Some of the sources that cause pollution and their adverse effects are: Smoke from fires, factories and automobiles: When we burn waste, factories and automobiles emit harmful gaseous elements to the air, air pollution is caused. One of the major reasons of global warming, air pollution causes the air we breathe to be filled with harmful gases like carbon monoxide, Sulphur dioxide, SPM and other such gases. ... Thus, pollution destroys air, water and soil- the three most valuable renewable natural resources. Pollution can be stopped if we stop the above ways by which pollution occurs or reduce...

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Consequences linked with overpopulation include an increase in demand of natural resources, increase in pollution, erosion, advanced global warming, etc. ... The United States is linked to chemical pollution, solid waste pollution, water pollution, radiation pollution, air pollution, fossil fuel dependence, waste, and environmental degradation, which all leads to global warming. ... We contribute one quarter of green house gases caused by pollution from waste, vehicles, etc. ...

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They also include the air we breathe and the water we drink. ... Indirectly, ecological disturbances, air pollution, changes in food and water supplies, and coastal flooding are all examples of possible impacts that might affect human health. ...

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Around this time, the Environmental Defense Fund, also known as the EDF, was coming up with way of their own to approach the current problems with pollution, and they came up with the conclusion that people hate being told what to do, and they wanted to give people a chance to turn a profit. ... They were worried that proponents were less interested in cleaning up pollution, rather than doing it cheaply. ... Over 20 years later, since the signing of the Clean Air Act of 1990, this system of Cap and Trade is still allowing polluters to figure out the least expensive way to reduce acid rain em...

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Actions of companies, consumers of products containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and industry pollution have all been speculated as the responsible factors. ... The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change points out that there has been no net change in the earth's true surface air temperature for at least the last 20 years. ...

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Explain the Greenhouse Effect. The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature of the Earth because certain gases in the atmosphere such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, trap energy from the sun. These greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation to pass through the E...

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