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…. This includes drilling oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. That may temporarily solve the oil supply crisis, but will only add to pollution, destruction of animal habitat, and dependence. Fossil fuel production and usage causes numerous environmental…

…1986 …. .making the complex arguably the most polluted site in the United States” (Hertsgaard 138). This evidence about past nuclear cover-ups, lack of proper controls, planning and experience with nuclear technology suggests a need for an international…

…Do Fertilizers Affect Society? Fertilizers are essential to agriculture; however, excessive use of it can have harmful effects on plants and crops, on soil quality, the environment (as it contributes to soil and water pollution), and also on humans…

…engineering plants to be resistant to herbicides that they manufacture so they can sell more herbicides to farmers who, in turn, can apply more poisonous herbicides to crops to kill weeds. Such a detrimental cycle would surely be continuous and further pollute our…

…reduction in the emission of fossil fuel pollution. First, it will generate 18000 megawatts of electricity, which would reduce the country's reliance on coal by one tenth. Hence reducing China's overall greenhouse gases. Second, it will prevent…

…need to take action now. Ecologists warn that this "Biological pollution" poses nearly as great an environmental threat as habitat losses generated by more familiar enemies of nature including housing developments, clear-cut logging, overgrazing, and oil…

…of non-biodegradable absorbent material. Sinking, which is prominent in Europe, is the least acceptable method from a biological standpoint. Chalk or sand is thrown onto the oil to make it heavier, so it will sink. While this may save it from polluting…

…and chemical pollutants, can affect the plants and animals that live in there. For example what happens when certain species become extinct or are no longer safe to be eaten? Marine biologists can begin to understand how the world's food supply is diminished…

…, natural gas and coal, are only temporary, in dealing with surplus, and give off more pollution with less economic growth. Concurrently, countries wanted a more reliable, smokeless form of energy not controlled by OPEC, and very little uranium was required…

…around as much, so they are less able to escape the effects of sediment and other pollutants that diminish water quality. Therefore, benthos can give reliable information on stream and lake water quality. Their long life cycles allow studies conducted…