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21-08-2008, 11:07
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 3 guesses who answers most of these... 1) The pressure group Greenpeace was formed in which year? 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976 - 1971 - poppy 2) What colour flag is flown on beaches that have been declared clean and free of pollution? - Blue
3) A leak from an American owned chemical factory in which city killed tens of thousands in 1984? - Bhopal - Emmylou 4) Britain’s nuclear treatment centre is THORP at Sellafield, what does THORP stand for? - Thermal Oxide (Regeneration plant) 5) In 1962 Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, warning against the ecological dangers of what? - Pesticides - Von 6) What are the chemicals in aerosols and refrigerants partly responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer? - CFC (Chloro-Flouro-Carbons) - Haqa 7) What is the destructive cultivation technique used by nomadic people in many third world country’s? - Slash & Burn - Bruv 8) In 1993, which of these cities was declared the least polluted, Athens, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome? - London - Churchill 9) Name any 3 countries that have flouted or refused to sign anti whaling agreements? - Brazil, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Peru, Russia, South Korea - Von 10) Among Europe’s main rivers, which one has been classified the most polluted? - The Rhine
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21-08-2008, 11:36
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4 Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant |
21-08-2008, 11:48
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1, 1971, but was called 'greepeace foundation' then so may not be the answer you have
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21-08-2008, 12:56
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21-08-2008, 17:43
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7 Slash and burn.......The question's veracity is debateable however.
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21-08-2008, 17:58
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3)Bhopal
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21-08-2008, 19:20
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23-08-2008, 14:23
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