THE MOVIE!

Hey guys, after 4 hours of work, it finally worked!

Final Movie Post

This is my last post. This movie was created by me and I hope it works because I have spent about 4 hours trying to upload it to this page. Anyways, this video is about the topics outlined in this blog. If this topic interests you, realize this is a basic overview of each topic, research more on the topic that interests you the most. Have fun and I hope you enjoy the video.

ces-440-final-video-project2

Movie Post

ces-440-final-video-project1

To sum up everything that you can find on this blog I created a movie. The movie was created in power point and is a basic outline of all the topics that deal with the injustice of the polluting of a grand resource. The Columbia River is a large sewer as it stands now and this video shows why. I would encourage you to research these topics in more detail if they interest you. Hope you have enjoyed reading this blog, this will be my final post.

The Other side…

Due to lack or information found on the internet, this is all speculation. The information that is to follow is my opinion on the subject and if you have information pertaining to this topic I would encourage you to share.

People like products that are cheap, this way we can save money. When the voters vote to tighten the regulations on industries this causes the industries to boost their prices to be able to afford to conform to the new regulations. So if the purchasers want lower prices on the products in which they are purchasing then they should not complain about the pollution in the river. A common phrase may be used “the solution to pollution is dilution”. This simply means that by discharging pollutants into the Columbia River is solving the pollution problem because the Columbia River is a large resource with unlimited water flow to dilute the pollution to an acceptable standard.

Water Resources Management

If this is not addressed, this is what could happen to the Columbia River.

Heavy Metals

The heavy metals and their effects can be summed up in this video found on YouTube.com

Canadian Pollution

A smelter company in British Columbia is being attacked by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is a United States based program. The reason the EPA is attacking the smelter company in British Columbia, Canada, is because the pollution created by smelting is polluting the United States portion of the Columbia River. The company titled Teck Cominico is seeking a diplomatic solution. The company is going through the Canadian Government to deal with the US Government counterparts. The smelting operation produces 10 to 20 million tons of slag each year, slag is the pollution produced by pollution which contains lead, arsenic and mercury. The slag once in the river in Canada flows down into the Columbia river portion titled Lake Roosevelt, which is used by over 1 million boaters, swimmers and fishers a year.

This information was found: http://www.bluefish.org/epacanad.htm