MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Clean Power Plan, Waterborne Diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
29 Nov 2016
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Green house gas emissions and global warming: global emissions a lot of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Increase in global temperature: decrease in arctic ice. Us greenhouse gas emissions: clean power plan. Cut co2 emissions from us power plants to 32% below their 2005 levels b 2030. State can choose strategy for reaching target eg solar, wind, switch from coal. The water we use to natural gas: 2010- 11% of the world population had no access to clean drinking water, waterborne disease examples cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery. Responsible for 1. 5 million deaths worldwide each year: us virtually 100% of the population has access to clean water and sanitation. Sources of water pollution: point source pollution. Pollution that can be traced to a single source such as a factory or sewage treatment plant: nonpoint source pollution. Pollution that occurs through runoff, seepage, or falling of pollutats into water eg runoff from highways or farms.
