• Air pollution may cause up to 3,000 deaths in the United States Each Year (1, p. 13)

• 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature rise scientists predict will occur in the next 50 years.(1 p. 20)  Sea levels would begin to rise with a 1.8 degree Fahrenheit rise. 

• The world’s largest wind farm (in Altamont Pass, CA) has 6,000 windmills!  The cost of wind energy has dropped 90% in the last 20 years,(2 p. 50)

• Every time you take a shower, you can use 9 gallons of water!  (1 p. 32)

• It takes 8,000 gallons of water to make a car. (1 p. 44)

• More than 1/3 of garbage in the U.S. comes from paper and cardboard (4 p8)

• 9/10 newspapers are thrown away instead of recycled (4 p.10)

• U.S drivers use 43% of the world’s fuel to power 5% of the world’s cars(2 p. 39)

• 250,000 years later, some radioactive projects can still have carcinogenic effects.

• 15 million children under the age of five die each year because of diseases caused by drinking unclean water (2 p 22)

• If 10,000 schools turned off their lights for one minute they would save $81,885.  If those same schools turned out their lights every time they went to recess, they would save over $4.9 million.(3)

• The average U.S. family spends close to $1,300 each year in utility bills.(3)

• The average home contributes more air pollution than does the average car!(3)

• Recycle used paper. It takes 10 times as much energy to produce a new piece of paper than it does to make a copy on the second side.(3)

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Brown, P. (2003). Global Pollution. Chicago, Illinios: Raintree.

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Martin, L. C. (2003). Recycle Crafts Box. China (Regent Publishing Services):Storey Kids.