United States - Environment
As far as the environment of United States is concerned, there have been air pollution; large emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; declining natural freshwater resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; deforestation; mining; desertification; species conservation; invasive species (the Hawaiian Islands are particularly vulnerable). As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of United States
Climate We have mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Revenue from forest resources 0.04% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 258 million tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 3.07 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)

Missouri - 3,768 km; Mississippi - 3,544 km; Yukon river mouth (shared with Canada [s]) - 3,190 km; Saint Lawrence (shared with Canada) - 3,058 km; Rio Grande river source ( mouth shared with Mexico) - 3,057 km; Colorado river source (shared with Mexico [m]) - 2,333 km; Arkansas - 2,348 km; Columbia river mouth (shared with Canada [s]) - 2,250 km; Red - 2,188 km; Ohio - 2,102 km; Snake - 1,670 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

Total water withdrawal
Municipal 58.39 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 209.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 176.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 7.18 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 5,006.3 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 685.74 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 44.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 16.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 27.4% (2018 est.)
Forest 33.3% (2018 est.)
Other 22.2% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 83.3% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 18.937 million New York-Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023).
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United States is found in North America