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Human ImpactWe were first hunter-gatherers

Australian aborigines

Human ImpactHuman ImpactWe were first hunter-gatherersHuman population growth

Human ImpactWe were first hunter-gatherersHuman population growth

pollutionbiodegradable

non-biodegradable

Human ImpactWe were first hunter-gatherersHuman population growth

pollutionnatural resource exploitation

renewable resourcesnon-renewable resources

Human Impact

Resource Exploitationeconomic costsenergy costecological costs

Human Impact

Mineral Resource Exploitation

e.g. CoalCountries dependent on coal for electricity

non-renewable resource

Human Impact

Mineral Resource Exploitation

e.g. Coal Reserves

Human Impact

Mineral Resource Exploitation

e.g. Coal

IL has largest bituminous coal reserves of any state but coal production depressed Lower sulfur western coal out competes IL

Human Impactecological costs of coal

sulfur emissionsacid rain

CO2 emissionglobal warming

Human Impactecological costs of coal

sulfur emissionsacid rain

CO2 emissionglobal warming

Mining leachateacidarsenic

Human Impactecological costs of coal

Human Impactecological costs of coal

Human ImpactStrip mining

Human ImpactStrip mining

Surface Mining Act, 1977