Lesson 25: Government Decisions and Environmental Issues



Environmental issues affect people in many different ways. Everyone has heard of global warming and climate change. Everyone has ideas for how to make these issues better. In this lesson, we are going to look at environmental issues that affect our country and what the Canadian government is doing to deal with environmental issues that affect us all. You will also learn about energy sources, such as fossil fuels, as well as renewable resources that we should be using in order to preserve our quality of life.


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Key Terms for this lesson:

  • global warming
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse effect
  • renewable resources
  • fossil fuels