Environmental Issues

Question 1

global warming

Answer 1

one of the biggest environmental issues is global warming. It is believed that greenhouse grasses are causing more extreme weather concerns, like record breaking storms and heat waves

Question 2

EPA

Answer 2

• The environmental protection agency was established in the 1970s. this government agency is investigating the global warming trends, as well as clean air, water, and energy
• one of the things they are looking into is “clean coal” without pollution, which is a process by which the EPA works with coal processing companies to make the emissions from the industries clean and not harmful to the environment

Question 3

2010: gulf oil spill

Answer 3

an oil spill int he gulf of Mexico pumped 5 billion galls of oil into the gulf. this spill was caused by an explosion on a rig that was drilling for oil in the bottom of the gulf. this event caused a huge environmental hazard for the Louisiana area

Question 4

recycling

Answer 4

recycling is not mandatory on a nationwide level. local communities decide whether or not to recycle. the key factor is money. is costs a lot of money to recycle. “go green” is the new slogan for recycling but it has got to make sense financially or people won’t do it

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

earth day occurs on April 22 each year. since the first earth day in 1970, awareness of the planet, and what is happening to it, has continued to educate the nation. the question is, are we learning fast enough to fix the problems

Question 6

effect greenhouse gases have

Answer 6

causes the planet to be warmer

Question 7

greenhosue gas

Answer 7

gas that negatively effects the environment

Question 8

clean coal

Answer 8

a coal-burning process that releases few bad emissions

Question 9

global warming is looking at _____

Answer 9

greenhouse gases