Some of their goals are to develop environmental strategies that ensure corporate sustainable development, pollution control, pollution prevention and recycling programs. ... Some of the things they do is investigate ways to test water to be sure it is safe, check licenses of the people who construct wells and supply water to others, inspect wells for safe water supplies, and their design. ... They also write new laws to protect ground water and train others to protect it. ... A few examples are: air pollution, hydrometeorology, global climate modeling, and forecasting. ... This service a...

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In turn, the conventional sources of energy we use today cause pollution, so economic growth is almost inevitably associated with environmental damage. ... These enterprises generate mass amounts of pollution in the form of liquid waste and gaseous fumes. Liquid waste is frequently dumped in fresh water bodies while gaseous fumes are released into the atmosphere. Liquid waste leads to the pollution of water and the damaging of aquatic ecosystems (Harden 365). ... The issues that are affecting our environment are global warming, air pollution, land pollution, water pollution, toxic waste, an...

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An Increase in population in urban areas results in increased consumption of water, energy, food, land and domestic goods. ... Pollution Pollution is another major impact of human activities on the environment. ... The renewable natural resources such as solar power, wind power, water power and geothermal energy can partly substitute the non-renewable resources such as oil, gas and coal. ...

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The environmental issue has certainly been at the very top of the American agenda, as the nation seeks ways to preserve and conserve. Land is being protected, trees saved as new ways are sought to produce safe and effective energy for people are recognizing that Earth's natural resources are slowly...

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To this we may add a fifth horseman, air and water pollution, although some might consider it a form of habitat destruction." (8) Wilcove refers to this quote throughout the entire book as it is a recurring symbol of the culprits of wildlife loss. ...

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