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Air Pollution Emissions From 1940-1980
The table shows the total air pollution over the years 1940-1980.

Aluminum Can Recycling
The table shows the percentage of cans recycled for each year from 1972 to 1989 in the United States.

Automobile Mileage
The table shows the average miles per gallon achieved by all automobiles made in the US and abroad.

Causes of Fish Kills
The table shows the number of fish kills caused by several sources.  It then ranks the sources by the number of U.S. states in which they caused a fish kill.

Causes of Global Warming
The above table the major causes of global warming, and lists them in order based on the percentage of global warming they have caused.

CFC Production
The graph shows how the levels of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, have changed over time.

Commonest Toxic Chemicals
The table is based on Toxic Release Inventory forms that were submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Consumer Views on Recyclable Packaging
The table shows how consumers feel about buying goods that are recyclable.

Creation of Environmentally Protected Areas
The table shows how much land countries throughout the world have set aside each decade.

Endangered Species in the US
The table gives shows how many of each type of species was endangered in the given years during the 1980s.

Energy Consumption in the United States
The table shows how the amount of energy used in the United States has risen and fallen over the years 1973 to 1990.

Energy Usage Throughout the World
The graph shows how much energy each region of the world or group of nations uses.

Environmental Health Threats in the Developing World
The map of the world shows the level of health threats to people in developing countries.

Forest Destruction v. Reforestation
The table compares the amount of forest that was destroyed by wildfires and the amount of forest that was replanted in each of the years listed above in the United States.

Increases in Greenhouse Gases
The graph shows the annual increase in the amount of major greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere.

Largest Oil Spills
The table shows the largest oil spills on record since 1967.

Lumber Production in the US
The table shows the total amount of wood produced in the United States from 1975 to 1989.

Sources of Energy Production
The table shows how much energy was produced by each of the major sources in the United States.

Species Threatened by Air Pollution in the US
The table lists some species in the United States whose existence is being threatened by high levels of air pollution.

The Earth's Temperature
The graph shows fluctuations in the global temperature.

The Ten Warmest Years From 1880 to 1990
The table shows the years in which the world temperature has been the highest.

Top Oil Producers in 1990
The chart shows how much oil the top countries were producing in 1990.

US Oil Spills
The table shows how many oil spills occurred in each year, and the total number of gallons that were spilt in all of the incidents combined in that year.

Water Scarcity
The map of the world above shows how vulnerable nations are to a low water supply.

World SO2 Emissions
The graph shows SO2 emissions coming from each continent.  Total emissions are given in millions of metric tons.

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