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group_2_california_environment_4.pptxEnvironmental issue’s in California
Introduction
Environmental analysis
We live here
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN CALIFORNIA
Why should we care?
What’s happening?
How is our life going to change?
Why Should We Care?
Reasons:
Threat of human life.
Threat of extinction of wildlife.
Change in rainfall patterns.
Rising ocean levels.
Emergence of new types of diseases.
What Is Happening?
These changes in climate have been caused by the following reasons, among others:
Emission of too much carbon.
Global warming.
Over-exploitation of the environment.
Huge increase in human population.
How Is Our Life Going To Change?
Life for the people of California will have to change as they strive to adjust to the changing environment. For example;
Farmers will be forced to adopt irrigation.
Forcing the coastal people to migrate to inland areas.
Adoption of new food technology.
People will change their lifestyles.
California weather modification
What is it?
And why
we are
spraying?
Weather manipulation testing
High population areas
Agricultural areas
Coast of California
Health Risk’s
Inflammation
Trouble breathing
Metabolism
Depression
How to end the spraying?
Expose
Oppose
Prevent
Environmental Issue- California Plastic-Bag Ban
PRESENTER: DARREN HSIANG
Senate Bill No. 270
Prohibit supermarkets and large grocery stores to provide a single-use plastic bag to a customer
Allow them to provide compostable bags (no less than $0.10)
Go into effect on or after July 1, 2015
San Francisco and Los Angeles already have such bans
Menace to our Environment
Wastes natural resources to produce
No perfect disposal method
Pollutes our ocean
Threatens marine species and animals on land
Effects on our society
Costs roughly $428 million in CA each year to protect our water from littering
San Jose cost estimated $1 million each year to repair their recycling facility due to the plastic bag jam.
Opposition claims it will cause job loss
Why is it important?
People’s awareness of environmental protection
It’s everybody’s job to protect our environment
Start doing something helpful such as recycling
California Drought
Outline
1. The history about drought in California
2. How bad is it ?
What the reason ?
The drought effects
Solution
The history about CA drought
1) 100-year drought
2)California droughts of 1977 and 1991
3)
How bad ?
The reasons
Extreme atmospheric conditions
-- a vast zone of high pressure in the atmosphere off the West Coast
--Low amount of precipitation
--High temperature
Effects
Economic
-- Hydroelectricity: higher cost of living expense of Californian
-- California residents can be heavily fined for wasting water
Agricultural
-- potential implications for U.S. supplies and prices of affected products in 2014 and beyond
--Farms
--Crop Sectors
--Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Sectors
--Food Prices and Consumers
solutions
Government
-- local management and monitoring
-- resilience in the forests and fields
Actions from us
--save water and be environmental friendly
Environment Injustice in Richmond
Mengjing Zhu (Maggie)
Outline
Election of Mayor
Chevron Refinery Fire
Richmond Citizens sue and protest Chevron
Environment of Richmond
Health Problems of Richmond Citizens
Nat Bates
Tom Butt
Election of Mayor of Richmond
3,000,000
50,000
Chevron Refinery Fire in 2012
Air—foul
Excess gases—energy and heat waves
Frequent explosions and fires
Toxic emissions
Lung-penetrating diesel particles
Benzene, mercury and so on
“They save money on shelter, but they pay the price in health”
Latinos, blacks and Asians
North Richmond —97%
Richmond — 82.9%
California —59.9%
Median income
North Richmond—$36875
Richmond— $54012
Contra Costa County—$78385
Heart disease
Strokes
Asthma
Cancer
Reproductive problems
Neurological effects
Chronic bronchitis
Conclusion
Planet Earth
Consequences
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