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State the various aspects of the environment that pollution from the energy,
power, and transportation industries most commonly affects.
List ways in which producing power has been harmful to the environment.
Name ways in which present-day methods of transportation are harmful to
the environment.
Identify ways in which obtaining energy resources has been harmful to the
environment.
Discuss the steps that have been taken to minimize environmental impacts
associated with the transportation of goods and people.
Describe the steps that have been taken to minimize the environmental
impacts of harvesting and refining energy for use.
Give examples of the steps that have been taken to minimize environmental
impacts associated with the generation of large-scale power.
Explain one major piece of legislation associated with environmental
protection.
Summarize advanced and futuristic concepts associated with
environmental protection emerging from the energy, power, and
transportation industries.
There is an ever-growing concern that activities such as large-scale
power generation and the transportation of goods and people are having
a profoundly adverse effect on our global environment. See Figure 26-1.
At the local level, energy, power, and transportation technologies can
have effects such as producing smog and haze, reducing the quality of