POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Waterborne Diseases, Environmental Health, Environmental Hazard
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* 5000 barrels of oil spilled in south dakota last thursday. They granted the final permit needed for construction. * price of oil is so low right now so it may be beneficial to build a pipe line. * trump approved it in office clean-up process: Might have to dig up the soil and burn it. Pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)ly (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to gro(cid:449) food i(cid:374) that soil e(cid:448)er agai(cid:374) Dig up soil and move it to the landfill. * convention of the parties to the united nations framework on climate change convention. 23rd meeting (annual meeting every year, discuss progress on climate change) * purpose (cid:449)as really to tra(cid:374)slate the paris (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)5 goals i(cid:374)to a(cid:272)(cid:272)epted (cid:862)rules(cid:863) a(cid:374) a(cid:272)tual (cid:862)rule (cid:271)ook(cid:863) that the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tries (cid:449)ere goi(cid:374)g to follow. Stakes are high because global temp is on track to rise by 3c: warming up faster than predicted. Canadas goal was to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2030.
