Geography

Student name Class name Instructor name Date Beach Water Pollution and Quality in Long Beach There are many primary sources of beach water pollution. They can be listed in the following manner. Storm water runoff (water that originates as rain or melted snow water, but during the course of its journey accumulates waste from land, such as human and animal fecal matter; plant, animal, and construction debris; roads, rooftops, and so on). Waste generated by sewer systems (this can constitute leaks of human and industrial waste from old and malfunctioning pipes, or a combination of raw sewage and runoff waste from human establishments and industries). Waste from boating systems (mostly in...

Generally, richer and economically advanced countries have higher gas prices compared to poorer or gas producing countries. However the US is an exception; despite being economically superior, the gas price is low. For the period between 2nd February 2015 to 11th May 14, 2015, the world average gas price was 1.38 compared to 0.69 for the US. The price of gas in a particular country can be used to regulate the consumption by use of taxes or subsidies. The introduction of gas tax would make gas more expensive and therefore people would drive less. Subsidies on the other hand reduce the cost of gas and consequently increase consumption. A good example is Venezuela, where the government has greatly...

Student's Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Biases in Reporting News Bias in reporting news and public information meant for public consumption is a frequent occurrence, especially in the media fraternity. Considering the fact that a majority or a large percentage of the consumers of news and information are not able to make informed and knowledgeable decisions regarding issues concerning public strategy in the situation that there is distortion in their reliable source of information, it becomes crucial to citizens of different countries that there are fairness and no biases in the reporting of news. Media bias takes place when a media organization publishes or airs a story in a manner...

Name Professor’s name Course number: Date #5 News events are often reported differently based on both the source of the information and the bias the reporting agency might hold towards the events. Bias in reporting may tilt a story making the meaning of a certain event seem different when reported by different agencies. This paper captures the details with which three agencies (CNN, Aljazeera and the daily beast) reported the events surrounding the bombing down of the Russian war planes by Turkish air fighters. Opinions the news agencies agreed upon by all the three media agencies are as follows; Turkey is not in any way intimidated by Russia. The event reignited the confrontation...