ENVR 1301 – Sergio Tello

 Fracking – Why is hydrofracking contentious? Problem Statement:   Hydrofracking is the process of pumping water, sand, and many chemicals into shale rocks to get access to oil and natural gas that is located deep underground. The problem with Hydrofracking is, it is too harmful for the environment and the people to be used as a common source of natural gas and oil. This process has been around ever since "1947" (Suchy and Newell, 2012) and is today, exponentially more effective than it was at the process's creation. Hydrofracking is a combination of the word "Hydraulic fracturing" (Cohen, 2014). This is very financially profitable and it will be for a long time because estimates show that there are about "482 trillion cubic feet of shale gas potential underground" (Cohen, 2014) in the United States only. This process makes up about thirty-four percent of the United States' natural gas.     This high value is one of the reasons that the process is ...

Six-Point Critical Analysis Worksheet My blog posting is available online at: https://envr1301-sergiotello.blogspot.com/2023/04/activity-232-ranches-as-grassland.html   1. Exploratory Probe basic facts and knowledge found in the video and article. ( What research evidence supports _________? Type up several facts and basic knowledge from the video & article. Relate this to what you find in other resources, prior activities for stronger scores.)) Holistic Management shows that grasses of the world evolved to be grazed, we need to graze them for their health. After a few years of holistic management, farmers have seen a huge increase in yields and production on their farms. Grasslands make up 40% of earths surface area. Herbivores complete the decay process for grass by eating it. Herbivores cycle the carbon into the system. Predators are one of the reasons that Herbivores moves away from an already grazed location. This process protects against overgrazing. Grazing is ...

  Six-Point Critical Analysis of Current Event My blog posting is available online at: https://envr1301-sergiotello.blogspot.com/2023/04/activity-231-ranchers-anglers-and.html 1. Exploratory Probe basic facts and knowledge found in the reading and video. (What research evidence supports _________? Type up several facts and basic knowledge from the reading and video. Relate this to what you find in other resources, prior activities for stronger scores.)) The BLM (Bureau of Land Management) use the acronym PFC to discuss the Proper Functioning Condition of a water stream. The BLM manages 248 million acres and is tasked with the assessment of the streams and streamside vegetation (Fesenmyer, Restoring Streamside Vegetation Using Grazing and Beavers). One of the main purposes of BLM’s management is to take the strain off of the streams and rivers caused by overgrazing, forest fires and other stressors. They tend to remove cattle from an area by fencing it off, this allow...

 Activity 4.2 Environmental Policy Frameworks. Frames: Environmental Conflict: Resolution, 2003 Understanding Environmental Problems Context in Environmental Conflicts Identity Frames: "Who am I" "What do I want"? These types of frames involve a persons personal experiences who shape who they are today. Identity  Addresses the question "who am I" Cultural Environment: What a person values, believes, and wants in their life. Demographic Environment: Used to classify a person based on their age, race appearance and other determining factors. Characterization Frames: Who are they, what has influenced them to become the way they are. Characterization "Who are they?" "What ideas make them who they are?" Conflict Management Frames: Differences between people managing conflicts Conflict Management or Process frames "Address how individuals relate to various policy or conflict resolution alternatives" Legal Environment Decisions on th...

Activity 4.1 – US Environmental History and Major Regulations .       Environmental thought has existed in many people's minds for a long time, although it did not look the same way it does today. Considering that the United States (the original colonies) did not come to fruition until a couple of hundred years ago, the Americans' view of the environment has changed dramatically since the 1700s. In general, the number of people who genuinely care about keeping the environment safe from harm has gone up, even if they don't all have the same reasoning. This is due to the ease of transporting intelligence in the modern world, the amount of new knowledge we have about the environment and our impact, and the advances and visions of people from the past.  Environmental ideas mostly began with problems erupting from the farming industry. Farming was (and still is) a necessary part of life for early settlers and the old expansionists. The most prominent problem with f...

  Activity 3.3.3.1 Current Events in Plastic Pollution My blog posting is available online at: https://envr1301-sergiotello.blogspot.com/2023/04/activity-3331-current-events-in-plastic.html 1. Exploratory Probe basic facts and knowledge found in the readings. (What research evidence supports _________? Type up several facts and basic knowledge from the readings. Relate this to what you find in other resources, prior activities for stronger scores.))      • Microplastics are everywhere in the world nowadays. Microplastics are created when plastics begin to breakdown to smaller pieces and they are harmful to humans and the environment. Nanoplastics also exist and they are even smaller than microplastics and are also hurting the environment. In the United Kingdoms water during 2017 there were 0 to 1.5 microplastics per cubic meter in the water. In 2023 it is now 0 to 121 microplastics per cubic meter which is 100 times more. This is very bad news for the environm...

  Activity 3.3.3 – My Plastic Use      Microplastics are plastics that are very tiny, invisible to the naked eye. Microplastics come from many places and sources but the most common are from industrial waste. They are so small and plentiful, they are everywhere on the planet already. They are light (weight wise) enough to be carried by wind or water and are very common in the ocean.  Unfortunately, it has been recently found that microplastics are also in our bloodstream and may be causing problems that we do not yet understand. Microplastics exist because of the plastics we create and use. Humans create plastics for a large variety of uses, whether it be a bag of chips, a shower curtain, a mouse pad, fans, chairs, cooking utensils or even cars. This all started after world war II. It was found that plastics had more use than in just a militarized setting and people accommodated them into common life almost immediately.  They would have not been alive to ...