Friday, April 10, 2009

Global Warming… Making an Unjust Cause Just

Fighting global warming should be a priority for the U.S. national government. According to the article title, Global Warming by Subhankar Banerjee, “The latest report from the climate panel predicted that the global climate is likely to rise between 3.5 and 8 degrees Fahrenheit if the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere reaches twice the level of 1750. By 2100, sea levels are likely to rise between 7 to 23 inches, it said, and the changes now underway will continue for centuries to come.” When it comes to our planet, do we want to protect it and continue to make it a safe place for our grandchildren and others to come? Because the way we are going now, it won’t be a likely enough safe place.

Our U.S. national government needs to step up and take action in order to save our planet. The European Union has been fighting global warming and if they can, I know we can. I believe the U.S. could change the attitude of the American people to become more optimistic. Because of right now, the attitude is that one state enacting global warming law will not have an impact, or that even one household will not change the climate issues. But of course they won’t! How long has it taken global warming to come into effect? It doesn’t just happen overnight, we need to continuously and consistently keeping up the fight against global warming and one day our change will have a significant impact. And maybe it won’t be one that we will live the day to see, but it will come and our U.S. national government need to do more than just pay for commercial adds to influence our opinions, they too need to make the change.
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What more could you do to lessen global warming?
Buy a hybrid or fuel efficient car
Carpool when you can
Inflate your tires
Change your air filters
Reduce garbage output
Use recycled paper
Unplug Un-used electronics
Plant a tree
Landscape your home for energy efficiency
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  1. Maria T CarrilloApril 23, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    Global Warming

    Michelle Tracy is right, global warming should be a priority for the US National Government. The US Environmental Protection Agency was established 40 years ago with this purpose: "The EPA was assigned the daunting task of repairing the damage already done to the natural environment and to establish new criteria to guide Americans in making a cleaner environment a reality." Well, 40 years later we are facing a global warming crisis, and we all know by now that the US is a major contributor of greenhouse gases.
    The EPA, under a new Administration has finally published a report acknowledging what the rest of the world already knew, that greenhouse gases are not only causing great damage to the environment, but endengering the health of the human race. The report along with Obama's comitment to addressing the issue will have an impact on the future health of the planet, but it will be our job as its inhabitants to do everything we can on its behalf, this includes pressuring our leaders in government to make the necesary adjustments to policy. The corporate sector has had control, but we've entered a new cycle and people all over the world are poised to take responsibility.
    Michelle gave us some ideas on her post as to what we can do, and there are many more small changes we can make in our daily lives that can have an enormous effect on the amount of pollution we generate. Here is a link to ideas from the EPA. The agency is also encouraging the public to submit comments.
    This is a great opportunity to let our government officials know what we want from them.

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