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The United States is the second largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world, and yet is doing very little to fix this startling statistic (Dennis). The US’ reliance upon outdated energy sources continues to harm both the environment and the economy by producing millions of tonnes of pollution every year and costing the government billions of dollars (“Fact Sheet: Clean Power Plan”). Fossil fuels have been the main energy sources in America since the industrial revolution, and it is time to make a change. Renewable energy is energy harnessed from sources like the sun, wind, or water, and has little to no negative effects on the environment (“Renewable Energy Technology Basics”). The United States needs to integrate and increase the use of these types of energy across the country, as well as implement positive environmental policies, to prevent further pollution of the earth and combat the effects of climate change.

Many firms are learning that being environmentally friendly and sustainable has numerous benefits. (O.C Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2015). This could enable them to increase goodwill from various stakeholders and also save money in the long term. This will mean that they are being more efficient and less wasteful of resources, which will enable them to be more competitive by satisfying stakeholders. The CEO of

Christine Todd Whitman chose to write this op-ed months into the Trump presidency at a time when many natural disasters plague the country. In it she addresses both the administration and her fellow Republicans, many of whom do not view climate change as a threat. Whitman’s principal grievance with Scott Pruitt, the current director of the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), is his creation of a “red team” to research an opposing view to the scientific consensus on climate change. In her op-ed, Christine Todd Whitman condemns the way Scott Pruitt runs the E.P.A. and tries to convince the reader that climate change is a tangible threat. Whitman makes it clear that her criticism is not that of a lay person or a contrarian but comes from experience and a common worldview.

Article 1: This article tells about President Obama vetoing Keystone Jobs Bill on grounds that approval of the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would damage the U.S. effort to curb greenhouse gases. The article frames Obama as an environmental hero, quoting the president in saying, “America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change… And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership. And that’s the biggest risk we face — not acting.” The authors also cite Secretary of State John Kerry in saying “The United States cannot ask other nations to make tough choices to address climate change if we are unwilling to make them ourselves.” The

Why would not qualified military leaders bring a sober voice about the risks of using military power? In the case where it cannot be avoided, plan a winning strategy that mitigates the risk to our warriors, and a win for the USA?

In today’s military many members are trying to make a career of the military. The impact of such budget cuts will ruin their chance to make a career. As we speak the military is going through budget cuts. The recent sequcestion of the economy has force the military to shrink. Thousands of military members have been forced to retire. Many of the effected had the idea of being in the military for 20 years. Due to budget cuts their dreams have been ruined. More budget cuts would force more members to be released from duty. Today more than 1.2 million military and civilian personnel serve and work in the

The military also keeps decreasing in size and is much weaker with the special three percent of the population that are willing to risk their lives every single day to protect others ability to sleep safely in their beds at night. Salmon continues to argue that the United States is not getting the necessary funds that it needs to operate properly and compensate and care for those that protect the freedoms of Democracy. Another argument that Salmon makes is, “Second, the state of the U.S. military continues to degrade due to recent spending decisions. The several years of uncertainty in the defense budget, the prioritized cuts, and the magnitude and pace of the reductions have led to a weaker and smaller force today” (Salmon). Salmon argues that military funds are decreasing because of the budget cuts made by the United States. The reason why the military is at such a low three percent, low on equipment, and short funded is because the American people don’t support it, they feel that it’s not as useful as its “glamorized” to be. If people felt the same way about the military as they did back in the World War eras then the military system would be much stronger than it is today. Without the military there won’t be any peace or order because no one will be able to establish a system and no one will listen, along with things getting out of

We have been taking money away from our soldiers and military gradually, and cutting spaces for new troops. Why are we doing this? The government claims it to be the right way to go with our money funds. It isn’t the right way to go. Decreasing the funding for the military will take away advancing in technology, jobs, protection, and eventually our freedom.

In Eisenhower's Farewell Address, his final public speech to America, he wanted to leave them with some advice and wise words of wisdom from there soon to be ex president. He emphasized his point to not use the potential influence of the military. He stated that “Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peacetime, or indeed by the fighting men of World War II or Korea.” He said that we “must avoid the impulse to live only for today” which he is meaning that we need to look into the future and realize the importance to keep our nation safe. To keep the economy safe for our following generations. In this speech he coined the phrase Military-industrial complex, which became a huge thing

Moreover, the Army is not the only who has experienced decreased readiness, for example, there have been budget cuts across the board which have resulted in “The Air Force is the smallest and oldest it has ever been”(Cooper). “80 percent of United States Marine Corps or (USMC)  do not have the minimum number of aircraft they need for training and basic operations”(Cooper). “The Navy’s fleet is the smallest it has been in nearly 100 years”(Cooper). Accordingly, all parts of the Armed forces have experienced budget cuts due to lack of attention and the fact of a president who does believe in the armed forces. The BCA has forced liquidations and sequestrations on the armed forces which has caused them to seriously decline in the past 5 years under the Obama Administration. Notwithstanding, to fix this problem we will need to provide more funding for the armed forces and repeal the BCA and other military sequestration

We have all heard statistics over how unmitigated global warming can lead to rising sea levels, increased temperatures, lower rates of precipitation. The Congressional Budget Office recently found that climate change, if unmitigated, would create costly damage not only to the United States’s economy, but also to the world as a whole (source). Despite a scientific and general consensus that climate change is real and a problem, actual committed action against climate change has been disappointingly slow, until recently. We also know the cause of climate change. The United States EPA finds that “Carbon dioxide accounts for most of the nation’s emissions and most of the increase since 1990” (EPA). What we don’t know is a solution.

"The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear."

Did you know that the United States is the second largest contributor of CO2, and the less concerned about it? Climate change has been a problem for decades, but just recently we start to see how big of a problem climate change is, and can be. Climate change is one of the biggest problems that we are facing right now, even if keep trying to act like is nothing. Everybody, the people, the government, and big companies are a big contributor of this phenomenon. The more we keep denying its effects, the more we are going to regret it later, and going to wish that we could go back and try to fix the issue. You going to know one day, and its going to be late. Climate change should be the U.S government main focus this decade and the ones to come. Climate change can affect a country in every way economically, destroyed …., cause a lot of deaths.

Sustainability has become a great topic of interest in many arenas. Particularly, leading organizations are recognizing sustainability needs to be an essential aspect of their long term strategies. With this recognition, better business practices are being sought by investors as well as sustainability is becoming a driving force for better efficiencies and innovation. Two organizations, Wal-Mart and Starbucks, have both took on sustainability as long term initiatives to address their customer needs and affect how their suppliers operate.

“There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate.” - Barack Obama. Climate change has been a popular topic of discussion, because of the threat to our environment. The world will forever be changed if climate change isn’t taken into serious consideration and not in a good way. Climate change has been a popular topic of discussion, because of the threat to our environment. Climate change has had many negative effects, for example, damage to coral reefs, the increase of wildfires, and most importantly rising sea levels. The damage to our earth cannot always be undone nevertheless it can make some things disappear forever.