User:Nweil/sandbox/Environmental Issues in the San Francisco Bay Area

Issues

Issues

 * Greenhouse gas emissions — Coal-fired power station • Carbon dioxide • Methane • Fluorinated gases
 * Human population — Biocapacity • climate change • Carrying capacity • Exploitation • Industrialisation • I = PAT • Land degradation • Land reclamation • Optimum population • Overshoot (population) • Population density • Population density • Population dynamics • Population growth • Projections of population growth • Total fertility rate • Urbanization • Waste • Water conflict • Water scarcity • Overdrafting
 * Hydrology — Environmental impacts of reservoirs • Tile drainage • Hydrology (agriculture) • Flooding • Landslide
 * Intensive farming — Agricultural subsidy • Barn fires • Environmental effects of meat production • Intensive animal farming • Intensive crop farming • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture • Slash-and-burn • Tile drainage • Zoonosis
 * Land use — Built environment • Desertification • Habitat fragmentation • Habitat destruction • Land degradation • Land pollution • Lawn-environmental concerns • Trail ethics • Urban heat island • Urban sprawl
 * Nanotechnology — Impact of nanotechnology
 * Natural disasters
 * Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear and radiation accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive waste management
 * Ocean trash — Garbage patch • Ghost net • Washed Ashore
 * Water pollution

Effects

 * Climate change — Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline circulation • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Urban heat islands • Flooding
 * Environmental degradation — Loss of biodiversity • Habitat destruction • Invasive species
 * Environmental health — Air quality • Asthma • Birth defect • Developmental disability • Endocrine disruptors • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of nanotechnology • Electromagnetic field • Electromagnetic radiation and health • Indoor air quality • Lead poisoning • Leukemia • Nanotoxicology • Nature deficit disorder • One Health • Sick Building Syndrome • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
 * Environmental issues with energy — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of the energy industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
 * Environmental impact of transport
 * Environmental impact of aviation
 * Environmental impact of the petroleum industry — Exhaust gas • Waste tires • Motor vehicle emissions and pregnancy • Externalities of automobiles
 * Environmental impact of shipping (Cruise ships in Europe • Cruise ships in the United States)


 * Environmental issues with war — Agent Orange • Depleted uranium • Military Superfund site (Category only) • Scorched earth • War and environmental law • Unexploded ordnance
 * Overpopulation — Burial • Overpopulation in companion animals • Tragedy of the commons • Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries • Sub-replacement fertility levels in developed countries
 * Mutation breeding — Genetic pollution
 * Synthetic biology — Synthetic DNA • Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System • Hachimoji DNA
 * Genetically modified food — Genetically modified crops • Genetically modified livestock • Genetically modified food controversies
 * Pollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution


 * Air pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Indoor air quality • Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Volatile organic compound • Atmospheric particulate matter CFC • Biological effects of UV exposure
 * Light pollution • Visual pollution
 * Noise pollution
 * Soil pollution — Alkali soil • Brownfield • Residual sodium carbonate index • Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination • Superfund • Superfund sites
 * Water pollution — Acid rain • Agricultural runoff • Algal bloom • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Eutrophication • Fish kill • Groundwater pollution • Groundwater recharge • Marine debris • Marine pollution • Mercury in fish • Microplastics • Nutrient pollution • Ocean acidification • Ocean dumping • Oil spills • Soda lake • Ship pollution • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • Wastewater
 * Space debris • Interplanetary contamination • Ozone depletion


 * Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources • Overdrafting (groundwater) • Overexploitation
 * Consumerism — Consumer capitalism • Planned obsolescence • Over-consumption
 * Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark culling • Shark finning • Whaling
 * Logging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging
 * Mining — Acid mine drainage • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments
 * Water (depletion) — Anoxic waters • Aral Sea • California Water Wars • Dead Sea • Lake Chad • Water scarcity


 * Toxicants — Agent Orange • Asbestos • Beryllium • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Cyanide • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Explosives • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Herbicides • Hydrocarbons • Perchlorate • Pesticides • Persistent organic pollutant • PBBs • PBDEs • Toxic heavy metals • PCB • Dioxin • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons • Radioactive contamination • Volatile organic compounds
 * Waste — Electronic waste • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Illegal dumping • Incineration • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical waste • Landfill • Leachate • Toxic waste • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Exporting of hazardous waste

Mitigation

 * Mitigation of aviation's environmental impact – Aviation taxation and subsidies (Air passenger tax • Kerosene tax) • Electric aircraft • High-speed rail
 * Conservation
 * Ecosystems — Anoxic waters • Biodiversity • Biosecurity • Coral bleaching • Black carbon • Edge effect • Habitat destruction • Organic farming • Habitat fragmentation • In-situ leach
 * Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • By-catch • Cetacean bycatch • Gillnetting • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects of fishing • Marine pollution • Overfishing • Whaling
 * Forests — Clearcutting • Deforestation • reforestation and afforestation • Illegal logging • Trail ethics
 * Natural resources — Resource depletion • Exploitation of natural resources • Steady-state economy • Waste hierarchy
 * Species — Endangered species • Genetic diversity • Habitat destruction • Holocene extinction • Invasive species • Poaching • Pollinator decline • Species extinction • Threshold host density • Wildlife trade • Wildlife disease
 * Energy conservation — Alternatives to car use • Efficient energy use • Carfree city • Energy hierarchy • Local food
 * Renewable energy — Renewable energy commercialization
 * Recreation — Protected areas
 * Water conservation
 * Disaster mitigation
 * Environmental law — Environmental crime • Environmental justice • Polluter pays principle • Precautionary principle • Regulatory capture • Trail ethics
 * Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles
 * Environmental aspects of the electric car
 * Hydrogen economy
 * Rail electrification
 * Scrappage program
 * Vehicle recycling
 * Phase-out of single-use plastics
 * Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags (Australia • United States) • Biodegradable bags • Reusable shopping bag • Shopping trolley (caddy)
 * Bottled water ban — Reuse of bottles
 * Plastic straw ban
 * Sustainable agriculture
 * Nutrition transition — Cellular agriculture (cultured meat) • Plant-based diet (reducitarianism • veganism • vegetarianism)