CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
By Samatha Oliver
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Environmental Pollution
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Agricultural Age Energy Sources:
Limited, insignificant levels of pollution.
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Industrial Age Energy Sources:
Industrial age air, water, and noise pollution from burning of fossil fuels.
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Information Age Energy Sources:
Global pollution problems, global warming (greenhouse effect), and hole in ozone level--all legacies of the industrial age; prospects for cleaner environment from gree technologies and an eventual return to renewable energy sources.
Information/Data on Canadian Environmental Pollution
80% of population concentrated within 160 km of US border; continuous permafrost in north a serious obstacle development. Also has renewable energy sources.
Conclusions on Canada (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Environmental Pollution)
Canada is in between the industrial and information age regarding environmental pollution.
Additional Online Sources on Canadian Environmental Pollution
Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Canadian Environmental Pollution
- World Fact Book(no author).
- CANADA(no author).
- Background notes on Canada(no author).
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