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 Warning sign at chemical spill 
Warning sign indicating a roadside chemical spill, Hay Plain, NSW, Australia. Chemicals find widespread uses but can easily poison the environment through spillage, leaching and overuse. S6.1s		 Clean-up Australia volunteer 
Keep Australia Beautiful clean-up day conducted by a community group, collecting beach washed litter in a popular estuary (Baffle Creek, Queensland). CQ42.19s		 Stacks at an ore smelter 
Smoke stacks at a smelter contribute to the global increase in atmospheric particles and temperature. International initiatives to curb atmospheric emmissions are supported by nations with the most to lose from pollution and sea level rises, but are resisted by nations with the most to lose by pollution-reducing restrictions. Q31.18		 Toxic smoke from burning refuse. 
Burning refuse - old style, polluting refuse disposal still practiced at many smaller rural tips, where recycling programmes are uneconomic and landfill is unrestricted by any limitations of space. But toxic pollution and leachates may be considerable in total, presenting both a public health problem and an environmental problem as toxic leachate can seep into the groundwater, and toxic gases combine with greenhouse gases when the tip is burned before burial. Recycling reduces need for both. S104.22s
refuse at a rural dump 
Refuse piling up at a town tip presents both a public health problem and an environmental problem as toxic leachate can seep into the groundwater, and toxic gases combine with greenhouse gases when the tip is burned before burial. Recycling reduces need for landfill. SW113.21s		 Silt fence designed to limit mud flow from roadworks to waterways. 
Building a silt fence to protect nearby waterways from a recently excavated pipeline. A government inspector oversees quality of sediment control measures, necessary when private concerns tender for competitive contracts and write their own environmental management plans. CQ50.11s		 Solar power being used to power fence to protect landcare plantings 
Solar panel powers an electric fence to keep stock from a reveget-ated creek bank on environmentally sensitive Baffle Creek, Australia, sustainable energy technology being used by a community catchment management group. CQ43.12s		 Coal-fired power station 
Coal-fired power station, Tarong, Queensland, Australia, burns fossil fuel to provide the energy to run the capital city, Brisbane. Modern energy demands create environmental costs in pollution, global warming and resource use. C96.22s		 High speed tilt train for modern travel 
Tilt train, a variant on the very fast train theme (Maryborough, Queensland, Australia), transports passengers with speed and convenience, and more efficiently that private transport. Efficient public transport is seen as a way to reduce energy use and urban social problems. CQ36.5s

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