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  2. Balloonfest '86 - Wikipedia

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    In the days following the event, many balloons were reported washed ashore on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, causing water pollution. [5] Some people had misconceptions about the environmental impact of balloon releases, thinking that "the balloons would reach an altitude where they popped and disintegrated." [6]

  3. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    The health and environmental impact of transport is significant because transport burns most of the world's petroleum. This causes illness and deaths from air pollution , including nitrous oxides and particulates , and is a significant cause of climate change through emission of carbon dioxide .

  4. Environmental issues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The National Strategy for Electronic Stewardship was co-founded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the General Services Administration (GSA), and was introduced in 2011 to focus on federal action to establish electronic stewardship in the United States. [97]

  5. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    of achieving better quality for American students. Experts have tried measured the impact of these reforms and attempted to share some of their lessons. Nevertheless, there is not yet a complete compendium of evaluations of the impacts of these reforms on the educational achievements of

  6. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    There are two types of indicators of environmental impact: "means-based", which is based on the farmer's production methods, and "effect-based", which is the impact that farming methods have on the farming system or on emissions to the environment. An example of a means-based indicator would be the quality of groundwater that is affected by the ...

  7. America has way too many balloon experts - AOL

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    Here’s one example: Shoot-em-up Republicans say Biden should have shot down the balloon down in waters off Alaska before it ever hit the U.S. landmass. Maybe, assuming the military had the ...

  8. Balloon - Wikipedia

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    Balloon rockets work because the elastic balloons contract on the air within them, and so when the mouth of the balloon is opened, the gas within the balloon is expelled out, and due to Newton's third law of motion, the balloon is propelled forward. This is the same way that a rocket works.

  9. NFL Power Rankings entering Week 17: Should a loss ... - AOL

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    But losing in the final seconds, on the road to a 10-win team, with quarterback Jalen Hurts sidelined with a concussion after a hit early, isn't that bad. It was Philadelphia's first loss since ...