ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH FUELING ECONOMIC PRODUCTION
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FIGURE 2.18 Energy development associated with the energy-intensive modern economy comes with environmental impacts, including air, water, and soil pollution. The direct human costs can also be serious. On July 6, 2013, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, about 10 miles from Maine. The resulting explosions and fires killed 47 people.
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)