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Markham Global Warming

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What is already happening locally, nationally and globally to combat this issue? Are these actions effective? Why or why not?
Organizations from around the world are working together to reduce the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth and save the future generations of humans. In order to make a global impact on an affair, it must start locally. In Markham, many citizens are devising a solution to the accelerated heating of the Earth. Advertisements about greenhouse gases have been implanted on billboards and websites to raise awareness of the issue. The mayor of Markham has built more bicycle lanes and pathways to decrease the use of automobiles (City of Markham, 2014). Markham has also increased the effectiveness of public transportation …show more content…

With more people taking the bus there are less cars on the road causing less fuel emissions being put into the atmosphere. Markham has opened 12 parks, totaling 35 acres, to the public so that the trees may act as a carbon sink, storing the carbon dioxide instead of letting it be absorbed by the atmosphere (City of Markham, 2014). Markham has been and currently is restricting the construction of power plants around residential areas because while they produce their energy, a lot of greenhouse gases are emitted, including carbon dioxide (City of Markham, 2014). Provincially, Ontario has created the Greenbelt which is a piece of land located in southern Ontario that is permanently protected by the government, which means not even big clear cutting companies like Earthroot could take it down (Gerber, 2018).The Greenbelt is filled with trees that absorb the carbon dioxide in the air, then turns it into oxygen through photosynthesis without the chance of being cut down (Gerber, 2018). There have been many advertisements in media that encourage citizens to buy cars such as teslas …show more content…

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