Jessie's Environmental Views

     For today’s blog I will be talking about people changing to eco-friendly energy sources. I wanted to specifically talk about how eco-friendly energy would benefit the environment. I have wanted to write about this topic because I think it’s very important. This issue is talked about a lot but really never put into action. From the Solar Power Nerd website, it states “ Currently, the renewable energy sector provides almost 10 million jobs to workers internationally.” This made me think about why more people don’t use eco-friendly energy if it provides jobs. Especially in the world of COVID-19, where people need jobs. Most people haven’t switched to eco-friendly energy because it’s easier to use what we’ve been using for so long instead of switching to something new. Eco-friendly energy would make the environment much better, it would also lessen the amount of emissions being released into the air from coal. Some eco-friendly energy sources are wind energy, solar energ...

  This week, for the “What’s Happening Here? What’s Happening There?” post, I wanted to focus on this specific issue within my topic about how the quality of clean water is very important.      The Conservation Law Foundation website provides information about how PFAS pollution is a big problem in New Hampshire. There has been documentation of problems with PFAS in Dover, Rochester and Hampton. PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. PFAS in New Hampshire water isn’t fatal normally but can cause health issues over time.      Clean water is also an issue in Africa. Africa doesn’t necessarily have the same problems as New Hampshire, Africa’s water problem is a lot more detrimental. From the Water Pro ject website, it states that “Young children die from dehydration and malnutrition, results of suffering from diarrheal illnesses that could be preve...