GEOG 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Endocrine Disruptor, Shining Light, Environmental Justice
5 Apr 2018
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Amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide greatly acidifies rain water. Asia has the highest so2 emissions from fossil fuel burning then europe, then. Particle pollution inhales microscopic particles evade body"s natural defences. Hundreds of coal ash dumps lack regulations. Environmental justice high cost of cheap coal. Retaining pond failure dumped 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of ____ on community. Happened to a wealthy community so gained a lot more attention than some of the poorer communities experiencing the same type of problems. These kind of problems were shining light on the problems surrounding coal and communities basically started saying that they weren"t going to take the the company"s coal ash anymore. Fracking oil and gas locked up in a bed rock called shale, it"s the way of getting that gas or oil released from it. Fracking compounds and disposal of waste water .
