The world around us is constantly evolving; decisions are made, technology is produced, and nature takes its toll. Human evolution has influenced the development of the earth we inhabit. Quite literally, the human race has coincided and coexisted with the shaping of the world. The human impact has been both helpful and detrimental to the well being of the earth, and in recent times we have been faced with helping preserve the world’s natural resources. Valuing climate change and global warming has become quite highlighted in the media, as it has become politically debated and blungeoned in light of the recent presidential election of Donald Trump. According to the media, President Donald Trump and many of his selected cabinet members do not …show more content…
In an article written by Thomas Frank of The Guardian, Frank suggest that “Many of Trump’s followers are bigots, no doubt, but many more are probably excited by the prospect of a president who seems to mean it when he denounces our trade agreements and promises to bring the hammer down on the CEO that fired you and wrecked your town, unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton” (Frank, Millions of Americans Support Donald Trump. Here’s Why.) It is apparent that Frank’s opinion is biased, as he takes a negative stance by suggesting President Trump’s followers are bigots. However, he admits, “People are much more frightened than they are bigoted,” as Karen Nussbaum, the executive director of Working America implies (Frank). Frank points out an important fact that the President’s supporters’ “favorite aspect of Trump was his “attitude”, the blunt and forthright way he talks. As far as issues are concerned, “immigration” placed third among the matters such voters care about, far behind their number one concern: “good jobs / the economy” (Frank). This statement insinuates that President Trump’s supporters have become blind or forgetful of such issues as immigration and environmental sustainability due to the fact that they are so displeased with the economy and their financial situations. This thought is similar to a section of Tom Wessels’ introduction of his novel, The Myth of Progess. Wessels introduces the concept of a paradigm as a “core belief that dramatically structures our worldview” (Wessels 2). He goes on to say, “we are shrouded and entrapped within the paradigms that we accept–and this acceptance is often an unconscious act” (Wessels 2). One might say that we consciously pick and choose which causes to believe in and which ones not to support, if the issue is of serious importance, especially regarding the earth. Meanwhile,
Donald Trump is a republican candidate who is leading the polls for the upcoming presidential election; numerous people are terrified that America would deteriorate if he was chosen as president. Furthermore, Trump is excessively publicized about since he has taken one sided views on controversial topics. For example, Trump wants to ban the immigration of Muslims into the U.S. (Diamond, 1), and he wants a border to be assembled between the U.S. and Mexico (McCarthy, 1), which he assumes Mexico will pay for. Trump accounts for 43 percent of all GOP coverage on network news so far this year (Cary, 1). When Trump insults war heroes, women, immigrants, his fellow candidates, and Congress people of
We are never really offline, we always have someone who is worrying about being online and tweeting or facebooking things like checking in locations, or tweeting how they feel. With this you run into the issue of not being able to be sociable with people. Also known as the anti-social people. This can have a negative impact on our society such as not being able to openly communicate with people or even little kids can’t play correctly with other kids because they are always on their tablet or video games this can affect communications when they are older. They then are never taught how to play outside which is the reason every kid in America is obese.
America's first businessperson in the White House is doing more to destroy the American capitalist system than any previous president.
Donald Trump is opening the world to a plethora of hate. Thanks to the “Trump effect,” our country's now fractured into factions with people only looking out for themselves. While it is true that political correctness is at an all-time high and needs to be lowered, Trump chooses to denounce all political correctness, which brings us back to the 1800’s when women couldn't vote and black men were less than white men. The President-elect chose a broken strategy that won the presidency, but lost all hope for an open minded
The 2016 Presidential Race will come to a close on November 8, 2016. In te meantime, while you decide on who you're going to give your vote to, it's important that you learn who to (or not to) vote for.
Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders; all renowned names due to the US presidential race, but by far the most controversial name involved in the race is Donald Trump. This republican candidate has been discussed and debated over due to what many call radical views. Throughout the race, Trump has become famous for his boisterous comments and remains the leading presidential candidate.
Donald Trump pulled one of the greatest upsets in the history of American politics. The aftermath of his election was a country divided on political and racial basis. However, it is racial and anti-immigrant sentiments among white supremacists that characterized the first half of Trump’s era. In August, 2017, a race-fueled chaos rocked Charlottesville, Virginia and when the violence stopped, the millions of Americans who watched them on TV engaged in their rituals: arguing amongst themselves on what happened, who were behind the chaos, and the purpose.
“Over the years, [Donald] Trump honed a performer’s ear for the needs of his audience.” (Osnos). New Yorker Evan Osnos writes this is his article on presidential candidate Donald Trump to serve as an indicator on why Trump has been exceedingly effective in capturing a sizable fragment of right-wing support in his pursuit in become the republican nominee for this upcoming 2016 presidential election. Trump’s unforeseen success comes at the bewilderment of the Republican Party as they potentially would have to put all their resources behind him if he indeed becomes the nominee. Trump’s ascension has being very revealing on how the American political system currently works in accessing presidential candidates and what effect a party can have
Climate change and the effect it has had on global warming has been a scientific subject discussed for the last 30 years; however, only recently has it became a highly debated issue in world politics and pop culture. In fact, according to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), climate change is one of only a few topics that many countries across the world have agreed upon as a potential future cataclysmic issue which must be discussed by world leaders who should also address it with their citizens. The vast majority of scientists are not only
Donald Trump, ruthless businessman and future president, who will be inaugurated on January 20, 2017, has proclaimed again and again that he does not accept the scientific evidence that climate change is real. This is a surprising remark considering that it’s a well-known fact that “97 percent of scientific experts agree that human-caused climate change is real”. It was also revealed that on his campaign website he has nothing about the environment, unlike Hillary Clinton who listed “protecting animals and wildlife” and “climate change” as two main topics on hers.
Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar ice caps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of lay people as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame them? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly simple to understand and society as a whole is beginning to come to a clear consensus on climate change. Thanks in part to more readily available forms of media and information, people have become cognizant of the fact that climate change is a legitimate problem which requires immediate amelioration. While this may seem melodramatic, society is realizing that climate change is an issue which can no longer be denied if the human race wishes to continue.
Climate change otherwise known as global warming has been an ongoing issue for decades. Beginning in the 19th century, climate change has increasingly affected Earth and its atmosphere. Rising levels of carbon dioxide are warming the Earth’s atmosphere, causing rising sea-levels, melting snow and ice, extreme fires and droughts, and intense rainfall and floods. Climate change has and will continue to affect food production, availability of water, and can add to many health risks in humans and animals. In fact, in an article by Justin Gillis titled, “Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries” he focuses on a paper written by a former NASA climate scientist, James E. Hansen, explaining the effects of climate change on Earth today. Although many believe Hansen’s theories in the paper are quite far-fetched, the author mentions, “Despite any reservations they might have about the new paper, virtually all climate scientists agree with Dr. Hansen’s group that society is not moving fast enough to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, posing grave risks” (Gillis). Gillis validates the fact that climate change has been rapidly expanding throughout Earth and society has not been able to reduce it fast enough. Many negative risks are being posed and will continue to mount if the issue of climate change is not taken seriously. Although climate change negatively affects nearly all aspects of Earth, it poses a big
A meeting discussing global warming and the ongoing climate change (and the impact CO2 emissions have on the growing problem) has been in session in Peru for the past few days. Dozens of world leaders are gathering to discuss possible changes that can be implemented to halt the increase in temperature seen around the globe. However, many prominent scientists have stated that it may be too late for these world leaders to make any significant impacts (Associated). These scientists, and many other people around the world, believe that humans have contributed significantly to global warming, and as a result mankind needs to do whatever it can to combat this ongoing crisis. Nearly 3,500 miles away from Peru, United States Senator James Inhofe is in Washington D.C., representing Oklahoma in the United States Senate. Senator Inhofe is one of the loudest preachers of the belief that global warming is not the dire threat that so many scientists make it out to be. Inhofe has claimed that it is “arrogant for people to believe human beings are able to change what He (God) is doing in the climate” (Tashman). The Senator believes that only God controls the climate and the environment, and to even think that humans are impacting the earth’s climate is misguided (Tashman). These two opposing viewpoints bring with them questions of religion, politics, human responsibility, and ultimately the fate of the planet. On one side, there are those who say that the science is so concrete, and the
As a kid who has cared about nature his entire life, and an avid modern environmentalist for four years and counting, this issue has been at the center of my psyche for quite some time. I have seen public perspective on this issue change before my eyes. From the original rejection of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth movie on “global warming” to personally marching alongside 300,000 people in our nation's capital to raise awareness on climate change. However, despite all of these avenues the issue is still spoken about as this distant idea that eventually will be a disaster. Many politicians and news networks speak of the need for slow implementation of policies and programs to right our environmental wrongs. The best way to paraphrase the common narrative of this issue would be to say, climate change is going to happen down the road, it will probably be bad and trying to fix it in the near future would be a good idea. That weak call to action shoves climate change onto the long to-do list of the leaders of our world. Not only does it not create the urgency needed to actually curb the effects of our environmental ignorance, but it does not accurately describe the threat of a changing climate. Treating this like a political issue will not allow for the rigorous changes needed to address such a problem in the timely manner that is required.
Human induced climate change is a major issue that until recent years, has been widely discredited by average citizens. Yet 97% of climate scientist agree that human activities are a major factor in the current climate warming trend (Climate Change Evidence 2017). Avoiding from getting political, with the recent presidential election, the uneducated, general population is going to continue to shift in the belief that climate change is a “hoax”. However, with the issue drawing such national and worldwide attention, this may not be a bad thing. A possible outcome of this is the climate change community could draw more attention allowing for more education on the issue to present