By Sarah McQuate . The world relies on China to produce the building blocks of the modern world, which include rare earths. Environmental impact. Current Environmental Issues: Environment plays a crucial role in the sustainability of life on earth.All the living beings residing on the planet earth need a healthy, clean and better environment for increased adaptability and enhanced survival chances. President Donald Trump sought to highlight his administration's record on environmental issues during a speech from the White House on Monday. And they promise to keep playing out in the months – maybe years – to come.

Washington Post coverage of climate and environment-related issues.

Environmental justice is the right to a safe, healthy, productive, and sustainable environment, where environment is considered in its totality to include the ecological, physical, social, political, aesthetic, and economic environment.” This session saw major progress on issues that have faced the state for years, in some cases decades.

Water pollution not only affects the marine wildlife, drinking water, but it also put on a financial strain on resources.. Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides, pollution, waste and over-population.Despite taking hundreds of measures, the rate of environmental issues is increasing rapidly instead of reducing. The results suggest ways in which educational information and engagement in environmental issues should be targeted for stakeholders of different educational background in order to increase knowledge and build effective partnerships that find solutions for environmental problems. Air pollution is getting worse, and data show more people are dying Eroding air quality was linked to 10,000 additional U.S. deaths over a two-year period

Harvesting power from the ocean, through spinning underwater turbines or bobbing wave-energy converters, is an emerging frontier in renewable energy. It doesn’t surprise me that the environmental justice movement began in the south, a place where, historically, the pressure of injustice builds until it explodes into organized resistance.

By Marla Broadfoot. Plastic is a real problem that pollutes the oceans of the world.

Want to take steps to help the environment? Of the 199 schools and preschools tested, 97 percent had at least one tap where lead was detected at 1 ppb in the water.

Pollution is a global but solvable threat to health, say scientists. Pollution is a global but solvable threat to health, say scientists. It’s important to create awareness regarding these issues so we can all become environmentally conscious.

Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our oceans and rivers and threaten wildlife for centuries. The Clean Power Plan was one of the Obama's signature environmental policies. Although global health investments focus on AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, recent estimates say pollution kills three times as many people. Here's a …