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| air pollution: occurs at global, regional, and local scales |
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| an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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kyoto japan in 1997; commits its parties/states from MDCs by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets
-recognizes that MDCs r responsible for the current high levels of green house gas thruu industrial activity |
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| the US meets the kyoto protocols carbon emissions target but has never signed the treaty |
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| the anticipated increase in earth's temperature caused by carbon dioxide trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface |
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| earth's protective layer is threatened by |
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| pollutants called chlorofluorocarbons |
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| carbon monoxide formed by |
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| incomplete burning in power plans and vehicles |
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| since passage of the US Clean Water Act |
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| most treatment plants meet highw ater quality standards |
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| biomass, hydroelectric power, wind power, geoothermal energy |
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