Our Air is something we take for granted as opposed to food or water we don’t really contemplate much about it. Similar to the way we breathe it’s just a part of our life whether we consciously think about it or not. Comparable to our subconscious breathing is the autonomous effects polluted air can have on just about every aspect of the world. Its indisputable to say all of you know in our lifetime, environmental concerns revolving around our expenditure of fossil fuels and the effects it has on our earth’s environments, atmosphere, and even our own health have been a reoccurring theme in documentaries, news specials, and even car commercial. For a multitude of reasons this issue doesn’t seem to dissipate no matter how much attention is brought
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We have to solve the bigger issue at hand and there are many NGOs worldwide who are attempting to improve this situation. The NGO I decided to research was GreenPeace East Asia. They are involved in everything from defending the oceans and forests to fighting for small farmers and agricultural rights. They have a heavy involvement with air pollution due to the fact that it is the most blatant issue the people of China face everyday. They face difficult terrain when traversing the winding roads in search of short or long-term solutions, and the most obvious resistance is the dilemma of government involvement, support, and funding in the power plants operations and continuous construction. They work hard to push the governments into updating their air quality objectives and campaign heavily against the use of coal in hopes to stir enough public disapproval to catalyze a change. Luckily there efforts haven’t gone unnoticed and the attention that has been rallied around the topic has generated gradual but hopefully exponential progress in the desirable direction. There is currently 54 coal to gas projects in the works that would provide cleaner burning natural gas for the northwestern region of China, and eliminate some of the heavy pollutants found from burning coal. Unfortunately as we have learned the process of collecting and refining this natural form of gas can be just as atrocious as the negative effects of coal. Secondly believe it or not China has actually surpassed the U.S. as the number one producer of wind power. They were the first non-European nation to build offshore windmills and continue to build them faster than any other nation. They have goals scattered through the subsequent 5 years to maintain there #1 spot and hope to devise additionally economic windmills to further propel them into the renewable energy future. They have high hopes to
We have to solve the bigger issue at hand and there are many NGOs worldwide who are attempting to improve this situation. The NGO I decided to research was GreenPeace East Asia. They are involved in everything from defending the oceans and forests to fighting for small farmers and agricultural rights. They have a heavy involvement with air pollution due to the fact that it is the most blatant issue the people of China face everyday. They face difficult terrain when traversing the winding roads in search of short or long-term solutions, and the most obvious resistance is the dilemma of government involvement, support, and funding in the power plants operations and continuous construction. They work hard to push the governments into updating their air quality objectives and campaign heavily against the use of coal in hopes to stir enough public disapproval to catalyze a change. Luckily there efforts haven’t gone unnoticed and the attention that has been rallied around the topic has generated gradual but hopefully exponential progress in the desirable direction. There is currently 54 coal to gas projects in the works that would provide cleaner burning natural gas for the northwestern region of China, and eliminate some of the heavy pollutants found from burning coal. Unfortunately as we have learned the process of collecting and refining this natural form of gas can be just as atrocious as the negative effects of coal. Secondly believe it or not China has actually surpassed the U.S. as the number one producer of wind power. They were the first non-European nation to build offshore windmills and continue to build them faster than any other nation. They have goals scattered through the subsequent 5 years to maintain there #1 spot and hope to devise additionally economic windmills to further propel them into the renewable energy future. They have high hopes to