Oil spills

Ruby – IB Unit 2

In   1999 a freighter crashed onto a  beach  during a storm. The new Carissa leaked 70,000 U.S. gallons of black sticky oil. It leaked from the beach into the ocean. Over 3,000 shore birds and sea birds were killed. Seals, fish and shell fish were also killed or affected. If anyone hadn’t helped the beaches would remain covered in dirty oil, and all sea animals would be killed.

The solution is to prevent oil spills. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) monitors ship traffic, makes disaster plans, and participates in clean up respond and clean up exercise. DEQ works with other government groups and private companies to prevent and respond to oil spills. SOLV also has been cleaning Oregon’s beaches for over 40 years.

My personal action plan is to make sure that my uncle fixes his boat before he goes on the water.

Littering

                 Throwing Cigarettes

         Throwing cigarettes on the ground is a problem because it starts wild fires. Cigarettes can kill animals if they eat them or breathe in smoke of one. It is also a problem in Oregon because it is terrible for the Earth. If no one helps try to fix this problem then it can get animals extinct and ruin their homes. So if someone doesn’t try to fix this problem where will animals live? But wild animals wouldn’t even be in the forest to make nests and fill up trees. So try not to throw cigarettes in the forest and on the floor.

Throwing cigarettes harms many things. So, one thing that will help is to not smoke because it also can harm people of all ages. You should also have a trash can so you don’t have to pay a fee of over $500 dollars just for littering. People that pick up trash solve this problem in Oregon. Another way to solve this problem is that people should not allow other people to smoke and throw them on the ground. People also take medication to stop smoking. I am going to tell people that it is terrible to smoke. I will also remind people that smoking also can definitely kill you.

By Ella 

What Pollutes Water - Lexi

What Pollutes  Water?

By Lexi

      I think that people need to stop polluting the water. People shouldn’t even throw their trash in ponds or water. Who would put their trash in ponds or lakes? I wouldn’t dump trash in the water. If people didn’t help clean the water I would be sad because we need water so we can drink clean water.

      I think people shouldn’t put oil in the water at all. To solve this problem people need to pick up dirty trash so we can drink healthy water, go swimming, and fishing. I would be so happy is people helped the community. Everyone should help the animals that were hurt and attacked by water pollution. I would be safer if we had less pollution. My action plan is to tell people that we need less trash in the water.