Jilin City China

The Jilin City chemical plant explosion killed only 6 workers, but the environmental effects were much worse. Over 100 tons of benzene and nitrobenzene spilled into the Songhua River. The cost of cleaning the spill came up to over 100 million dollars. Despite the effects of the explosion and the cost of cleaning the mess, this is not the reason why it was put in the essay. The reason this disaster was put into my essay was because this disaster triggered the conversation of sustainability in China. After the explosion and the effects many flaws of China were uncovered. The explosion forced China to reevaluate their policies on emissions and industries. This reason is why this disaster is in my essay.

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. Green, Nat. "Positive Spillover? Impact of the Songhua River Benzene Incident on China' S Environmental Policy." Web



London Fog

The London Fog of 1952 is a perfect example of a manmade environmental disaster and Air pollution which my essay will be written about. This event was caused by different factors, but the major factors could have prevented the disaster from happening. For example if the British Government had listened to the environmental activists pleads for a clean air act to control the smog and air pollution the disaster might have been diverted. In addition to that if the people of London were to switch over to electric heating and powering instead of burning coals and fire wood there would be a less chance of having a disaster. The weather is uncontrollable so it is an invalid excuse for the smog/fog. The sources chosen brings home the point of big companies playing a big role in environmental disasters.

Reference (MLA)

 

 

Hernan, Robert Emmet. "London, England 1952." This Borrowed Earth: Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Bell, Michelle L., and Devra Lee Davis. "Reassessment of the Lethal London Fog of 1952: Novel Indicators of Acute and Chronic Consequences of Acute Exposure to Air Pollution." Environmental Health Perspectives: 389



The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl of the 1930's may not have been well known as an environmental disaster, but it very much is. This is a disaster that happened at one of Americas lowest moments in time. The Great Depression was going on at the same time as the Dust Bowl, and was a factor that contributed to the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl was caused by many different factors, but in the essay of mines, it will focus on the farming Industries and their role in the Dust Bowl.

MLA Reference

 

 

Trimarchi, Maria. HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com. Web. 9 Feb. 2015. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm>.