Canada Environmental Issues

Caused by gases released into the air by burning fossil fuels (Coal and Oil)

• Landfill dumping

• Water Pollution

• Acid Rain

• Deforestation

Mostly caused by the United States.

• Mining on the Canadian Shield

• Deforestations

• Clear-Cutting

• Air Pollution/Acid Rain

Solution to work with the United States.

• Deforestation

• Air Pollution/Acid Rain

• Clear-Cutting

• Mining on the Canadian Shield

Polluted from industry waste and runoff containing harmful poisons.

• Radiation leak from nuclear power plants

• Great Lakes Crisis

• Air Pollution

• Deforestation

Affects both the United States and Canada.

• Great Lakes Crisis

• Deforestation

• Mining on Canadian Shield

• Clear-Cutting Boreal Forests

Solution is to add lime.

• Mining on the Canadian Shield

• Clear-cutting

• Deforestation

• Great Lakes Crisis

Which is NOT a cause of the Great Lakes Crisis

• Factories

• Runoff from harmful contaminates

• Radiation leak from nuclear power plants

• Sewage plants

Cause of toxic waste to seep into groundwater and lose habitats.

• Acid Rain

• Air Pollution

• Not recycling plastic

• Mining the Canadian Shield

Cuts down entire groups of trees causing disruption to forests.

• Mining on the Canadian Shield

• Clear-Cutting

• Acid Rain

• Air Pollution

Which is NOT a solution for using resources on the Canadian Shield?

• Restore forests

• Working with the United States

• Set aside areas for parks and forests

• Government laws regulating mining and clear-cutting