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Is an Environmental Career for You?

What’s So Great about Environmental Careers?

If you are the type of person who wants to make the world a better place, then an environmental career should be in your future. Environmental professionals conduct scientific research, restore wildlife habitats, save endangered species, clean up oil spills, develop and build clean energy technologies, and brainstorm ideas to reduce the negative effects of global warming/climate change, ozone depletion, soil erosion , destruction of forests and other natural areas, and toxic chemicals released during industrial processes. And that’s just a few of the many duties performed by environmental professionals. There are environmental careers for people with high school diplomas all the way through doctorate degrees. You can even train for some positions via an apprenticeship or through the military. These training methods—unlike college—do not cost a cent, and you will earn a salary while you learn.

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