G+-+ENV+-+Energy

=__**Environmental Impacts**__= Environmental impacts effect the environment.


 * Increasing carbon dioxide emissions - leads to global warming and ultimately climate change
 * Sea-level rises, desertification, melting glaciers
 * Changing weather patterns - more hurricanes, floods, droughts
 * Increasing demand for oil – looking for it in difficult areas such as deep water areas (Gulf of Mexico) or environmentally sensitive areas (the Arctic)
 * Oil spills from boats like the Exon Valdez or from the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
 * Spoil heaps (piles of waste material) from coal mining

[] - Click on the link - describe four impacts of the oil spill.