Shaping My Environment

Environmental Concerns

Acid Rain

Air pollution - Indoor

• General
• Asbestos
• Carbon monoxide
• Pesticides
• Radon
• Second-hand smoke

Air pollution - Outdoor

• General
• Car emissions
• Clean Air Act
• Smog

Alternative energy sources

• See Renewable Energy Topics

Alternative fuel vehicles

Animal pollution

• Poultry
• Cattle

Biodiversity

Chemical pollution

• General
• CFCs
• Lead
• Halon
• Methyl Chloroform
• MTBE (gas additive)
• Pesticides

Coral reefs

Deforestation, clear-cutting, and old growth forests

Drilling for oil

• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• Off-shore drilling

Ecological footprint

Endangered Species - pick one particular species for research

Energy topics

Energy conservation

Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

Global cooling

Global warming, Greenhouse Effect, and climate change

"Greening" your home, school, or workplace

Invasive and non-native Species

• General
  
• Mute swans
• Non-native oysters
• Snakehead fish
• Zebra mussel

Mining

National parks and forests

• Preservation
• Oil drilling

Noise pollution

• General
• Aircraft noise
• Occupational noise
• Sonar and Ocean Sound Pollution
• Traffic noise
• Watercraft noise

Nuclear energy

Nuclear power plants

• Accidents and safety
• Security

Oil drilling

• General
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• Off-shore drilling

Oil spills

Organic farming and gardening

Overdevelopment and Smart Growth

• Disappearing farmland
• Open space creation
• Sustainable development
• Urban sprawl and Smart Growth
• Wetlands preservation

Overfishing and overharvesting

Overpopulation

Ozone

• Ground level ozone
• Depletion of the ozone layer (stratospheic level)

Parks and public lands

Rain forests

Renewable energy resources

• General
• Methane gas
• Geothermal
• Sun (Solar)
• Biomass
• Wind
• Hydroelectric (Hydropower)
• Solid waste
• Wood or biomass
• Ocean power

Restoring streams and waterways

Waste management

• General
• Incineration
• Litter
• Landfills
• Hazardous and toxic waste
• Recycling and Source Reduction
• Superfund sites

Water Pollution

• General
• Chesapeake Bay
• Clean Water Act
• Groundwater contamination
• Ocean pollution
• Safe drinking water
• Waste Water treatment

Water sources

• Desalinization
• Dredging
• Selling water for development
• Water scarcity

Wetlands Preservation