Richard Nixon and His Importance to Environmental History. Richard Nixon was immensely important to our modern perception of being environmentally conscious. While his tenure as president of the United States was short, he was one of the first presidents to truly prioritize the health of our planet. Richard Nixon made his intentions on getting the United States on track for environmental success clear from the start. Right after his inauguration Richard Nixon made the statement that "resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. I don’t think we have paid enough attention to this. . . . We are going to do a better job than we have done in the past." via Science History Institute . This public stand was huge, while some argued if it was for purely political reasons, it didn't truly matter. The Environmental conscious of Americans was growing, and the newly elected president making a choice to promise change on a hot button topic was ...
Hurricane Ida oil spills 'mind-boggling,' but likely not as bad as Katrina, Rita MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN AND TRISTAN BAURICK | Staff writers PUBLISHED SEP 13, 2021 AT 4:00 AM | UPDATED SEP 13, 2021 AT 7:21 AM, https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_bca326b0-1250-11ec-b0d6-fbaf7548a8d0.html Section 1: Hurricane Ida and its Impact on Oil Hurricane Ida is a recent hurricane to hit our coasts here in America. Much destruction and suffering has followed its wake, however many don’t think of the implications a hurricane can have on the environment. Oil rigs and pipelines have been destroyed because of the hurricanes destruction and as a result, oil has spilled into the coastlines ocean. This is however not uncommon when it comes to hurricanes, in the past hurricanes Katrina and Rita have caused much more oil leakage and destruction . I am concerned about how we handle oil. The goal should always be zero oil released into our world’s oceans. The impacts of oil spills...
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