7 Environmental Problems That Are Worse Than We Thought
Written by Yasmin
• Monday, 08 March 2010
With as much attention as the environment has been getting lately, you’d think that we’d be further along in our fight to preserve the world’s species, resources and the beautiful diversity of nature. Unfortunately, things aren’t nearly that rosy. In fact, many of the environmental problems that have received the most public attention are even worse than we thought – from destruction in the rain forest to melting glaciers in the Arctic. We’ve got a lot of work to do.
In the 1960s and early '70s, civil rights and the Vietnam War were the
defining issues on college campuses. In the 1980s, it was apartheid.
Today, that issue is climate change — or at least it will be, if Eban
Goodstein has anything to do about it.
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With as much attention as the environment has been getting lately, you’d think that we’d be further along in our fight to preserve the world’s species, resources and the beautiful diversity of nature. Unfortunately, things aren’t nearly that rosy. In fact, many of the environmental problems that have received the most public attention are even worse than we thought – from destruction in the rain forest to melting glaciers in the Arctic. We’ve got a lot of work to do.
In the 1960s and early '70s, civil rights and the Vietnam War were the
defining issues on college campuses. In the 1980s, it was apartheid.
Today, that issue is climate change — or at least it will be, if Eban
Goodstein has anything to do about it.
