https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5 Research facts about the negative impact fossil fuels have on the environment. Post your name, a fact or recent event about the topic, and any pictures/videos about the topic. en-us 2018-01-23 15:53:55 UTC 2023-02-18 17:10:26 UTC hello@padlet.com mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841298 As part of the process of clearing the way for a coal mine, trees are cut down or burned, plants uprooted and the topsoil scraped away. This results in the destruction of the land (it can no longer be used for planting crops) and soil erosion. The loosened topsoil can be washed down by rains and the sediments get into rivers, streams and waterways. Downstream, they can kill the fish and plant life and block river channels which cause flooding.]]> 2018-01-23 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841298 mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841299 2018-01-23 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841299 mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841300 2018-01-23 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223841300 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223923857 at 8:45 the other morning a gas explosion  messed up almost 100 miles around the explosion resulting in five missing people and even more injured. the area in which this occurred was a small town west of Tulsa. cattle along with the people were killed. more than 20 people were involved with the explosion. this is a tragic occurrence and should be dealt with as soon as possible http://abc13.com/5-missing-in-oklahoma-oil-rig-explosion-now-presumed-dead/2980317/ 

]]> 2018-01-23 18:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223923857 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924089 It can kill people if they don't wear a mask

]]> 2018-01-23 18:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924089 pwilhelm9659 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924298 The air pollution is so bad in Japan where the people there have to where they have to wear masks to breath normally. 

]]> 2018-01-23 18:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924298 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924795 at 8:45 yesterday morning there was a gas explosion. 5 worker have been missing after the explosion, seventeen employees were rescued, sixteen people people where not injured, and one person was flown by a helicopter to the Tulsa hospital.  https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/us/oklahoma-gas-well-explosion/index.html - INFO site

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/22/five-people-missing-after-explosion-at-oklahoma-drilling-site/?utm_t - VIDEO OF THE OKLAHOMA EXPLOSION 

]]> 2018-01-23 18:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924795 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924796  recently there was an oil spilled onto coastal lands near Goleta, California, and into the Pacific Ocean. Workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, on Thursday, May 21.]]> 2018-01-23 18:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223924796 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223925966 There was a oil spill in East China sea January 16, 1018 ]]> 2018-01-23 18:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223925966 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223926148 In East China there was an oil spill in the sea. This caused the pollution to get even worse than it already is. The people that live in China have to wear masks to be able to breathe, if they dont wear the masks they can end up with really bad health damage.

]]> 2018-01-23 18:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223926148 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223927231 An oil rig exploded on Lake Pontchartrain. Fire engulfed the entire rig. Seven people were injured with one missing.]]> 2018-01-23 18:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223927231 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223927283 You need masks for walking around China because there air pollution]]> 2018-01-23 18:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223927283 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223928355 2018-01-23 18:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/v1k7zzi9afy5/wish/223928355