Intro to EPP - Spring 09

This is the blog site for the Intro to Environmental Policy and Planning course (UAP 3354) at Virginia Tech.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Paper or Plastic, or Biodegradable, or Canvas, or…

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Have you ever consider the amount of plastic bags you have used over the course of your consumer career? Have you ever considered where tho...
Friday, May 1, 2009

Coral Reef Destruction

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Coral reef destruction is becoming a greater environmental issue everyday. For example, in the Phillipines 70% of reef has been completel...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

You've Got To Be Sh*ttin' Me

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All jokes aside.  There is potential to develop energy from waste, both, reducing methane gas emissions from both swine manure lagoons and w...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Environmental Injustice in Grand Bois

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In 1994 in Grand Bois , Louisiana waste from oil spills was driven through this small town to be dumped into the ground at a Campbell Wells...

US helps declare first national park in Afghanistan

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In hopes of attracting international tourism, obtaining World Heritage Status and protecting land, Afghanistan has declared its first intern...

Saving the Salton Sea

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The Salton Sea has had many different names since being discovered by the Spanish in Southern California; the Colorado Desert, Valley of the...

Permanent Pipeline Construction Will Aid Sabine Marsh Restoration

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Earlier this month, the US Army Corps of Engineers awarded $9 million to contract Wilco Pipeline Contractors of Rayne, Louisiana in order to...

California Tackles Invasive Fish Problem

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Lake Davis in California has been encountering problems with Northern pike, a nonnative invasive fish species that threatens California’s aq...

Interstate 3 - Needed Economic Boon or Unnecessary Ecological Burden?

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About 44 years ago, a plan for Interstate 3 was drafted. It can be basically summed up as a four lane interstate cutting through a mountaino...

Stricter Standards for Non-road Engines

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Most people do not associate air pollution with mowing the lawn or recreational boating. Yet they are a significant source of pollution. Th...
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