It seems one of the main drivers pushing China to excel in renewable energy is their current state of pollution. ... This article argues that the high amounts of pollution are a main factor of encouragement to invent renewable energy. The article "Environmental Health Perspectives" by Justin Remais and Junfeng Zhang argues the same thing stating that "China's dependence on coal for nearly 70% of its energy supply contributes more than a quarter of global emissions of inorganic mercury." ... Another article that claims the environmental issues are a major motivation for renewable energy...

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The production and the use of biomass also bring additional environmental and social benefits. ... Carbon tax is a form of pollution tax. ... Cap and trade is the most environmentally and economically sensible approach controlling greenhouse gas emissions, the primary driver of global warming. ... Companies can plan well in advance to be allowed fewer and fewer permits, less global warming pollution each year. ... If a company is able to cut its pollution easily and cheaply, it can end up with extra allowances. ...

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The downside to this operation is that during the combustion stage there is a release of unhealthy gases and solids that will be let out into the atmosphere, increasing air pollution and carbon emission. ... Environmental Protection Agency it is found that greater than half of the air pollution in the United States is caused by mobile sources which are majorly automobiles. ... On the other hand, renewable sources have little to no impact and once they are set up energy will be produced in a clean and sustainable way without producing toxic pollution or global warming emissions. ... The great...

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The second benefit of renewable energy is that it is environmentally friendly. ... The Department of Energy states that "with approximately 40 percent of all carbon emissions coming from power plants, the environmental advantages of renewable energy are significant. " Reducing carbon emissions are not the only way in which renewables are environmentally compatible. They can also reduce water consumption, thermal pollution, waste, noise, and adverse land-use impacts. ...

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Hydro energy does not cause pollution, it seems ideal; however, there are some problems. ... There are many reasons why solar power can easily become the world's most environmentally friendly alternative fuel source. ... Power plants that use fuel to generate electricity produce tons of pollution as they release carbon dioxide into the air. ... Overall, renewable energy helps to lower the electric bill for consumers and is very environmental friendly. Wind Power produces larger quantities of electricity and is environmentally friendlier compared to hydropower. ...

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The call for an environmental protocol came after scientists discovered large deposits of natural resources such as coal, natural gas and offshore oil reserves in the early 1980s. ... Environmental groups such as Greenpeace believe that there would be no environmental benefit from mining in Antarctica. ... Even the strictest environmental regulations in the world cannot guard against human error or mechanical failure. ... The waters of the Southern Ocean are among the most biologically productive in the world; they support a unique, highly-adapted and specialized ecosystem that do not permit ...

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Introduction Owing to the rising greenhouse emission and the environmental pollution, a company's ecological footprint is seriously influencing the world's ecosystems, and the poor global environmental problems are changing a corporate strategy of a company (Saul et all. 2013, 42). ... Logistics activities and environmental developments are two major elements in GSCM. ... The strategy is to minimize environmental impacts by means of applying advanced technologies or changing transportation models. ... It is no doubt that these improvements indicate a company's strengths and oppo...

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Two essential questions are, Is the energy crisis really the environmental issue of safer and healthier means of mining and utilizing energy resources and how has energy crisis affected us now as well as has it been predicted to occur in the future at our global rate of resource consumption? ... Solar energy systems are sustainable because they create no pollution and consume natural energy, unlike the fossil fuels used now to produce electricity and heat. ... Given the predicted information from Shuster, pollution and the demand for energy that is now primarily derived from fossil fuels s...

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This pollution and carbon emissions has adverse effects on the environment and has started to cause climate change throughout the world. ... For instance, hydro-development causes environmental degradation since water and land quality are affected by the flooding, erosion, and accumulation of toxic waste from hydro development. Besides high investment costs, hydropower development also has a low return on investment because the efficiency of hydropower depends on environmental quality such as water flow. ... Doing so will decrease demand for fuel, decreasing the amount of fuel we import, decre...

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If all of the water in the world could be poured into one bucket, only one teaspoon of that water would be drinkable. In fact, the scarcity of clean drinking water is responsible for the deaths of 2,000 children a day; dehydration and poor sanitation. In the US, nearly 50% of water usage is devoted to power generation, a third to agriculture, and appropriately 5% for industrial purposes. The majority of the publicly or privately funded research on water technologies has been conducted to satisfy standards for municipal needs (11% of US water use)1. Although research is being conducted to b...

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Ethanol is low in reactivity and high in oxygen content, making it an effective tool in reducing the levels of ozone pollution. ... Ethanol offers tremendous opportunities for new jobs, economic growth and strategic and environmental benefits. ...

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They are diminishing over time and are not environmental friendly because they produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. The longer there is a reliance on fossil fuels the more pollution our environment will face. ... Why should Africa promote environmental energy efficiency? ... Lastly, promoting green energy could decrease the amount of trees that are cut to use its wood for a source of energy (deforestation) and will decrease air pollution as well. ...

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Recently surpassing Japan, China is now the second largest economy in the world following the United States (U.S. Department of State). This rise has taken place over the last three decades as China has slowly loosened its trade policies from a central system to a more market-orientated system (CIA...

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A number of energy companies are now moving into renewable energy sources due to a number of reasons like the ever decreasing petroleum reserves of the planet which will invariably exhaust one day, the pollution being caused burning petro-chemicals and the damage it is doing to the atmosphere etc. ... Light from the sun is converted into electrical current via photo-voltaic cells and once the required setup is installed, it is virtually free energy with absolutely no environmental costs either. ... There are a number of companies in this at the moment but none has gone to the extent of taking ...

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