Memory Ch 5.3 & 6.3Version en ligne Environmental Issues in North America par Ethan Black Problem caused by emissions from factories and power plants that causes vegetation to decay or new seedlings to not grow Key resource to manage in Canada that has an abundance of plant/animals that rely on it, but only about 10% preserved by the government This group enforces laws about managing resources and monitors problems like water shortage, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions Key resource being promoted because they are cleaner fuel sources than crude oil or coal California built these types of channels or pipelines of water that helped bring more than 25 million Californians due to their water shortage U.S. law in 1972 to reduce pollutants like wastewater, chemicals, and asbestos getting into lakes and river systems Key resource to manage in Canada that became endangered due to overfishing and limited supplies on certain rivers Action taken by Georgia to keep enough of their limited supplies for their businesses and homes in metropolitan Atlanta, but destructive to Florida & Alabama (and the river ecosystem)