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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• Grade Level: High School

New technologies have changed the numbers in pollution. While driving, the engine releases about a half a pound of carbon monoxide (CO) into the air. ... Unlike the prediction of the doomsters, economic growth leads to less pollution. ... Comparing both essays, McKibben and Bailey agree that pollution has decreased. ... This student points out an advantage that car-pooling "would reduce car trips and thus reduce needless use of oil and pollution of the air" ( LB 96). ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School

As a result, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is steadily increasing. ... When trees are burned, carbon dioxide is released into the air. ... But deforestation does more than just add carbon dioxide into the air. ... Or better yet, try using fans instead of air conditioning in the summer months. ... It will also reduce the air pollution and improve the quality of the air we breathe. ...

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As a result, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is steadily increasing. ... When trees are burned, carbon dioxide is released into the air. ... But deforestation does more than just add carbon dioxide into the air. ... Or better yet, try using fans instead of air conditioning in the summer months. ... It will also reduce the air pollution and improve the quality of the air we breathe. ...

• Word Count: 2008
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School