Environmental Management - name drops Flashcards
1
Q
Nuclear Power (2)
A
Chernobyl - Ukraine (1986)
Fukishima - Japan (2011)
2
Q
HEP (2)
A
Three Gorges Dam (China)
Vaiont Dam - Italy
3
Q
Oil (2)
A
Exxon Valdez - Alaska
Shell in Niger Delta
4
Q
Fossil Fuels
A
impacts on low lying areas - Bangladesh Delta
5
Q
Coal
A
Acid rain in Scandinavia
6
Q
Wind
A
Cornwall
offshore areas of UK
7
Q
Fuelwood
A
Africa - Mali
8
Q
Kyoto protocol
A
to tackle climate change
9
Q
Incidental pollution (3)
A
Chernobyl radiation leak
Exxon Valdez oil spill
BP oil spill - Deepwater Horizon
10
Q
Deforestation
A
Amazon Basin
11
Q
Domestic Waste
A
UK - Landfill
NICs/MICs - no formal collection - waste dumped wherever.
12
Q
Agriculture
A
- leaching of pesticides/fertilisers - eutrophication
13
Q
traffic
A
air pollution in china/mexico/cairo
