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when people act independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest examples of "Commons" are atmosphere, oceans, rivers, fish stocks, national parks, advertising
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canal traffic in 2009 reached 299.1 million tons of shipping. in 2014 theres gonna be a project that will double the canal's capacity
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As of March 2001, 2,265 victims had been officially recognised Chisso Corporation had paid $86 million in compensation
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Libby residents have suffered with asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma exposure to the dust from the mines were damaging to the lungs
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a severe air pollution event that affected London 4,000 people had died and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects
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the code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb it was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States
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The book was written by Rachel Carson The book was published by Houghton Mifflin
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1.5 million acres of forest was defoliated by the united states 200,000 acres of cropland was destroyed
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The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its fuel load ignited All four crew members were killed
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environmental protection awareness is raised all around the world earth day is celebrated in more than 192 countries each year
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The agency has approximately 17,000 full-time employees Nixon signed an executive order to start the operation
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its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet scientists The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance.
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the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste by Hooker Chemical now the site is an Occidental Petroleum Corporation
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resulted in the highest known exposure to dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations The EU industrial safety regulations are known as the Seveso II Directive.
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Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels of light crude oil Severe weather resulted in the complete breakup of the ship before any oil could be pumped out
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There was releases of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment The power plant was named after the island on which it was situated
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The official death count was 31 the incident ultimately involved over 500,000 workers
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The Valdez spill was the largest ever in US waters until 2010 the ship was carrying approximately 55 million US gallons of oil
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fisheries and the communities that depended on the lake were closed down The lake was saved and started to increase in size
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Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals a total of 3,787 deaths because of the gas release
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the last fire was extinguished by November 1991 Around 6 million barrels of oil were lost each day.
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The coordinates:135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N oceanic currents force the trash to float together
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was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania The polluted waters killed a large amount of fish
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the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded the fire was putting 21,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide a day into the atmosphere.
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the location may be the largest electronic waste site on earth they processed more than 100 truckloads a day
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The explosions killed six, injured dozens there was evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
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it was a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim The film grossed $24 million in the U.S.
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the official estimate was 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge six months after the spill only 3% of it had been cleaned up
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considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry The total discharge is estimated at 210 million gallons
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Fukushima Daiichi is one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world The plant had major damage from the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami
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mud was being discharged at a rate of 10,000 m³ per day now when mud is discharged its at a rate of 100,000 cubic metres per day
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some archaeological and cultural sites were flooded some 1.3 million people were left without homes
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the dead zone is an area roughly the size of Connecticut The dead zone is an area without oxygen
