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List of environmental conflicts

List of environmental conflicts is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of environmental conflicts rather than just read about it. In short: The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented. Climate Global Climate March Global Day of Action March Against Monsanto March for Science (2017) People's Climate March (2014) People's Climate March (2017) School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) (2018–) September 2019 climate strikes Stop C…

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Reference excerpt

The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented.

Climate Global Climate March Global Day of Action March Against Monsanto March for Science (2017) People's Climate March (2014) People's Climate March (2017) School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) (2018–) September 2019 climate strikes Stop Climate Chaos Say Yes demonstrations March for Science Portland Camp for Climate Action End Fossil - Occupy!

Mining

Antamina mine Akyem mine Ashio Copper Mine 2000 Baia Mare Cyanide spill Bajo de la Alumbrera mine Chirano Gold Mine Famatina mining protests Fruta del Norte mine Garzweiler surface mine Konkola Copper Mines La Colosa mine Lake Natron Las Bambas copper mine 2015 Peruvian protests against Las Bambas mining project El Chanate Conflict minerals Cuajone mine Dairi mine Dolores mine Escobal mine protests Fenix Nickel Project Himpunan Hijau Kabwe mine Kamoto mine Kenticha mine Lega Dembi mine Los Pelambres mine Marange diamond fields Marikana massacre Mirador mine Mrima Hill mine Mutanda mine Nchanga Copper mine Ok Tedi Mine Phosphorite War Pueblo Viejo mine QMM mine Tilwezembe mine Rennell Island bauxite mine Resolution Copper (Oak flat) La Revancha mine Rio Tinto massacre Roșia Montană protests Rovina mine San Carlos Panantza mine Shifang protest Thacker Pass lithium mine Toquepala mine Toroku arsenic disease Uranium mining on Navajo reservations 2010 Xinfa aluminum plant protest Xolobeni mine Yanacocha gold mine

Fossil fuels

Amuay tragedy Arun gas field Bayou Bridge Pipeline protests Block 5A, South Sudan Cassurubá Extractive Reserve Chevron Richmond Refinery Coastal GasLink pipeline 2020 Candainan pipeline and railway protests Corrib gas controversy Dakota Access Pipeline protests Grassy Mountain Coal Project Hambach Forest Karachaganak Field Keystone pipeline Lago Agrio oil field 2012–2014 Romanian protests against shale gas Environmental issues in the Niger Delta Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Natural gas in Papua New Guinea Pungarayacu oil field Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex Stop Line 3 Trans Mountain pipeline

Renewables Bedford Biofuels Lake Turkana Wind Power Station Lamu Wind Power Station Ngodwana Biomass Power Station

Timber and agriculture Indigenous rainforest blockades in Borneo Chipko movement Fairy Creek timber blockade Grassy Narrows road blockade Gurindji Strike Mau Forest Pesticide incidents in the San Joaquin Valley Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary Chico Mendes Green Belt Movement

Toxic waste Agbogbloshie Cancer Alley China PX protests Grassy Narrows mercury poisoning Electronic waste in Guiyu Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan Jinkanpo Atsugi Incinerator 2005 Huashui protest Kokuba River Love Canal protests Qidong protest Khian Sea waste disposal incident North Carolina PCB Protest, 1982 Washington Works Dupont Chambers Works The Lafarge-Holcim cement factory in Montcada i Reixac (Catalonia) Prestige oil spill Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Infrastructure and urban development 2011 Bolivian indigenous rights protests Basque Y Ciudad Real International Airport Eurovegas Fehmarn Belt fixed link Gezi Park protests Green Bans Hands off our Forest Heathrow airport expansion High Speed 2 Homes before Roads Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor List of road protests in the UK and Ireland Nairobi Southern Bypass Highway Oka Crisis Parc Olympique Lyonnais Port of Granadilla Runway 18 West Stop Cop City Stuttgart 21 Contested Infrastructure in France (catégory)

Dams and water conflicts

Agua Zarca dam Belo Monte dam Bhakra Dam Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station Chico River dam Flint water crisis Hatgyi Dam Rasi Salai Dam Sardar Sarovar Dam Save Manapouri Campaign Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle Sơn La Dam Tagus-Segura Water Transfer Tellico Dam Tipaimukh Dam Cochabamba Water War Les Soulèvements de la Terre Yali Falls Dam Yortanlı Dam

Nuclear

Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival (1980s) Chernobyl disaster Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima Daiichi disaster ITER Kyshtym disaster Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory Nuclear industry in South Australia Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Nevada Desert Experience Nuclear-free protests in New Zealand (1960 - 1980) Nuclear programme of South Africa Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

Disasters

Bhopal disaster Hurricane Katrina San Juanico disaster

Conservation and tourism Pirin National Park Serengeti National Park Sun Peaks Resort Tablas de Daimiel National Park

See also Anti-nuclear protests Blockadia Environmental activism Environmental racism

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of environmental conflicts

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of environmental conflicts claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of environmental conflicts before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of environmental conflicts ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of environmental conflicts

In research: List of environmental conflicts appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of environmental conflicts in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of environmental conflicts is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Environmental protests, Lists of environmental organizations, Lists of protests, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of environmental conflicts outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of environmental conflicts in simple terms?

The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented. Climate Global Climate March Global Day of Action March Against Monsanto March for Science (2017) People's Climate March (2014) People's…

Why does List of environmental conflicts matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of environmental conflicts?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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