The U.S. first became a net importer of oil in 1948. The intervening decades have led Americans down a steady path of price spikes, shortages, and compromised foreign policy decisions. Imported fuel means expensive gasoline, lost jobs, and hobbled industries, while climate change poses risks as dramatic as they are difficult to assess. So how do we fix our fuel and energy problems? To answer that question—the first in a quarterly series called Fix This—Bloomberg Businessweek Chairman Norman Pearlstine
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Progress, a think tank headed by John Podesta, Bill Clinton’s former chief-of-staff. “Heck, it’s the second best piece of news on global warming this month!” The National Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental group, chose their words carefully, praising both Waxman’s and Dingell’s environmental contributions: Chairman Waxman has been a leader on global warming for many years, and we look forward to working closely with him in
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PrintEmailArticle ToolsPage 1 of 1 Burning coal for energy causes more harm to the environment than it is worth. Gov. Rick Perry and Texas utility companies are in favor of 16 newly proposed coal-fired plants. Coal has been used in the past and has been proven dependable. Environmentalists, ranchers and many Texas mayors are concerned about air quality. Texas emits the most greenhouse gases of any state. Coal is a plentiful and cheap energy source, which is partially what makes it so appealing
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directions, including back towards Earth. The Earth's surface is about 34ºC warmer as a result. It may measurably increase the overall average temperature of the Earth, which could have disastrous consequences. Because the potential consequences of global warming in terms of loss of snow cover, sea level rise, change in weather patterns, etc are so great, it is a major societal concern. The runaway effect results in a chain reaction loop where sea surface temperature increases, leading to increased
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Putting a Stop to Global Warming In order to have a healthy planet and a safe place for us and our children to live, we need to put a stop to Global Warming immediately. Our planet’s climate has risen over the past 2000 years because of the damage that people have caused. Fossil Fuels have been a major contributor (around 80%) of Global Warming pollution. This pollution has been the cause of many of our world’s wildfires, floods, and droughts. Any issue that affects our world, nation, or community
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problems are becoming more and more serious in the all area of the world. The automotive industry is one of the largest contributors to CO2 emissions (David, 2009). Carbon dioxide emission that result from automobile industry are one of the factor caused global warming which one of the major issues we being faced with. Most researchers are in agreement that greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture have
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land use practices that smother them with silt, and pollutants that foster disease and overgrowth by seaweeds. More alarmingly, there are large areas that are killed off and degraded by warming seas linked to climate change. We've all read that global warming poses a tremendous threat to our planet, and that coral reefs will face an uphill battle to survive in warmer waters. Yet the greatest threat to our oceans and to all of its wonders is little known, nearly impossible to see, and potentially
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generally known as "global warming" or "anthropogenic global warming" (AGW).In short climate change or global warming is defined as changes in climatic patterns by the increase of the average temperature of the earth. The New Zealand Wine Company is an integrated wine company involved in growing grapes, winemaking, bottling, and marketing and sales of premium quality wines in New Zealand and to export markets under a number of owned and contracted brands. Climate change and global warming are the environmental
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The question of whether global warming will have a negative impact on human health is a serious issue that will affect every living thing on the planet earth. Some believe that global warming is a serious issue that must be addressed now or the planet will have dire consequences. On the other hand, Critics believe that global warming is a normality of the earth’s atmosphere. This paper will answer the questions: who, what, why, when, and how global warming will or will not have a negative impact
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Did you know that all the companies in America have something in common? They are all operating in an environment of forces that create both threats and opportunities for their businesses. These environmental forces, which make up something known as the "macroenvironment", include: demographic, economic, natural, technology, political and cultural. Since the macroenvironment is generally uncontrollable, businesses often must find ways to adapt to the constant changes. For example, over the past
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