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Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides, pollution, waste and over-population. Despite taking hundreds of measures, the rate of environmental issues is increasing rapidly instead of reducing.
In a 2015 study, the scientists also published a chart listing the top 20 nations contributing plastic waste, which has since been widely circulated. The top five plastic polluters included China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. The United States ranked twentieth, the only wealthy nation on the list. [15] “We were not ...
Asian-American issues (8 C, 125 P) B. Bullying in the United States (1 C, 23 P) C. United States caste system (1 C, 3 P) D. Discrimination in the United States (18 C ...
Here are the top 10 places in the U.S. with the most tweets complaining about potholes per 100km ... 10 Cities With the Worst Pothole Problems in America. Eric Mitz. June 3, 2024 at 12:00 PM.
Social inequality has become a persistent and serious problem in the United States. According to a 2020 study by Pew Research , the gap between upper-income and middle- to lower-income Americans ...
Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries—although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]
Housing affordability is a major problem in America. Home prices spiked during Covid-19 and then the Fed’s war on inflation sent mortgage rates surging. The one-two punch has made it a ...
According to a 2024 report: "39% of people living in America—131.2 million people—still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution." Analyzing data from 2020 to 2022, the American Lung Association found the number of people living in counties with a failing grade for ozone declined, this year by 2 ...