1. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN EUROPE

2. ACID RAIN IN GERMANY CAUSES:  Smoke from factories which burn coal, natural gas, and oil  Cars and busses which burn gasoline and diesel fuel  Air currents which spread toxic air to nearby countries in Europe

4. ACID RAIN IN GERMANY EFFECTS:  Damages: - soil and trees - eats holes in statues and buildings - pollutes rivers - kills wildlife

5. ACID RAIN IN GERMANY GOVERNMENTS’ RESPONSE:  Replacing coal burning factories with water powered ones  Passed laws to reduce emissions from factories and automobiles  Factories switching to cleaner fuels  Smokestacks which scrub the smoke before it enters the air  Promised to use cleaner/more re-useable energy (such as water, wind, and solar power)  Use less coal and oil

6. AIR POLLUTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CAUSES:  Use of coal in power plants and homes  Gasoline and diesel powered vehicles

7. AIR POLLUTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM EFFECTS:  Burns the lungs, nose, and eyes  Endangers human life  Keeps children and seniors indoors  Blackens buildings and threatens wildlife

8. AIR POLLUTION IN THE UNITED KINDGOM GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE :  Smokeless zones (places where only smokeless fuels may be used)  Cleaner coals  Increased use of electricity  Government limits for industries  Laws requiring more autos to produce less harmful exhaust  Regular government checks of air quality  Citizens asked to drive less and use cleaner forms of energy.

9. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE

10.  IN 1986, A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE EXPERIENCED A DISASTER. CAUSE:  ONE OF THE REACTORS GOT TOO HOT AND EXPLODED.

11. EFFECTS:  Radio active material went into the air, falling on northern Europe and Scandinavia.

12. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE EFFECTS:  Land was diseased (damaging crops and animals)

13. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE EFFECTS:  Water was poisoned (damaging drinking water and fish.

14. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE EFFECTS:  Many animals and people got sick and many died.

15. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE EFFECTS:

16. NUCLEAR DISASTER IN CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE:  Ukraine decided to become a nuclear free country, except for the 3 other reactors at Chernobyl.