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