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Project Future April 17, 1999
Environmental Truths and Environmental Myths
Are You an Environmentalist?
BEING AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MEANS
Environmentalism in the 1990s
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Environmentalism in the 1990s
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Environmentalism in the 1990s
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BEING AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MEANS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRUTH $100,000,000,000/year
Environmental Myths
ENVIRONMENTAL TRUTHS
MYTH 1 Most Groundwater is Polluted
GROUNDWATER safe or polluted?
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ANSWERS
Large or Small: Does It Matter
MYTH 2 Acid rain is destroying our environment
SOX & NOX Reduction
NAS Study of Acid Rain
Costs of Alternative Actions
MYTH GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
IF GLOBAL WARMING
Analysis of Global Climate Change Requires
MYTH 3 WETLAND LOSSES
WETLAND LOSSES
WETLAND RESTORATION
WETLANDS GROWING
MYTH 4 Organic foods are safer
Organic foods are safer
Pesticide Residues
Carcinogens Natural vs Artificial
Carcinogens Natural Vs Artificial
MYCOTOXINS
Patulin in apple juice
U.S. Food Supply
Food Poisoning
We Are Running Out of Oil
Myth of Oil Scarcity
OIL: Reserves & Consumption
Oil Reserves
REDUCE, REUSE,RECYCLE
WHY RECYCLE??????
RECYCLING LAWS
STEWARDSHIP RECYCLING IS ALWAYS GOOD
MYTH 5 Recycling newsprint saves trees
RECYCLING fewer trees and more pollution
MYTH 6 NON-RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS WASTE RESOURCES
Disposables Can Save Environment
MYTH 7 We are running out of landfill space
Annual US solid waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks
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Exploding the Landfill Myth
MYTH 8 RECYCLING SAVES MONEY
Recycling is costly
Recycling in West Lafayette
WHY RECYCLE ?????
Recycling $ How could they be used
What are we buying with our recycling expenditures???
RECYCLING FEELS GOOD DRIVING A GREEN ROLLS ROYCE
Caring about the Environment Means More than Just Feeling Good
Quality Environment Requires
LESSONS LEARNED
Stephen B. Lovejoy
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