In the past, attention was paid to air pollution caused by emissions in the coal burning process however now more research is done to environmental degradation in terms of land pollution due to improper waste management. ... These dumps cause land erosion, contaminate ground water, and contribute to dust pollution and even explosions because they are self igniting. ... They have suggested that the government and mine owners both take responsibility for these social losses to minimize environmental pollution. ... When everyone is aware of the dangers posed there would be more action taken to r...

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Nuclear energy use contains various factors to be examined through costs to run a nuclear power plant, a comparison to other energy sources, and environmental concerns. ... Finally, the environmental issues that arise with nuclear energy is an ongoing topic. With all types of energy there is some environmental affect that happens, sometimes good and other times bad. ... Now along with the pros of nuclear energy and how it affects the environment, the plants do not emit carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrogen oxides into the ozone, whereas, fossil fuel plants produce a ton of air pollut...

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And finally, the amount of pollution that these actions, and even many of the actions of everyday citizens such as you and I, are quite literally killing the Earth. We are a plague upon the environmental health of this Earth. ... This complex process has many environmental drawbacks. ... We are condemning future generations of homo sapiens to an undesirable fate of pollution, energy scarcities, and a world that quite frankly, I would not wish to live in. ...

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Pollution in the air is mainly caused by fossil fuel burning. ... For environmental friendly transportation, electricity generation, and harvesting resource techniques to become used, I believe there are two ways. One way would be through growing up and being raises in an environmentally conciseness community that stressed the importance of recycling, reusing, and breathing fresh air. ... I believe the United States has the power and influence to help control global water pollution, but first must threaten domestic companies with severe taxes on any amount of water pollution to clean up our...

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The second would be the lack of pollution. ... As more soft coal is used, the amount of pollution will increase. ... Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy. 2002. ... Volume 8 in the Energy and Environmental Policy series. ... Volume 6 in the Energy and Environmental Policy series. ...

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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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This would be a necessary measure to take if the U.S wants to continue its rate of oil consumption, but the installation poses an environmental threat. ... Also, the refining process of tar sands is the most environmentally harmful. ... A way to limit the environmental impact of projects like the pipeline would be to implement a pollution charge or tax on any negative environmental problems that TransCanada creates. ... These fuel sources, while not as effective as gasoline, are much safer in terms of environmental impact. ... Again, pollution fees could be a useful way of making people think ...

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Americans use and abuse what the earth has to give, taking its natural resources and leaving in their place pollution. Just a few examples of how Americans contribute to distroying the environment include the greenhouse effect, over consumption of natural resources, and pollution of the water and air. ... Electric Utility Environmental Statistics, the United States Greenhouse gas emissions generally follow trends in U.S. energy consumption. ... Because Americans choose to live in style, they contribute a great deal to the pollution of our environment. ...

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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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Another environmental concern is the contamination of water. ... Pennsylvania had racked up a bill of $5 billion in order to clean the pollution from the mines. ... Fracking has also been a source of local air pollution. ... Colorado is one such case where they had not experienced major air pollution until the use of fracking started. ... While there are benefits to the process, there are also some severe environmental impacts as a result. ...

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Acid Rain: The Environment, Its Trees, and Solutions to the Problem Famous inventor, Buckminster Fuller said,Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. ... Acid rain is somewhat of a confusing process but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has done extensive research on what acid rain is and how it is formed. ... Hopefully, government officials in the near future will take control of this serious environmental problem. Pollution is already out of control. ... Acid deposition is a problem caused by pollution that can destroy our resources such as trees, water,...

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Geothermal energy offers an environmentally benign source of electricity. ... Many environmental impacts take place during the building of a geothermal plant. ... The main environmental concern with geothermal energy is the result of natural contaminants dissolved in the water or brine extracted from the ground. ... Moreover, the disposal of mud bored out with the drill is a potential environmental problem. ... If the plant is not maintained properly, hot wastewater can leak into surrounding areas and damage the ecosystem, giving rise to thermal pollution. ...

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There are no fossil flues of any kind burned in this process, and therefore would reduce pollution by 100%. The pollution from fossil fuels is one of the main contributors to the gasses known to cause the greenhouse effect. ... This is an efficient, effective, pollution free way to create enough energy for the whole planet without disrupting the monopoly that the large corporations have on energy production. ... Large power plants are not, and will not be excessively concerned with environmental problems until they don't have a choice to. ...

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Nuclear Power has its advantages and disadvantages. However it is a lot safer than most people think. The chances of a meltdown or a radiation leak are extremely small. There are many safety features, which make nuclear power one of the safest electricity sources. And every nuclear power plant is pr...

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Acid rain is precipitation that has been turned acidic to a pH value of 4 or lower due to air pollution. ... Acid rain occurs because of the pollution that is caused when fossil fuels are burnt (national geographic). ... Acid rain is a major environmental issue because the earth soaks up the acid rain which has permanent issues in the ecological system. ... These environmental problems are major limitations to wet scrubbers. ... Wet scrubbing has environmental limitations such as production of the harmful solid gypsum waste and CO2 emissions. ...

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Chernobyl has caused and continues to cause health, environmental, economic and social impacts thousands of miles away. ... Another argument is about the thermal pollution, they say, "nuclear power is much less polluting than coal. ... However nuclear power plants create thermal pollution, raising the temperature of the atmosphere and of the water in lakes and rivers that are often used to cool the reactors. ...

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Nuclear power plants are less likely to produce pollution and more friendly to the environment. ... Nuclear power is a controversial energy source because it is inexpensive and creates no air pollution, but the radioactivity released during accidents at nuclear power plants has caused deaths and environmental damage. ...

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They have tried different methods such as solar energy, nuclear energy and hydroelectric power, but most of these either have high installation cost or environmental problems hindering the progress of the power source. ... Scientists have attempted many different types of energy as fuel but the one with the best results so far is hydrogen, it has the least amount of air pollution. ... This electricity is generally generated from plants that burn coal, a major cause of air pollution. ...

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With the natural resources depleting, and pollution and global warming increasing, new and better sources of energy is needed. ... Although these are very good sources, they emit various types of pollution including greenhouse gasses which cause global warming. ... Although hydropower, wind, and solar power are very environmentally friendly, many countries do not have the money or resources for them. ... We use energy everyday, whether it is to turn on a light, or to drive to school, but the energy we use causes lots of global environmental issues like global warming and pollution. ...

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Nuclear Energy: Clean And Green Pollution, soot and urban smog are bad news for the environment. ... Other nations have also discovered the environmental benefits of nuclear energy. ... During that same period, total pollution from the French electric power system dropped by 80-90 percent. ... A growing population...an expanding economy... greater reliance on computers and other electric technologies...too much dependence on imported oil... uncertainties about the long-range supply and price of natural gas...and major questions about the long-term environmental effects of burning f...

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"Coal with high moisture levels is determined to be economically and environmentally poor because it is less efficient at producing heat and creates significantly more amounts of pollution when burned" (Purdue University). ... With this being said, mining for coal in this area has become an environmental catastrophe with escalating economical problems within areas that are already known for high poverty rates. ...

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Over the past several years, temperatures around the world kept rising. Sometimes it's unbearable for people on this planet. "The temperature during an eight-day heat wave in Chicago in July 1995 hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. High levels of humidity made the air feel even hotter, creatin...

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Changing to biofuels would also potentially "pinch water supplies and worsen water pollution" (5). ... The replacement of fossil fuels should be environmentally friendly so that the effects of global warming and the depletion of the atmosphere slow down. ...

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A million years ago, when dinosaurs were in existence, the earth consisted of diverse tropical trees and swamps. It was an ideal state for the formation of fossil fuels. At the time, dinosaurs died along with various plants and decomposed deep in the Earth's crust layer upon layer. The layers gradua...

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Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it...

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