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…The atmosphere is a blanket that covers the world and allows the living creatures of the world to survive. It holds in our oxygen and keeps the harmful UV rays away from the planet. Due to pollution and other causes, this blanket has been torn. Now we…

…Imagine the air that you and your children breathe is being polluted with hundreds of chemicals and toxic substances, but if you smoke you don’t have to imagine. With each cigarette you smoke you are polluting your lungs and the air around you with over…

…. This myopic approach to environmental remediation commonly subverts our good intentions to solve environmental problems and demonstrates a lack of understanding of how inter-related systems work. It is my goal to aid in our understanding of environmental pollution…

…level ozone. This affects us locally in Maine especially during the summer. Maine is seeking to strengthen the pollution controls in neighboring states. According to the EPA, New Hampshire has three of the dirtiest power plants in the East. Emissions from…

…downfalls, too. All the burning that is required to turn the turbines releases much sulfur, nitrogen gases, and other pollutants into the atmosphere. The cleanest, cheapest, and least polluting power plant of the two types is the hydroelectric power plant…

…Change, http://www.gcrio.org, 2/15/00). By cutting down the forest trees, we allow air pollution to set in. This, therefore, causes many problems in addition to many others. Now that there are fewer trees to help filter out pollution, we are allowing more…

…to lakes, streams, groundwater, forests, agriculture, statues, buildings and human health. Acid rain has become an important issue around the world because once pollution is out in the air, it can cast out and received over long ranges. This means that acid…

…carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere. By cutting down the forests trees, we allow air pollution to set in. This, therefore, causes many problems in addition to many others. Now that there are no trees to help filter out pollution, we are allowing more…

…accumulates our pollution. They both must have realized the influence these technologies were having on their societies. They indicate how the Industrial Revolution has torn us away from our harmony with nature. This point is made evident not only through…

…are almost extinct is pollution. Most of their illnesses are contracted by pollution. It is estimated that there are about 10,000-14,000 blue whales world-wide. Blue whales are an endangered species. They have been protected worldwide by international law, since…