You may not realize it, but coal ash can be dangerous for your health, whether it is put into the air or into the ground.

By now there are probably not many people on the planet that have not heard about global warming and the melting of the polar icecaps unless you are just completely out of touch with society. We all are wondering what affect this will have on our planet and our own lives.

The two major greenhouse gases are the carbon dioxide that contributes to the greenhouse effect to a height of 60% and methane. While methane has only a weak life span in the atmosphere, the carbon dioxide there remains for more than a century.

Over the years there has been a lot of talk about how big a role automobile and truck emissions have played in climate change. People have accepted the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels to power our vehicles is damaging our environment.

There is only one planet for us and we live in it. But due to modernization, the environment has suffered and most inhabitants of this planet just shrugged their shoulder for a time.

What do pesticides, smog, candy and rumors have in common? They all cause pollution.

The greenhouse gases we increasingly pumped into the atmosphere - and continue to pump into the atmosphere at record levels today - are setting us up for a catastrophic "mass extinction event"; this article explains how we might address this issues through our taxes.

Air contamination affects our entire world. We know about global warming and the ozone layer. We blame the government. We blame industry. We blame mankind in general. And there may be some truth to that.

If air pollution really does lead to global warming as some experts claim, it is worth considering when using an air emissions source. Especially one operating in a country that follows the Kyoto Protocol and counts emissions.

Most everyone is in agreement that something needs to be done about the crisis our country is facing when it comes to oil dependency. What is not being addressed is the crisis our entire planet is facing when it comes to the environment.