Environmental Facts

.Only 1% of the world's water supply is usable. 97% is ocean water and 2%is frozen, for now.If you walk a mile along an average U.S. highway, you will see, on average about 1,457 pieces of trash.The U.S. is the #1 trash producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per year. This means that 5% of the world's people generate 40% of the world's waste.More than 2 million people die prematurely every year due to outdoor and indoor air pollution.Only 1% of China's 560 million residents breathe air that is considered safe by the European Union.The human population on Earth has grown more in the last 50 years than it did in the previous 4 million years.If the entire world lived like the average american, we'd need 5 planets to provide enough resources .Average temperatures will increase by as much as 12 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the 21st century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at the current rate

Environment FactsBy: Kate Hawkins

i used the following websites:earthecho.orgecocycle.orgwebecoist.momtastic.comp.s. the last part of the facts says 'the qurrent rate'