Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels are made up of decomposed organisms ,it also contains high percentages of carbon, petroleum , coal , and natural gas.It is said that about 90% of greenhouse  in the US which come from the combustion of fossil fuels.When fossil fuels combust it causes other problems for the environment such as air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide , sulfur dioxide , organic compounds , and heavy metals.
Due to  acid rain it can cause damage to statues and other things in the environment which can cost lots of money to repair . Other environmental affects on the Earth are coal mining , and  strip mining , these are the main two that seem to have huge impacts on the world.

News Article : Citizens Against Strip Mining
POINT ACONI - Weekly explosions at Pioneer Coal's surface mine are driving some residents to consider pulling up stakes and planting 'for sale' signs on their front lawns. Nearly five years into Pioneer Coal's approval for a surface mine reclamation project some residents are contemplating leaving because of ongoing controlled blasts from the mine site.
"When it hits, it feels like an earthquake. On Friday, I thought my whole house was going to go into the ground. That's how bad it was," said Joanie MacRae, a resident of Point Aconi Road.
MacRae has a view of the pit from her living room window. She said residents living in the area have had to endure one, sometimes more than one blast a week since the mine opened in 2006.
Friday's blast was within the allowable limit of 12.5 millimetres per second for ground vibration and 128 decibels for air percussion. Two monitors recorded 11.4 mm and 10.4 mm per second, and 118 and 116 decibels, during the blast, according to readings provided by the company to the Department of Environment.
Under its conditions of approval, the mining company must notify residents in the "blast zone" with a hand delivered notice 24 hours before the detonation.
Often times that's not the case, MacRae said.

"You don't really get much notice. Usually they bring the notices the day of (the blast)."
With three young children, she may consider leaving the community with her family.
Forrest Lane is the closest street to the blast zone. Pioneer Coal has bought three properties on the street, and according to residents, the company is trying to buy several other peoples' properties.
Many people are reluctant to speak publicly about the mine because of friends and neighbours who work there, says Jean Sawyer, who is a member of the group Citizens Against Strip Mining.
A citizen liaison committee was set up to hear the community's concerns, however Sawyer said no one seems to know who are the members of this "anonymous committee."
"One of the conditions of approval was there was supposed to be community consultation, and somewhere to call if you've got problems or complaints," she said. "They just tell us to call the manager at the mine site which is no help at all to the people here.
"It's not like Xstrata, or Devco, that hold open houses to inform the media of what they're doing. (Pioneer Coal) doesn't do any of that. There is no public information at all."

Personal Opinion 
 My personal opinion on this matter is that  I feel like people don't realize what a huge effect this is having on the environment and how much it is costing us to repair it  afterward. I  feel like the government should be at least stopping these companies from tearing up the land , and damaging it because by not doing anything we are losing so many things like animals , money .Why should we just sit by and watch them ruin the world by doing these tasks. If we don't do something about fossil fuels today , then maybe in the future we will have many  consequences .Fossil fuels are dangerous to the enviroment because they can cause air pollutants .