The Dichotomy Of Climate Change In The United States

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.

The 21st century has begun with one of the most challenge security threats to the United States of America have had to face. The perils of climate change have the ability to impact the national interest concerning power, prosperity and peace. The continued challenges around the world, and domestically, it is critical the US implements a comprehensive grand strategy. Cooperative security gives the US the best possibility to achieve the goals that will lessen the effects and place the US ahead of the international agenda. Combating climate change will require successful policies such as international climate pacts, collective-action and cap and trade initiatives. In the past, we have seen the US shy away from such accords worried about the

Not two weeks ago, I was floating on a noodle, beer in hand, life and conversation good; when the topic of climate change came up and I was presented with an opportunity to ponder why people see the same things so differently.

“we know that the costs of these events can be measured in lost lives and lost livelihoods, lost homes, lost businesses, hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency services and disaster relief. In fact, those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it -- they’re busy dealing with it.”(Barack Obama, ) To what extent should the U.S. government alleviate climate change in America .Climate change can affect our country through a number of factors cultural, social and natural. However what is being done to cut down pollution, global warming and any other factors of climate change that is hazardous to our country are all the perspectives that are into consideration when trying to find a solution to this worldly problem. How the alleviates climate change and do what needs to be done determines the sustainability of America for future generations.

America is at risk with the climate change going on. Climate change is a serious problem, it’s effecting all the regions in America and more. As individuals we need to make a change, not today, not tomorrow, now. The first step is to to inform everyone on the risks of climate change and how it has affected the world since the 1800’s.

The issue of climate change is a recurring topic in the news, there have been scientist trying to gain support from politicians and the general public to combat this issue for years. There are several reasons why there is a lack of support and policy to address the problem relating to climate change. The issue of climate change is so divisive because people are uneducated about the topic. While there are numerous sources of information that is available to the general public, people are still ill-informed. To add, the general public and politicians may disregard conversations of climate change because they may think there are other issues that are more important. To make the public understand and to gain support for control climate change,

When was the last time you stopped and offered your guardian angel a root beer float and a huge prayer of thanks! I don’t know about you, but my guardian angel has been very good to me, but what have I done for her other than take her for granted? The answer is absolutely nothing! It’s not that I am not thankful for all the times she has saved my butt, but like so many people I sometimes get so caught up in all the negatives going on in the world that I lose sight of what is really important. I focus my attention on negative events and negative people who do not mean a hill of beans in my life. When I should be counting my blessings, I find myself worrying about things the network news or some person with their panties in wad on social media tells me are important. But, that is not their fault; the fault lies with me for allowing them to make me a willing

“In the United States, the burning of fossil fuels to make electricity is the largest source of heat-trapping pollution, producing about two billion tons of CO2 every year” (MacMillan). The United States alone is responsible for about 25 percent of all carbon dioxide pollution globally. (“11 Facts About Global Warming”). As the levels of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases increase in the atmosphere, so does the temperature. Global Warming is a serious threat to the environment and people need to take action to slow it down.

Our world is beginning to decay due to a constant use of inefficient resources. Global warming is a not a newly developed idea; it has taken over the world for quite a while now. Many do not know what global warming actually entails, but it is the event in which carbon dioxide and other air pollutants gather in our atmosphere and as a result the trap heat, consequently making our planet hotter. One of the main factors contribution to this is the burning of fossil fuels which is “producing about two billion tons of CO2 [carbon dioxide] every year.” On top of this, the next closest factor that causes 1.7 billion ton of CO2 emissions would be our transportation systems. As a result, our world is slowly becoming hotter, which is leading to the next controversial concern: extreme weather conditions. All over the world, scientists have seen an increase of dangerous hurricanes, droughts, powerful rainfall and more intense storm weather. With all of these new threats, it has become apparent that there is also an increased chance of fires, coastal flooding, heat waves, medical issues, and possible extinctions.

“Everyone loves progress, but nobody likes change” is considered to be an anonymous quote; however, this quote is considered to be true when change is forced upon us and it may affect us negatively. Right now, with the upcoming election, we are witnesses of all proposals and possible changes that we can have. Further, college students, as myself, face important issues and changes as the upcoming election is just a few months away. One of the problem that I will face is about student debts. The second issue is that employment rates continue to increase since the 2007 recession, but the wages still the same. Finally, the climate change is the defining story of our generation, and this generation should see every candidate’s point of view on this topic because we will receive a planet that the next president can either ignore or change.

The response to climate change has proved inadequate on many levels. Partially this is because the issue requires scientific literacy that many simply do not possess, allowing leaders to underplay or ignore the danger since the public is not able to analyze the issues, and giving opportunity for groups such as gas companies to wield their considerable clout in favor of what benefits business instead of the environment. Furthermore, because of the large scale of climate change, the consequences are hard to see and the blame can be pushed around. Accordingly, climate change is highly-politicized, and cannot be addressed factually without upsetting one group or another. Whether or not climate change exists may be a difficult question to answer to the satisfaction of some individuals, but it is still not a political question; treating it as such means leaving the potential danger unexamined.

Although climate change is a complex problem and uncertain about its causes (whether it is man-made or the natural course of our planet), the United States is taking an important role in climate change. The Climate Action Plan attempts to reduce carbon pollution, promote clean sources of energy that create jobs, protect communities from the impacts of climate change, and work with partners to lead international climate change efforts.

Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest minds in the world, and recently he has stated that human life on Earth has an expectancy of 1,000 more years. He gives many claims as to what contributes to this estimate, but one major factor is climate change. Our way of living has released a lot of carbon dioxide into the air. It pollutes our atmosphere and it warms up our environment. We have increased the temperature of this earth which in turn changes climate around the world, which has many different implications for life on Earth. Although some may argue that climate change isn’t an urgent issue and therefore doesn’t need to be discussed or given priority, we should argue for more exploration and action on the topic from our governments because it is something that is affecting everyone. In order to even begin a dialogue, we need to educate ourselves on the history in how we have dealt with global warming in the past. To do this we can take reference to articles breaking down what it means to be a democracy in this climate crisis such as “Beyond the Dual Crisis: from Climate Change to Democratic Change” by Carol Gould, “Currencies of Movement are the Key” by Bill McKibben and “Democracy in the Anthropocene” by Peter G. Brown. The first step in discussing our democracy is looking at how we have dealt with policies trying to decrease our greenhouse gasses. One important factor is the opinion of those who vote on these measures, people who often believe

The discussions surrounding climate change have been given significance in the recent decade, owing to the drastic changes in climate patterns as well as the realization of the reality of climate change in various nations. Around the globe, countries are responding to the climate question using various policies aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change as well as reducing the causal effects of the shifts in climate. Various nations have put in place policies that are continuously analyzed to determine their impacts on the management of the changes that are arising from climate shifts. In this article, two countries will be keenly analyzed; the United States of America and Germany. This paper seeks to determine their existing policies in each country with regards to climate, as well as explain the differences or similarities in the policy areas. Comparisons will also be made of the two nation’s policies, and a subsequent evaluation carried out. Various reports and journal articles which provide analysis of the two nations’ policies will be analyzed.

At first I thought what he stated was wrong about the U.S being the highest contributor who contributes to Global Warming. Why would a country that just made the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Conference, that involved working with other countries such as China and India to combat Climate Change would have the highest in Pollution. But then I thought about America is considered an First World Country and how many natural resources we have such as coal, copper, lead, and etc. We burn coal to create fossil fuel that contribute to air pollution, copper mining is used for trade and how we make our money ,but it can be harmful once it gets into our water and deadly to sea animals. Lead has been found in our air, water, and soil due to burning fossil fuel and can be deadly if too much gets into the body. Since the United States has access to these resources, we have made life easier. Every person does not need to pump water weekly for there families, we don’t have to grow food because grocery stores provide it, electricity is accessible if you pay for it, and with freedom that come from being a citizen or pollution increase because there is no other country like us.