Should United States Enforce Laws

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The climate is changing quickly should the United States enforce laws right away to slow the change or should they wait? The United States should wait to enforce the laws . Even though the Earth is being damaged there are things we are doing to stop Global Climate change. Some states are creating laws to use safer new fuels that aren’t as damaging, cars are being made to drive farther using less fuels, and the White House is also establishing rules for coal power plants. The United States can wait to enforce laws, the attempts to stop global climate change are starting to wear off.

Some states are creating laws to use safer fuels. According to the article more than half of the states and more than one thousand U.S. cities are starting to make the change to safer fuels. This is important because using safer fuels will keep the oxygen cleaner and everything more healthy. According to the article this
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According to the article in 2025 all car companies will have the cars going 54.5 miles per gallon of gas. I think that this is important because it's not only good for the environment it's also good for us because we don’t have to pay as much money when we are driving our cars.Another fact from the article is that we are starting to use wind and solar energy which can also be the start of solar powered cars.This is important because this could be a start in not using so much gas on cars. This will definitely impact our world because with this big change there won't be as much polluted air, ground, and water

The White House is establishing rules for coal power plants. According to the article this will help people try to stay away from the usage of coal. This is important because using less coal power plants can make a big impact because the air will definitely become less polluted if the power plants are used as much. Stopping people from using coal power plants as much will help the air not become

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