Young people today are more aware of the environment than ever before.
This is the first really “green” generation. Mark Farrell asked Claudia, 15,
from London, about her opinion on this problem.
Claudia: There are lots of environmental problems – the greenhouse effect,
acid rain, the holes in the ozone layer, and so on. There’s also air pollution
causing asthma. And there’s nuclear waste and other kinds of toxic waste.
But my problem is that I don’t feel I can do anything about it myself. It’s
all so big and out of control.
How can you have clear opinions about all these scientific things?
You would have to be an expert on nuclear energy, on the weather, on
chemistry, on everything. And another thing… only the politicians are in a position to do anything about it, and they don’t seem to care that much. It’s
not worth voting for the Green Party, because they’re so small. And the
other parties don’t want to do anything serious because it would be unpopular. I suppose in the end things will get so bad that they’ll just have to do
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