Koch 's Anti Green Strategies And Global Warming

Climate change is not a new concept. It has been mostly referred to as global warming in the past. As much as people would like to file this issue away as something to deal with at a later date, it simply cannot wait. This problem we face is costing us billions of dollars, forests and wildlife are being eliminated, and people are dying. Starting to sound like a big deal, right? Future generations will be affected the most. People who do not even exist will have to pay for what we, all people, have done to this earth. To begin to make changes, one must realize the severity of the issue. Bill Mckibben, author of “Recalculating the Climate Math,” conveys that “We’ve already raised the world’s temperature by one degree—enough to melt almost half the ice in the Arctic, kill off huge swaths of the world’s coral, and unleash lethal floods and drought. July and August tied for the hottest months ever recorded on our planet, and scientists think they were almost certainly the hottest in the history of human civilization” (Page 3 of 5). Global climate change is a serious problem because it increases natural disasters and is the cause of extreme weather.

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.

Global warming is hot topic nowadays. Alarmists and scientists fight to make their statements known, but while the alarmists avoid the scientist, non-governmental organizations pass themselves as scientist. They not only give out exaggerated data, they also have the nerve to accuse humans of being the cause of global warming. Also, we cannot be certain that we are being told the truth without knowing exactly what is really going on behind the scenes. We blindly trust those in authority because we think that they have our greater good in mind and that whatever they say must be the truth.

These last two election cycles have demonstrated the importance of climate change in relation to politics and the american people. What is unfortunate is that what seems to be a very crucial and real problem in our human survival, according to scientists, is being debated by people who do not have the scientific credentials to even discuss the science behind the reality of climate change. Those behind the skeptics, have funded a successful campaign against the reality of the facts and have introduce doubt into the sciences.

Throughout this article, most of it pertained to how the environmental community has shown that global warming is a social problem, while the public determined that global warming is a legitimate problem and supports policies that work against it. However, during the 1990s, the United State’s policies and beliefs on global warming were put into question. This is a result of the conservative movement challenging the notion whether or not climate change and global warming are social problems. The conservative movement pushes this further by using the media, creating policy forums, and sponsoring press conferences for policy makers in order to emphasize their point on how global warming is not a serious social issue.

Because of the most recent election season, there has been a renewed interest in the topic of climate change. In the 2016 Presidential election, the green party received over 1.2 million popular votes nationwide, when they usually receive only 100 thousand or so. With an increased interest in the topic of climate change, I feel it is necessary to provide factual data and projections on the path climate change will take to decrease misinformation. I proclaim the correct course of action to solve the problem of climate change is to do nothing.

The argument put forward by John Coleman, in his article “Global Warming Greatest Scam in History!”, is flawed mainly due to numerous logical fallacies. “Ad Hominem”, “Guilt by Association”, “Red Herring”, “Appeal to Irrelevant Authority”, “Hasty Generalization”, and “Genetic Fallacy” are some of the logical fallacies that can be observed to prevail in Coleman’s argument. As a consequence, the soundness, validity, clarity, reasoning and consistency of the whole article are insubstantial. Coleman’s premises fail to support his proposition that global warming is a scam, making the whole argument distorted and faulty.

What the public knows and hears about scientific advancements and discoveries often lags behind the latest scientific work. Exxon Mobil, a major oil company, has funded research on pollution and climate change for the past several decades and has greatly contributed to the body of research showing that climate change and similar issues pose a great threat to humanity. Exxon has not actively held back research on climate change and has not funded anti-climate change groups for over a decade, seemingly giving them credibility in the public eye. However, in public statements and advertising Exxon has promoted that climate change is non-existent or not an issue. Exxon clearly has a lot to gain from misrepresenting their own research- if they had

Steve Coll, multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning author, in Private Empire ExxonMobil and American Power, explains “Exxon, and other A.P.I. members joined and newly and more broadly based group, Global Climate Coalition, with influential members from every part of the country and many different industries…A.P.I. also poured money into independent think tanks and advocacy groups that were predisposed to attack Kyoto” ( Steve Coll 85). This organization that was created shows how determined Exxon was to stop any form of policy to be enacted limiting their profitability. After Exxon began promoting climate change denial, the scientific community that once respected their research, now discourages their actions against the facts of climate

Climate change, specifically in reference to C02 Emissions released by human use of fossil fuels and their consequential effects on the environment, is perhaps one of the most pressing issues we, not just as Americans, but as human beings face in our lifetimes. Though it may sound like a sensationalist statement the facts are hard to deny. In May of 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Propaganda infested the debate on climate change after interest groups’ increasingly high expenditures financed the argument against climate change. Although propaganda is blatantly common on both sides, the opponents’ weakest link is the science and therefore the logic. Phillips and the Americans for Prosperity abundantly spent on advertisements that persuaded the American public's opinion on climate change. These advertisements were full of logical fallacies, admittingly by Phillips. Eventually, the U.S. Senate took a delagate role where “constituents’ opinions and preferences [are] reflected in legislative opinion”. From the ground up, Americans for Prosperity’s money and propaganda convinced the U.S. Senate to vote against the cap-and-trade

It has never been difficult to see that Fox News has a conservative bias. And while they are not the only news network that has a political leaning, they have one of the strongest. In this paper, I will show how Fox News’s conservative identity prevents the network from appropriately reporting on climate change. To do this, I must start by asserting that, yes, climate change is very real, it is human caused and it is only going to get worse if nothing is done to slow its progress (Climate change: How do we know?). This is the conclusion that the majority of the scientific community has come to, and most of the world has accepted it as fact. In the United States, however, climate change is still

The Heartland Institute is well known for funding deniers of global warming and climate change, and is mostly funded by large corporations like Microsoft and GlaxoSmithKline, and wealthy Right-wingers like the Koch Brothers. Recently leaked documents from the "Heartland Insider" posted on the Internet showed that the Institute has been preparing a new curriculum against teaching about these subjects in the public schools. In 2008-12, the Institute also gave $1.6 million to the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, which exists only for the purpose of attacking the science and scientists supporting man-made global warning. At the very least, its goal is to assert that man-made global warming is still a subject of major scientific controversy when in reality no such controversy has existed in many years. Thanks to the Citizens United decision, corporations and wealthy individuals can now give unlimited donations directly to political parties and candidates, and unless some controls are placed over this type of funding and lobbying activities, the American public will continually be deceived about the destruction to the environment caused by global warming

In recent years, the controversial subject of global warming has been more predominantly brought to our attention. Is the threat of global warming real? Is it man-made or is this just a natural cycle of earth? Does it really affect earth’s inhabitants? Should action be taken against it? If so, what kind and to what extent? It cannot be only a coincidence that the alarmingly rapid climate change coincides perfectly with the increased amount of pollutants that humans release into the environment. The once stable climate has in recent years begun to skyrocket, thus altering the delicate structure of earthly life. This proves to be hazardous to the future of the planet; some people worry that many of the resources the environment provides that

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