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...that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) can cause ozone depletion, and the ozone hole needs to take more than a decade to recover?

... that the recycling symbol is based on the Möbius strip?

... that the concept of reduce, re-use, and recycle as three equal options, but they are instead meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance?

... that rivers have been classified by many criteria, including their topography, their biotic status and their relevance to white water rafting and canoeing activities?

... that the entire editorial board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief?

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...that recycling aluminium saves 95% of the energy cost of processing new aluminium?

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Chemical structure of carbon dioxide

...that many countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol actually increased the greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to the treaty? And for that, the 15 January 2011, a representative of the country had to stick their head in a hole of sand in Cancun, Mexico?

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...that in United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fourth assessment report, average Arctic temperatures increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100 years?

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...that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) can cause ozone depletion, and the ozone hole needs to take more than a decade to recover?

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London Smog

...that the word smog is a portmanteau of smoke and fog?

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...that tidal power is a form of hydropower that exploits the rise and fall in sea levels due to tides in order to generate electricity?

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Incandescent light bulb

...that the incandescent light bulb has an energy efficiency of only 5%, and the rest of the energy is used to generate heat rather than light?

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...that there was a Three Mile Island accident in United States where a partial meltdown of a nuclear powerplant took place in 1979?

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... that the recycling symbol is based on the Möbius strip?

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... that the first National Park was the Yellowstone National Park in the United States?

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... that the idea of atmospheric gases trapping the Suns heat to produce the greenhouse effect was put forward by Joseph Fourier in the 1820’s?

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... that Minamata disease was caused by mercury poisoning due to pollution drained into Minamata Bay in Japan?

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... that methane has 25 times the impact of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas?

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... that the global ecological footprint is 1.8 global hectares (gha) per capita?

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... that the concept of reduce, re-use, and recycle as three equal options, but they are instead meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance?

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... that since 1500 CE 784 extinctions have been documented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources?

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...that in 2004, the worldwide energy consumption of the human race was 15 TW (= 1.5 x 10¹³ W) with 86.5% from burning fossil fuel?

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...that the United Nations Environment Programme (or UNEP), which coordinates United Nations environmental activities, was founded in 1972?

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... that the average United States citizen consumes 119pg (10⁻¹² g) of dioxin per day?

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... that each year in 22,500 cemeteries across the United States approximately 30 million board feet (70,000 m³) of hardwoods are buried as caskets?

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... that rivers have been classified by many criteria, including their topography, their biotic status and their relevance to white water rafting and canoeing activities?

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... that climate change scenarios, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) were superseded by Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)?

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... that the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center was originally housed in a Cincinnati mansion built around 1815?

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... that Summer Rayne Oakes has been called "the world's first eco-model" because she only models clothes made from organic or recycled materials?

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... that Liberian lawyer Alfred Brownell won the "Green Nobel" prize for his efforts to protect more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) of tropical forest land?

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... that the entire editorial board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief?

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