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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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