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Tragedy of the Commons
depletion of a shared resource by individuals, acting independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest, despite their understanding that depleting the common resource is contrary to the group's long-term best interests. -
The Panama Canal
the Panama Canal is a canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. There are locks at each end to lift ships up to Gatun Lake, 26 metres (85 ft) above sea level. -
Love Canal
Love Canal neighborhood is in the southeast section of the La Salle area of Niagara Falls, New York.Between 1942 and 1953 Hooker Chemical disposed of about 22,000 tons of mixed chemical wastes into the Love Canal. -
The Great Smog of 52
a severe air pollution event that affected London. It was a period of cold weather combined with an windless conditions collected airborne pollutants. It caused major disruption due to the effect on visibility and even penetrated indoor areas. -
Castle Bravo
Was a code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States. -
silent springs
it is a book about the effects of pestisides in the bird environment. -
The Palomares Incident
a B-52G bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The B-52G broke apart, killing three of the seven crew members aboard.[1] -
1st Earth Day
Earth Day is celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally -
Eccocide in Vietnam
Ecocide is that in which an organism destroys ecosystems other than its own.Ecocide can also result from pollution such as the introduction of high concentrations of pesticides which destroy the local flora extensively. -
Amoco Cadiz
Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil.all together resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. -
The Seveso Disaster
was an industrial accident in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately.north of Milan in the Lombardy region in Italy -
Three Mile Island accident
was a partial nuclear meltdown which occurred in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history -
The Bhopal Disaster
The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worst industrial disaster.Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion
a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.The Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history -
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
The Exxon Valdez oil ship struck Prince William Sounds Alaska the Valdez oil spill was the largest oil spill in the US untill 2010. -
The Shrinking of the Aral Sea
The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands", referring to about 1,534 islands that once dotted its waters; in Old Turkic aral means "island" and "thicket".Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometres (26,300 sq mi) -
Kuwaiti oil fires
the Kuwaiti oil fire was caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to more than 600 oil wells as part of a scorched earth policy.The resulting fires burned out of control because of the dangers of sending in firefighting crews. -
The Three Gorges Dam
the Three Gorges Dam a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping located in Yiling District Yichang Hubei province China. In 2012, the amount of electricity the dam generated was similar to the amount generated by the Itaipu Dam. -
Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
Baia Mare cyanide spill was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare Romania into the Someş River by Aurul a gold mineing company -
Minamata Disease
it is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia numbness in the hands and feet general muscle weakness, -
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes. Low oxygen levels recorded along the Gulf Coast of North America have led to reproductive problems in fish involving decreased size of reproductive organs, low egg counts and lack of spawning. -
The Al-mishraq Fire
Al-Mishraq is a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, Iraq. It was the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded -
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions was a series of explosions. In Petrochemical Plant in Jilin City Jilin Province China -
Sidoarjo mud flow
is the result of an erupting mud volcano[1] in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia -
An Inconvenient Truth
Inconvenient truth is a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that -
E-waste in Guiyu, China
Guangdong Province, China, is made up of four small villages.In 2005 there were 60,000 e-waste workers in Guiyu who processed the more than 100 truckloads that were transported to the 52 square kilometre area every day. -
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
It was the largest fly ash release in United States history. The problom was that Kingston fossil plant were dumping fly ash into rivers. It was spreding around and infecting and killing fish and the water. -
Deep water horizon BP oil spill
the deep water BP oil spill was in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, estimated to be between 8% and 31% larger in volume than the earlier Ixtoc I oil spill. -
Fukushima Daiichi
it was a nucler power plant explosien. six boiling water reactors stopped working -
Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N.The patch is located within the North Pacific Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres. -
Door to hell
Door to hell is a natural gas field.The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance. -
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Montana, United States. -
Environmental Protection Agency
USEPA is an agency of the U.S. federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment
