Rivers and lakes are heavily polluted; air pollution causes many premature deaths; water tables are falling; deserts are expanding.
The only practical remedy, given the undeniable fact that driving bulky, polluting vehicles causes damage to others, is to give ourselves an incentive to take this damage into account when deciding what vehicles to buy.
Despite the controversial nature of the hunt resulting in international criticism, and the possible health risk that the often polluted meat causes, thousands of dolphins are caught in drive hunts each year.
Polluted air causes frequent haze and smog, and residents are feeling the impact.
"It's a place where everyone's agreed not to pollute or cause harm to the things that nature has established there," I say.
The aim of our study was to determine the impact of this contamination on the soil fauna; thus we compared the macro and mesofauna from a non contaminated soil to a moderately and highly polluted soil caused by oil extraction.
People can act in a variety of ways, through citizenship (public action or voting for instance); they can act through personal choices (using energy more wisely, purchasing clean energy for example); or by donating to non-polluting causes and organizations.
"And clearly these snow machines are loud, they're polluting and they cause conflict with other visitors".
A glut of polluting permits has caused carbon prices to fall by 70% since 2011, providing little incentive for companies to cut emissions rather than pay for the permits.
● The fossil-fuel industry is notorious for polluting and for causing climate change.
Not only are accidents like the 2009 Idodi school blaze shockingly common, but the lamps kick out a massive amount of polluting gases, which cause respiratory problems and contribute to global warming — one of the biggest threats facing Africa today.
