Global Dangers Of Donald Trump's Climate Denial By Michael Greshko

Climate change is now being seen as the top global threat and the scariest and biggest additional problem that comes with this truth is that our future President, Donald Trump, doesn’t believe it is real and denies that it is happening. Our President-elect, who will be inaugurated on January 20th, 2017, has made remarks that he does not accept the scientific evidence that climate change is real. This is a surprising comment considering that it is 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, this means, as of now, he has no plan to improve or combat the global warming/climate change issue. In reply to a question about his position on climate change on ScienceDebate, Trump implied that the U.S

The topic I connected to Global Politics and Environmental Science is Donald Trumps opinion about climate change. Ever since Donald Trump became president, there has been a denial from him about this issue because he thinks it’s a hoax. More specifically he tweeted on November 6th 2012 saying “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive” and he also doesn’t believe climate change even exists. I agree that global warming and climate change do both exist and they also impact our environment. Global warming is the ongoing rise and change in temperature near the Earth’s surface which can also change the pattern of the climate. Climate change is happening everyday because of

In his essay titled “Climate of Denial”, Al Gore, a well known environmental advocate and former vice president, verifies the reality of climate change and global warming. The piece is an attack on corrupt companies and news outlets that attempt to persuade the public that global warming is not a critical issue. Gore also earnestly conveys our environment’s current state and offers possible solutions that would increase awareness about global warming and begin to revert the planet back to a healthier, more sustainable state. The overarching purpose of Gore’s work is to call attention to the widespread climate change that is occurring. However, he also focuses on the corruption and bias within the media, and their attempts to conceal the truth about global warming. Writing to those who are conflicted about who to believe, he makes a valid argument that defends the beliefs of he and his fellow activists and encourages others to become more active in the climate change issue.

The essay “The Climate emergency” is based on a speech made by Al Gore at Yale University in April 2004 to a room full of students. Al Gore is the former Vice President of the United States under President Bill Clinton. He is also an environmental rights activist. In the beginning of the speech the former vice president shares a story about his trip to a Shoneys Restaurant with his wife Tipper to draw the audience in. (300-301). Once he captures their attention he is able to focus them on his real message.

Lastly, the most worrisome of all, there was no mention of global climate change within Trump’s speech. Not mentioning the issue of climate change means that he is not concerned with it, and therefore by association, neither is America. Furthermore, the neglect of mentioning climate change within the speech means that he has no future intentions of addressing the issue, and that we will have to wait for our next president to act. This is time that we do not have to

Pruitt to dismantle the rules” (Friedman 2). Friedman also states “Mr. Trump appeared to claim he has already done so, telling a crowd in Alabama: “Did you see what I did to that? Boom, gone” (2). There is no explanation of where any of these quotes were taken from or from what event they were stated at. Although there is obviously a very left bias, the ethos presented in it is appropriate. The author of the article, Lisa Friedman, is a reporter who focuses on climate and environmental policy. She has covered eight international climate talks. This information is critical when establishing Friedman’s ethos as it depicts her vast knowledge on the topic and how she is fit to discuss the matter through her experience.

Swedish Chemist Svante Arrhenius laid out the first basic ideas of climate change in 1896 (Weart 34). Some of these basic ideas were the causes of climate change, such as the greenhouse effect (Anttila-Hughes, Oppenheimer 11). At this point in time, this was all new research which influenced others to continue the research on climate change. As time progressed, more and more people began to believe in the effects of climate change due to the large amounts of research done since Arrhenius introduced the issue (Weart 34). Nowadays, the idea of climate change is argued whether it exists or not. The United States’ current president, Donald Trump, for example, has stopped all funding for climate change research in order to use that money for

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

Often, the public and “political debate over what to do about global warming is far different from the scientific debate surrounding the issue” (Taylor) as the media publishes discourse relating to global warming which asserts a rhetorical influence through the ideological screen by which such information is subjectively presented to the public. In the example of a New York Times article on the topic of climate change, the author’s decision to discerningly highlight the fact “that concentrations of major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase to record levels […] [and] that Arctic sea ice remain[s] at very low levels” (Chan) reflects a selective rhetorical emphasis and dissemination of information that does not include or illuminate other data suggesting a contrary or skeptical perception of global warming. As such, the public depends primarily on the media’s capricious determination of salience and rhetorical delivery to inform personal understanding and opinion regarding the validity and imminence of climate

This articles starts off by first talking about a speech given by the President. In his speech he talks about how climate change "constitutes a serious threat to the global security, and an immediate

President Donald Trump does not see this the same way most do. President Donald Trump’s administration believes that if we do nothing to protect the environment and focus on the economy, the environment will be fine however this is not the case. If the Trump administration gives no regard to environmental protection the economy will crumble with time rather than grow like the Trump administration expects (Merica, 2017). Since economic growth is prioritized over environmental protection both the economy and environment will experience

The main limitation of the article is that the author's name was not listed on the page. Also, even though the information in the article was very accurate and could be corroborated with other sites, the article website is not considered extremely reputable. The majority of the text is objective and factual although the author also included various opinions in the introduction. This was done to make the global warming issue more riveting, urgent and consequential so readers would be influenced to help avert the major effects of global warming. Nevertheless, the article is considered very accurate, well explained and the information is

The first issue of this poor decision is President Trump’s refusal to join the consensus that global warming is threatening

Credibility Position (Why you picked this topic): After I read this particular article, it made me realize that the global warming was taking pace at a rapid speed than I had imagined. Its impact was certainly happening quickly than I expected. Then, I did some research to find out its problems and also I looked at solutions to minimize the impact of global warming.

Climate change has undoubtedly become one of the most prominent debate topics in the world today. With that being said, there are multiple aspects of climate change currently being discussed; causes of climate change, the idea that climate change may be a hoax, and whether or not climate change affects human health are three of the many ongoing debates about climate change. Climate change is surrounded by negative connotations, but Jay Leno, former host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, shed some light on the darkness of climate change, saying "According to a new U.N. report, the global warming outlook is much worse than originally predicted. Which is pretty bad when they originally predicted it would destroy the planet.” Although his first statement is rather true, Leno manages to lighten its load with a less true, but hilarious, comment. His words force one to realize that climate change impacts everyone in any area of the health triangle, whether it be through a joke such as Leno’s, or directly through issues such as pollution and pollen; the areas of the health triangle include physical health, mental/emotional health, and social health. Therefore, climate change is a threat to all aspects of human health; social health, mental/emotional health, and physical health.