Global Warming Synthesis Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Since the 1980s scientists have been concerned about the change in our climate, There are people who believe global warming is a huge problem that needs to be taken care of. However, global warming is just a theory. It is a problem, just not one we need to put all of our focus into. In the essay, “Global Warming: Get up! Stand Up!” Bill McKibben wants there to be a movement for global warming like the one for civil rights. He writes that Washington DC has failed “to take on the single greatest challenges human civilization has ever face.” He mentions that a mass movement could work in opening people’s eyes and getting them to fight against global warming. Mckibben says we can’t leave the fight up to lawyers or lobbyists; we have to join in to help them, or the problem will get worse. He is very informative in the essay giving examples of protests, marches, and
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In “Climate Change Is Not a Catastrophe” editor Kevin Berger interviews Bjorn Lomborg. Lomborg wrote a book that argued that many environmental problems were overblown. He wants to back up his claim that global warming is the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” When asked why Lomborg wrote the book, he replied with “the science tells us that global warming is a problem but not a catastrophe.” Throughout the essay, he insists that there are many other problems in the world we should focus on such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and malnutrition. He continues saying that there is a problem that we do need to help out on, just not put all of our effort into it. He ends the paper by saying we need to prepare for later generations, but do it
In “Climate Change Is Not a Catastrophe” editor Kevin Berger interviews Bjorn Lomborg. Lomborg wrote a book that argued that many environmental problems were overblown. He wants to back up his claim that global warming is the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” When asked why Lomborg wrote the book, he replied with “the science tells us that global warming is a problem but not a catastrophe.” Throughout the essay, he insists that there are many other problems in the world we should focus on such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and malnutrition. He continues saying that there is a problem that we do need to help out on, just not put all of our effort into it. He ends the paper by saying we need to prepare for later generations, but do it