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the depletion of a shared resource by individuals considered in relation to environmental issues such as sustainability
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France began work on the canal in 1881 while building they had to stop because of engineering problems and high mortality due to disease
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sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease Chisso Corporation had paid $86 million in compensation
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mines have caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses jobs were supplied to more than 200 residents and helped Libby
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A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract
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it was a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb Fallout from the detonation intended to be a secret test fell on residents
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helped launch the contemporary American environmental movement
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the miliitary distrucion of the land troops wood destroy the land
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the birth of the modern environmental movement on the 22nd of April, 20 million Americans took to the streets to demonstrate for a healthy environment
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created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment The agency conducts environmental assessment, research, and education
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The smell is terrible around the pit its a natural gas field in Derweze
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covers 36 square blocks in the far southeastern corner of the city 21,000 tons of toxic waste was burried there at one point
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fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being accounted for
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10.1 to 11 million US gallons were spilled into the Prince William Sound the oil covered 1,300 miles
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fish are again found in sufficient numbers for some fishing to be viable 1,534 islands once dotted its waters
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3,787 deaths related to the gas release it caused 558,125 injuries
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Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling when they collided they were were 31,000 feet in the air
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nearly 200 cases with a definite exposure The chemical 2,4,5-trichlorophenol
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a total cost of US$1.5 billion to Kuwait The petroleum burn caused pollution to the soil and air
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a gathering of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean The patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics
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was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Someş River a dam holding 100,000 cubic metres of cyanide-contaminated water bursts
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the fire was putting 21,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide a day into the atmosphere it gained control and burned for almost a month
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The blasts created an 80 km long toxic slick a series of explosions at the plant
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$26 million in the foreign box office Laurie David was so inspired by Gore's slide show she made a film
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when an ash dike ruptured at an 84-acre It was the largest fly ash release in United States history
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The total discharge is estimated at 4.9 million barrels the cost the company payed was $42.2 billion
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one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world the area may only be entered under government supervision.
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the result of an erupting mud volcano floodings regularly disrupt local highways and villages
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the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity it is used to help from floods downstream by providing flood storage space
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largest dead zone covered 70,000 square kilometres caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities
