In the article “ Trail by Fire” by David Grann, was about a man named Cameron Todd Willingham who was excused for arson-murder of his three children. He was found guilty and was punished to death roll. His case went under examination weeks before his was execution. Investigators found that there was no evidence that the fire was arson. The evidence that was found did not stop Willingham execution.…
In “The Big Burn” by Timothy Egan, the story revolves around the wildfire of 1910 that completely destroyed the whole town of Wallace and the people who fought for the sake of the blaze. This wildfire was the biggest, not the deadliest, in the history of the United States. Numerous people have sacrificed their lives in the service of the great fire in order to fight and preserve their people and town. However, the contribution of the 25th Infantry, known as the Buffalo soldiers, was the greatest since they had saved the entire town of Avery, Idaho and they also succeeded in emptying the town. There were negative ways in which the press, politicians, and public opinion portrayed the Buffalo Soldiers; however, there was positive major contribution of the Buffalo soldiers during the Big Burn.…
The year is 1940 and I just got a job at the Runnells coal company. I have to be at the mine at 5AM and I go in at 6AM and I do not get done until 3PM. I have to buy my pick ax, shovel, hammer, a lamp, and all my other tools from the company.…
Although the problems plaguing Smoketown and Smoke Valley are abundant and diverse, they can be reduced into major themes making them more digestible for policy analysts. There are systemic market and government failures coupled with a lack social consciousness over the effects of severe air pollution. One frame of reference is not sufficient to properly address each of the problems in the Smoketown scenario. Therefore, two, seemingly polar opposite frames, combined in order to offset the other’s weaknesses is the best frame of reference. They cannot work independently of each other, but in tandem they are able to produce a favorable outcome to a rather bleak and muddy situation.…
In short, one of Lomborg's boldest claims was that cheap fossil fuels would improve lives. He reasoned that with the use of coal, countries have vanquished the spectre of poverty that haunts many, and that fossil fuels will continue to be an integral part of our daily lives. Upon closer examination of Lomborg's strand of argument, it is revealed that one of its biggest flaws is the blatant omission that several poor countries already have access to cheap fossil fuels through fuel subsidies. In fact, the biggest subsidies are in developing nations, spending more than $400 billion yearly protecting their population from high fuel prices (Stephen and Adam, 2012). Therefore, it is evident that Lomborg's argument is fundamentally invalid.…
“Australia needs to do more to address environmental concerns.” Discuss. It is obvious that the Australian nation needs to further correct the adverse state of the environment. From global warming to resource depletion it is clear that the Earth has been severely damaged by human actions and Australia is no exception to this. Looking at our planet today, it is evident that whatever the world leaders are doing currently is not enough.…
In his influential article U.S. exports emissions - as coal, Joby Warrick argues that America has a biggest coal deposit which is like the size of Rhode Island. Moreover, Warrick also states that this coal will be enough to bring electricity to our country for decades. However, if we use all this coal (burning all the coal), it will disastrous for the environment for the reason that this would liberate more than 450 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air. Also, Warrick talks about that the government of President Barack Obama is trying to avoid the use of this coal, and also the scientists claim that this coal must stay in the ground to avoid a terrible warning of our planet. Unfortunately, miles coals are burning here, and another tons are export to others countries such as China, and India in where…
Underground, dark, warm, and damp is the work environment of a coal miner. Coal mining has been around since the 1300’s. Since then, technology has changed and is still booming in today’s society. It was approximately around the late 1800’s that coal became a significant resource in generating electricity. The differences in coal mining today and back then were tremendously different.…
In West Virginia no “extensive mining took place until the mid-1800s, although coal was known to be throughout much of the state.” At that time coal usage in West Virginia was mainly for heating living quarters or for retail markets such as a blacksmiths. The inhabitants of Wheeling, West Virginia used coal to heat their homes in 1810, and the “first steamboat to use coal on the Ohio River. In the beginning, local inhabitants would surface mined the coal, using picks and shovels to dig the coal out and taken away for their own use or sale. Later, sleds, wheelbarrows, and carts to haul the coal being pulled by oxen, mules, goats, dogs.…
Jensen gives a firm viewpoint on how industrial consumptions is the main reason our environment is polluted. Jensen also gives detailed points and data to back up his arguments, “Even if every person in the United States did everything the movie suggested, U.S. carbon emissions would fall by only 22 percent. Scientific consensus is that emission must be reduced by at least 75 percent worldwide.” (Jensen, 1.) Given this, it also covers not only consumption from individuals but also business and the destructive industry consumption.…
However it only provides moderate grounds for main premise 1. As the author assumes that the potential collateral effects of new technologies have not been considered and that it may have been seen as an acceptable risk, in light of the benefits it produces. Also not taking action due to not knowing all of the consequence would be illogical and would almost always result in no action being taken, since we can only predict the outcome of events to a certain extent. The clean coal claim is acceptable as common knowledge that clean coal is not an effective solution. However, its grounds for supporting 1.3 are only moderately strong as it is misleading to suggest that clean coal is “most favoured solution” to global warming.…
Climate change has been a long-term global issue that requires collective global action in the form of flexible yet stable policy implementation by the global actors. As a global actor, Australia’s approach and commitments to action on climate change, has been considered as inconsistent and lacking in direction (Talberg, Hui & Loynes, 2013). Nevertheless Australia’s climate reputation has not always been a negative one, in the early 1990’s Australia’s reputation was even seen as pro-environmental when the labor government “appointed an Ambassador for the environment, sent experts to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), passed the Ozone Protection Act 1989 and committed Australia to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions at 1988…
The author lists many new diseases that are coming from fossil fuels. “Chronic childhood diseases linked to toxic chemical exposures are rising in prevalence.” (746) Steingraber emphasizes that if people don’t take action to stop global warming now children’s disease will continue and the Earth will continue to get worse. The author argues that it is important to make sure we keep the world healthy for future generations. Like Steingraber, Mark Tercek and Jonathan Adams agree that it is important to keep nature healthy for future generations.…
Creditability changes perception. In today’s society people will listen and believe anything as long as they trust the source. In Josh Fox’s Gasland he builds this trust and creditability through the use of pathos. Viewers sympathize with the small town man from Pennsylvania whose peaceful lifestyle has been invaded by the negative effects of fracking. The interactions with fellow victims seem real and genuine; the audience begins to feel remorse for the health and well being of those affected.…
Ostler’s more inclusive form of politics can be applied to late 19th century industrial relations and gender relations. Thomas G. Andrews illustrates in his book Killing for Coal how the plight of the coal workers was strangely similar to the Sioux’s situation in many ways. The U.S.’s need for coal to support its economic boom was similar to the U.S. government’s need for Sioux land in order to expand, and colliers residency in company towns that had significant control over miners’ lives is reminiscent of the Sioux’s’ lives on reservations. The solidarity that miners gained through their suffering and their representation of it through strikes and protests follow a similar pattern to the banding together of different Sioux tribes and the use…