One of the environmental cause is from the increasing population. This leads to increasing demand on luxury, food, etc.
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Zi Hang Lei (Jeffrey)
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nicholasgilmore
Unfair distribution of natural resources
cause: industrialization and trade agreements between countries
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sevowidodo
Social cost of fracking: Increase in heavy truck accidents, disorderly conducts, and sexually transmitted dieases.
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Jane Peng
Issue: Overfishing
Causes: massive demand for fish, increase of population, no set quotas of fish that could be caught (in previous years) -
alisonchan16
Due to people’s increasingly busy lives and need to go to places all over the lower mainland there is an increase in pollution.
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ahmednasir
Pollution , industrial wastes etc. Deforestation , oil spills
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Ali Jatoi
Issue: Overfishing
Cause: Trying to maximize profits while not considering the long-run effect. (Decreasing population of what is fished) -
karina08
Global warming which is caused by increased greenhouse gas emission, pollution due to technological advances such as vehicle transportation
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Teodor Karov
Issue: Desertification
Causes: Overgrazing and deforestation in order to meet global production demands for fuel/construction materials -
quentinclark
Environmental: climate change (greenhouse gasses), radiation (japan)
Social:Gap of wealth between rich and poor (gov’t programs, financial) -
theochapman
Environemntal issue: Soil degradation/deforestation. Social cause: Business trying to produce as much as possible to satisfy massive demand.
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alexbutler
Increasing carbon emissions in BC due to mountain pine beetle. Climate change makes better habitat, beetles kill trees, dead trees=CO2 emisn
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Huan Yan
Reason: rapid surge of carbon emission that distort the balance of natural ecosystem.
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avijitsingh
– Causes –> Globalisation, human advancement and exploitation of natural resources. A lot of wastewater & air quality
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zhaopeng
socail issue: the gap between the rich and the poor; Environment issue: carbon dioxide emission (global warming)
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shomasmah
Disappearing”middle class”More evident gap between well-off and not well-off. Cause:Corruption of salaries (ie: CEOs, professional athletes)
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cheralynchok
Oil spills, due to accidents on the water or a lack of proper shipping.
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admin
Due to palm oil corporations’ lack of concern for the environment and local communities, deliberately lit forest fires in Asia are an issue.
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CarloCabahug
Acid rain due to significant amount of emissions coming from factory productivity. Animal testing due to cost efficiency.
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weichengli
Issues:acid rain, climate change, increasing water levels, harmful products,ppl no care
Causes: greenhouse gas, fossil fuels, pine beetles, -
Huan Yan
Global climate change, which is causing way more extreme weather conditions around the world.
Desertification and deforestation as results. -
amyqiu
population growth leads to increased usage of resources -> pollution
industrial revolution -> unenvironmental practices became widespread -
garyyu
Reliance on limited fossil fuels, caused by the lack of effective substitutes and an inelastic demand for the product.
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juliejeehyepark
Global Warming- pollution, deforestation, energy waste, factories’ waste, oil spills
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amyqiu
population growth leads to increased usage of resources -> pollution
industrial revolution -> unenvironmental practices became widespread -
avijitsingh
– Climate change, the environment is constantly changing. The ozone layer is depleting. Hazardous materials use. Energy use. Urbanisation.
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Mert Dalaman
Global Warming, Water pollution, Air pollution, Soil Erosion, E-Waste
Causes: Manufacturing, Waste (Household & commercial) -
geniechang
issues: tragic accidents such as oil spills (danger to animals, natural resources)
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julianheaney
Increasing disparity of wealth as a result of a lack of regulation in capitalist economies ( i.e. US health system, or housing market crash)
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Lucien Lu
E-waste due to transnational manufacturing and services.
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