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Ecological problems

Solution

1. Nowadays people feel that it is more difficult to breathe: in big cities the air has become badly polluted. Most of the pollution comes from cars, buses and factories. Old people and little children feel bad and get ill because of the polluted air.

1. But the battle against air pollution is growing. Some countries make Clean Air laws. Scientists are looking for ways to make factories and cars run cleaner.

2. The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and nuclear waste. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead, the North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, they will one day nothing will be able to live in the seas.

2. Factories must pay big money if they are a polluter. We must make laws to control pollution. We mustn’t build factories on river banks. We must clean rivers and lakes. Factories must stop dumping their waste into the water.

3. When we burn coal and oil for energy, we cause pollution. Acid rain is another problem. Acid rain harms lakes, rivers and plants and the creatures that need them.

3. But little by little we are getting more energy from the sun and the wind. This energy is clean and renewable. Energy from the sun now helps heat and light homes in the USA. Many electric companies have discovered that saving energy is better than making more energy.

4. Farmers often spray chemicals on crops to protect them against pests. These chemicals are called pesticides. Scientists have found that pesticides often end up in our food. Pesticides can cause health problems – especially for kids.

4. But I have good news: the US government is helping farmers find ways to protect crops without using many pesticides.

5. We throw away a lot of trash daily. We dump domestic waste in the country. We leave litter in the forests, parks, streets.

5. Some companies have begun to use less packaging. A lot of countries have started recycling projects. In these ways we have begun making less trash. Everyone should look at what they throw away and try to throw away less. Governments should build recycling factories.

6. Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect disappears. If nothing is done about it, over one million of species will disappear in twenty years from now.

6. There are people who are trying to do something about it. In 1961 the World Wildlife Fund was founded- a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has helped 30 mammals and birds to survive. Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. Politicians can think of ways to stop hunting. Countries can open national parks.

7. Cars are the world’s biggest air polluters.

7. But scientists are trying to invent cars that pollute less.