The Environment
- In 2014, the United States produced about 258 million tons of trash. Around 89 million tons of that trash were recycled or composted.
- By recycling 89 million tons of trash, carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by 181 million metric tons.
- In 2015, about 67% of the electricity generated in the United States came from burning fossil fuels including coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
- Around 20% of the electricity generated in the United States comes from nuclear power plants.
- If you could harness the energy from all the sunlight that falls on the Earth in one hour, you would have enough energy to supply the world for a year.
- The city with the worst air pollution in the United States is Los Angeles, California.
- Around 40% of the rivers and lakes in the United States are too polluted for fishing or swimming.
- Water pollution is often a result of land pollution or air pollution that gets transferred to lakes, oceans, and rivers when it rains.
- The ozone layer helps protect us from cancer causing rays from the sun. The ozone layer was damaged by chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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