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…and O'Brien, 1989). Landfills also contribute to global warming because of the methane that rotting organic material produces. Since methane is a very potent greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming, the use of recycling programs helps keep solid waste…

…harmful toxins into the atmosphere. The combustion of most fossil fuels involves some form of the reaction C + O2(g) --> CO2(g) + heat· The carbon dioxide (CO2(g)) emitted by this reaction contributes to the global warning/so-called "Greenhouse Effect…

…their forests, which contributes to the greenhouse effect. They are pumping chemicals onto their land to produce export crops such as coffee, tea, tobacco and cotton, thus poisoning their land and water. They are ripping minerals out of the ground at a frantic pace…

…, equivalent to the size of Wales, was being destroyed every year between 1950 and 1990. (http://www.tree4life.com/ingles/deforest3.htm). Over 60 million tons of CO2 is released into the atmosphere daily (Green Peace 2000), CO2 being the major greenhouse gas…

…the forests but also the very air that they breathe. According to, “The Independent” , “Another factor that adds greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere is deforestation. Healthy forests are an important natural carbon sink. Cutting down forests weakens Earth’s…

…unknowingly benefited from vaccines during their lives. Works Cited The American Jewish Congress Bio-Ethics Task Force. "The Use of Fetal Tissue Would Not Encourage Abortion.": Biomedical Ethics. San Diego: Greenhouse, 1994. Benedict, James. "The Use…

…% of its own weight in common air pollutants in one year, and four times its weight in greenhouse gases. So for those necessary trips by car, make sure that it is a well-tuned, energy-efficient model! Also, avoid idling our engines, as restarting an engine uses…

…it. The simple fact is that marijuana is a weed, being very easy to grow. A small investment in greenhouses can produce hundreds of pounds of marijuana a year. If the price dropped four times its current street value ($20 for 5 grams to $5 for 5 grams…

…developed out of our extremely prosperous time period. Some of these costs are urban sprawl, global warming, pollution, and the increase of greenhouse gases just to name a few. The Greens solution to deal with these “externalities” is to declare capitalism…

…the American law that banned immigration by persons who “assisted” in war crimes was interpreted by at least one Supreme Court justice to include nearly all the victims of the camp who did not rebel at the cost of their lives (Greenhouse, 1981, pp. A1, A25; Gerson…