Environmental hazards such as pollutions and deposition of harmful materials are necessary to the society. Pollution is a major concern to any developed technology. The technology should have the minimal amount of pollutions and harmful materials that will create environmental effects. ... The environmental effects of the technology primarily include pollution and dumping of harmful material. ... Dumping toxic chemicals from the device to the environment also increase pollution. ...

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Pollution, global warming, and preservation of the environment are controversial topics today. Air pollution is the most common environmental issue that is caused by contaminates that change the natural characteristics of the atmosphere and it can cause respiratory diseases. ... The leading cause of air pollution is cars running on gasoline. ... Environmental Protection Agency, more than half of air pollution in the USA is caused by mobile sources, mainly automobiles (EPA). ... The Hybrid car was invented to help protect the Earth and be environmentally friendly by reusing energy and more peop...

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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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These negative effects results in water deterioration, land subsidence, air pollution and energy shortage. ... (Attitude) One of the most serious environmental problems in Bangkok is the air pollution. ... Our use of motor vehicles is the major source of the pollution. ... To effectively address the problems, I will establish environmental organizations in Bangkok to educate, empower and enable our people to understand and take control of their environment's future. ... Moreover, we could tremendously reduce the air pollution from preventing the use of our typical vehicles that accou...

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However, there are many environmental groups oppose this idea because they dont want any wild animals or people who lives there to be affected. There are no doubt that oil drilling creates many problems such as pollution to the environment and the well-being of human and many wild animals, however, oil drilling can increase the import of oil supply that help to reduce the gas price, boost up the economic by creating more job opportunities and lower gas prices for consumer. Many environmental organizations believe oil drilling at ANWR would cause pollution to our world due to oil spillin...

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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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 Air pollution is most commonly associated with acidic precipitation, smog, and the depletion of our ozone layer. ... Since the Clean Air Act was passed, there have been numerous efforts to find different fuels that can be burnt instead of gasoline, which produces many environmentally harmful emissions. ... Vehicles that use electricity as their main power source tend to be virtually pollution-free, which makes them one of the best alternatives for reducing harmful vehicle emissions. ... The government gives a tax break to those who use a more environmentally protective ...

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The focus will be on the social, economic, environmental and public security impacts that can have a tremendous effect on climate change. ... In this content (TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline: What you need to know) the main concern is water, the reason being if ever there would be an environmental spill. ... Another reason for effects on climate change, the pipeline would contribute 30 to 32 million tones of climate pollution every year. In this content (MacNeil, 2015) Tar sands crude also produce more pollution than oil. ... Increasing the amount of pipelines allows the product to f...

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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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The question being, how do we quickly fix our environmental issues without dispensing a large amount of our economy? ... Even though fracking is becoming a very common practice around the United States, it is the least researched, in terms of its public health effects and environmental effects. ... Judging from the financially devastating oil spill in the gulf coast in 2010, dependency of foreign oil is not only environmentally irresponsible but also economically undesirable (Finkel et. al 2011). ... Another identified problem concerning pollution of ground water includes the contamination o...

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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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Each one of these gases has there own set of environmental problems that come along with it. ... California in the world's fifth largest economy home to 24 million motor vehicles, which are responsible for 40% of the state's greenhouse pollution. ... Another environmental measure that is taking place is a list of environmentally friendly car called the ACEEE's Green Book that is posted on the net at greenercars.com curtsy of the American Council for an Energy- Efficient Economy. ... Since it is now known that 20% of the older cars are pulling 80% of the pollution (Rob Driess 200...

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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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Acid rain is formed by pollution, which is released into the air. Electric utility plants and other sources produce this type of pollution. ... The damage of acid rain causes worldwide environmental problems. ... There are many things we can do to reduce the problems of acid pollution. ... Another way that a lot of our pollution is caused is by creating electrical energy. ...

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Communities will benefit from improved quality of life and well being through lower greenhouse emissions, lower particulate emissions, higher efficiency in electricity generation, lower residual waste, lower prices, less nuclear power and less air pollution problems. ... The Gorgons claim to be able to compensate for the negative externalities by enforcing environmental management, risk management and offsets (actions taken to compensate for an unavoidable loss of one or more environmental value), but environmentalists claim that these actions will not be substantial to the damage the developm...

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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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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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The environmental problems today are results from our fossil-fuel dependence. ... It's all about air, water and land pollution, because all this is essential to life and good health. ... Also, humans cause pollution in the air and it harmful to the planet. ... When humans produce additional gas into the air, they destroy natural balance and it calls air pollution. ... Humans have to reduce pollution and use of fossil fuel, it would help for sure. ...

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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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As a result of the equipment and methods used to extract the oil, high levels of pollution are released into the atmosphere, disturbing nearby ecosystems. ... Thus, it is evident that the negative environmental impacts of offshore drilling greatly outweigh any possible economic benefits. ... It has been estimated that "A single offshore rig emits the same quantity of air pollution as 7000 cars driving 50 miles per day." ... Finally coal is also a more cost-efficient and more environmentally friendly alternative to using crude oil. ...

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Many legitimate concerns regarding fracking have surfaced including, release of toxic or radioactive chemicals, causes cancer, causes earthquakes, pollution from trucks, and exploration is unregulated. These concerns do have sound foundations behind them, but proponents argue that all forms for energy include risks and environmental costs. ...

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More recently, "biomass fired steam power has been used to generate electricity [which] can have numerous environmental and air-quality advantages over burning fossil fuels" (How Biomass Energy Works"). ... The very nature of biomass energy requires that it be burned and even if the organic material is low-carbon, it will still emit some pollution and carbon emissions. ... This is currently not the most environmentally friendly means of producing energy, however, if new technologies are developed to make magnesium cheaper and cleaner to produce, it can become a useful means of energy productio...

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