1. Environmental Concerns in Europe
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2. Acid Rain in Germany Ruined nearly half of Black Forest
Damaged soil and trees
Many diseased trees
Sulfur and nitrogen eat hole in buildings in statues
Pollutes rivers, kills wildlife

3. Main Source of problem Smoke from factories and power plants
Cars and buses burning gasoline and diesel
Manufacturing: mostly coal burning
More cars than people in other countries: auto emissions
Nature: toxic smoke from plants carried in air currents

4. Working on Problem Replacing coal burning factories with water power
Passed laws to reduce emissions from automobiles and factories
Factories switching to cleaner fuel
Developing new types of energy
Leading producer of wind turbines and solar power technology

5. Air Pollution in United Kingdom
Smog, an air pollution caused by sunlight acting on the gases from automobiles and factories
Great Smog of 1952
Major natural resources: oil, natural gas, coal: used in manufacturing
Use of coal decreasing

6. In past major source was smog
Today exhaust from gasoline and diesel
Asthma and pneumonia linked to emissions
Concerned about health
Blackens buildings and threatens wildlife

7. Chernobyl - the dead city
On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine). A chain reaction in the reactor went out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid.
The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately, and as a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20-mile radius, 135,000 people had to be evacuated….forever.
The abandoned city. Note the reactor in the background