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. ... The only exhaust is water. ... Flowing water has a lot of energy. ... 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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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. ... That causes contamination to the water like that in the Ohio River. ... 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. ...

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An Emergency Core Cooling System ensures that in the event of an accident there is enough cooling water to cool the reactor. The second would be the lack of pollution. ... As more soft coal is used, the amount of pollution will increase. ... The first negative reaction to nuclear energy is thermal pollution. Thermal pollution occurs when hot effluents are put into a lake or reservoir. ...

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Travel by water was the cheapest way to move goods like coal and iron which are by no means lightweight. ... Lightbulbs improved working conditions, removed heat and pollution caused by gas lighting, and reduced fire hazards. ... Pollution occurred from the factories burning coal and that affected the air and the water supply polluted by waste. ... Transportation evolved not only by water but also on the road. ...

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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. ... Fracking is the process of drilling deep down inside of the earth, before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand, and chemicals are then injected into the rock at high pressures, which then allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well. ... This negatively impacts the animals that previously inhabited these frozen land masses by taking away their homes and the very grou...

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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. ... Once these gases are released into the atmosphere they react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form acidic compounds. ... Pollution is already out of control. ... Acid deposition is a problem caused by pollution that can destroy our resources such as trees, water, and animal life. ...

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As the landmass began to separate water filled the crevices making for new oceans and eventually giving rise to the Ocoee Basin sediments to form. ... "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). ... Water quality may be affected by clear cutting forests as well as an increase in erosion. ... Unwanted sediments, overburden, are collected and dumped into adjacent valleys covering up streams which affects the quality of ...

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Many people are afraid that if the waste is dumped at the site it may leak into underground water sources. ... The reactors used today are opposite the ones used at Chernobyl in that the reactions slow down when water used to cool the rods begins to boil. ... Unlike hydroelectric plants, which have to be built on a water source, nuclear power plants can be built anywhere. ...

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As the earth gets warmer, there will be a rise in the average water level of the oceans. ... As water is heated, it expands, or increases in volume. ... All together, glaciers contain about seventy-five percent of the available fresh water of the earth. ... It will also reduce the air pollution and improve the quality of the air we breathe. ...

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Many people are afraid that if the waste is dumped at the site it may leak into underground water sources. ... The reactors used today are opposite the ones used at Chernobyl in that the reactions slow down when water used to cool the rods begins to boil. ... Unlike hydroelectric plants, which have to be built on a water source, nuclear power plants can be built anywhere. ...

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As the earth gets warmer, there will be a rise in the average water level of the oceans. ... As water is heated, it expands, or increases in volume. ... All together, glaciers contain about seventy-five percent of the available fresh water of the earth. ... It will also reduce the air pollution and improve the quality of the air we breathe. ...

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Many people are afraid that if the waste is dumped at the site it may leak into underground water sources. ... The reactors used today are opposite the ones used at Chernobyl in that the reactions slow down when water used to cool the rods begins to boil. ... Unlike hydroelectric plants, which have to be built on a water source, nuclear power plants can be built anywhere. ...

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