come from a difficult past To a tech-age growing too fast And so, the fate in this land Is placed and depends in our hand. Will we bring the best in this world Or make this planet worse? Save this fragile land And make it a better one. Global warming is causing weather changes But why do we still blacken the skies? Sunrays take little time to burn our faces But then, why do we still destroy our forests? Many factories spill out waste everywhere And people are still unaware What
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ENERGY POLICY The energy policy of the United States is determined by federal, state and local entities in the United States, which address issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption, such as building codes and gas mileage standards. Energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, subsidies and incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. Several mandates have been proposed over the years, such as gasoline
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sunspots has been believed to been a large factor in what we today believe has to do with climate change. The Maunder Minimum is a measurement of the suns activities between the years of 1645 and 1715. Basically, some scientists have believed that global warming has been connected to this effect and the fact that since this time, solar activity has increased and especially in the 20th century. According to EScienceNews.com, ‘The two methods of counting the sunspot number -- the Wolf Sunspot Number
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dilemma concerning sustainability. This the fact that without utilizing sustainable practices the earth is suffering, this has a direct impact on our lives. From using up our earth’s natural resources for power, we have created pollution and increased global warming effects. Besides everyone on an individual basis needing to practice sustainability, it is highly important for companies to utilize sustainability ethics. Companies big and small have immensely contributed to dwindling our natural resources
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Schwarzenegger is a renowned person who is regarded as a famous actor, politician and most importantly, an ecologist who concerns about climate change. He is a fervent supporter of environmental protection who makes a genuine effort to fight against global warming. Arnold has voiced his worries over the changing climatic pattern in the world as it will cause different disasters including droughts and floods, which put our citizens’ lives and different economic activities in jeopardy. He, therefore
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Clean Air Act – Help to breathe or not? Abstract When you first awake and take in the first long breath and exhale to start the day, do you think about that air being clean? This was not a question until 1948 where the industrial town of Donora, Pennsylvania had a thick cloud of air pollution formed over the town. (EPA, 2015) The event started the public awareness on the effects of air pollution and how it causes health problems. Clean Air Act – Help to breathe or not? Introduction
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phenomenon of increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans is called GLOBAL WARMING. So, what if the temperature rises? Due to global warming, there are serious, profound consequences that occur. These include: 1. Increased evaporation of water, which would increase the amount of water vapor (a green house gas) in the atmosphere, making the process of global warming even worse. 2. Heightened melting of the icebergs and glaciers in the Arctic Ocean and the
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CHANGES FOR THE BETTER Marilyn J. Holmes ENGL 101-B07 LUO (APA) Mr. Brian Powell Liberty University Changes For The Better “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3 New International Version). The environment is something that we as humans often take for granted. Making up everything that surrounds us, you would think that more of our population would take this blessing into more consideration. The actions we take for our environment do
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Global Warming Effects on Spain Barbara Melrose HUMN305- E6WW Manasseh Sarong February 10, 2013 Global Warming Effects on Spain Spain is set between the Mediterranean and Atlantic Oceans and the Pyrenees Mountains separated from Europe (Graham, 2009). Spain has many different ecosystems the Snowcap Mountains of the Pyrenees Mountain, green meadows in Galicia, the orange groves in Valencia and the desert in Aimeria (Graham, 2009). It is a beautiful country but it is hiding a bid secret. Spain
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human rights, health and environmental protection have expanded considerably in the past several decades. In response, the international community has created a vast array of international legal instruments, specialized organs, and agencies at the global and regional levels to respond to identified problems in each of the three areas. Often these have seemed to develop in isolation from one another. Yet the links between human rights, health and environmental protection were apparent at least from
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