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Pollution Control
o Air pollution control- the control of particulate ( tiny particles of matter such as
smoke, soot, and dust that are released during industrial, agricultural, and other
activities) emissions and the control of gaseous emissions (sulfur dioxide, carbon
monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen released during various manufacturing
operations)
Particulate control
Tend to operate on a common principle
Solid particles are separated from the gases in which they are
obtained by physical procedures (passage through a settling
chamber or cyclone collector)
Gaseous emissions
Many different methods for removing unwanted gases, most of
which are acidic
Scrubbers- smokestack devices that contain a moist chemical
(lime, magnesium oxide, sodium hydroxide)
o Gases escape from a factory and pass through the scrubber,
which they react with the moist chemical and get
neutralized
Activated charcoal
o Charcoal that has been ground into a very fine powder
Has the ability to absorb or adhere to other
chemicals
Chemicals flow over the charcoal and are absorbed
Water pollution
o Physical
Passing the water through a filter (solid pollutants get trapped)
o Chemical
Chemical reactions can be used to remove pollutants from water
Adding lime (calcium hydroxide) and alum (potassium aluminum
sulfate) to water results in the formation of a thick and sticky
precipitate -> precipitate settles and traps/carries solid particles,
dead bacteria, and other components of polluted water
o Biological
Biological agents can be added to remove pollutants from water
Aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria attack certain chemicals
and convert them to a harmless form
Solid Pollutants
o Garbage, sewage sludge, paper, plastics, and other forms of wasted materials
Bury them in dumps or landfills

Compost them (process in which microorganisms turn certain types of

pollutants into useful fertilizers
Incinerated (burned)

Future approaches

There is research over using plants as pollution sponges

o There are hundreds of species of plants, plus fungi and bacteria, that seek out
and often break down chemical molecules
Sunflowers that capture uranium, ferns that thrive on arsenic, clovers
that eat oil, and poplar trees that destroy dry-leaning solvents

Energy and environment regulation

In Kansas
o Energy regulated state (you dont chose who you get your energy from)
o One of the top ten oil-producing states in the nations (produces about 2 percent of
the countrys output)
o Major oil refining state
o Regulatory impediments to affordable energy
KS doesnt cap greenhouse gas emissions
A member fo the Midwestern regional greenhouse gas reduction accord
An observer of the Western climate initiative (agreement to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions 15% below what it was in 2005 by 2020)
Required utilities to sell a certain percentage of electricity from renewable
sources (at least 20%)
In 2007, we became the first state government to reject a permit for a coalfired power plant because of carbon dioxide emissions
Not required to mix gasoline with renewable fuels
Does not impose automobile fuel economy standards that regulate
greenhouse gas emissions
Not require new residential buildings to meet energy efficiency standards
FERC
o Federal energy regulatory commission
o independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural
gas, and oil
o also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and
interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects
consolidated appropriations act of 2016
o this bill provided $29.7 billion for the Department of energy to develop clean
energy technologies that will combat climate change and create U.S jobs
o provides $6.218 billion for environmental cleanup activities
Resource conversation and recovery act

o Regards safe handling, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes

o Makes it required for people to get permits for using hazardous materials
Impact of climate change in Kansas
o Most of the state has warmed by at least half a degree
Drier soil
More intense rainstorms
More severe floods
Crop yields have been altered due to warming winters and size of rainfall
o Precipitation and water resources
Changing climate will likely increase the demand of water but make it less
available
Average rainfall during the summer will decrease
Seventy years from now, the longest period without rain will likely be 3-4
years longer than today
The average flow of rivers and streams will likely decrease
o Drier soil
Increase the need for farmers to irrigate their crops
Suffiecient water may not be available
Around 22% of the farmland in Kansas is irrigated
Since the 1950s more than 25% of the water in the High Plains
aquifer has declined
o Decreased river flow
Create problems for navigation, recreation, public water supplies, and
electric power generation
Commercial navigation can be suspended during droughts when
there it too little water to keep hannels deep enough for barge
traffic
Lower the water level in lakes and reservoirs
o Ma limit municipal water suppine

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"Kansas." IER. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2016.
"FERC: About FERC - What FERC Does." FERC:. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2016.