Maddie Rambicourt
Climate change is the most important issue facing the human race. The global environment is unjustifiably being abused through pollution by mass corporations and citizens but it’s not too late to change our ways. If we don’t fix our environment, we will lose humanity, to show this Robert Weiner states, “The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today. Dramatic and unforeseen changes already are occurring at a faster rate than expected. ” (Weiner). The most serious challenge of the global environment is climate change, we still have time to change our ways however the damage cannot be reversed at this point, and with the time we have remaining society needs to reduce carbon emissions by enforcing a …show more content…
I believe that the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a main cause for climate change. Richard Spinrad, author of Our Deadened Carbon Soaked Seas, explains “Both the United States and Britain recognize that rising CO2 and the production of other greenhouse gases have widespread consequences and have called for strong action to reduce carbon emissions” (Spinrad). To reduce worldwide carbon emissions there needs to be an enforced global tax on carbon. For instance, Van Jones, a former CEO and environmental activist states, “Nobody should be allowed to pollute for free, the only people who have polluted for free are these mega polluters when it comes to carbon” (Jones). The carbon tax should be charged heavily to large corporations, who do the most …show more content…
The burning of fossil fuels is dangerous to the environment because it’s heating up the atmosphere and increasing global warming. I think scientists should be designated to research a better option for renewable energy, including looking into Solar and Wind power. In our everyday lives we burn fossil fuels by simply driving our cars, but if there were a more eco-friendly, affordable car that ran on something else like electricity, the pollution in the atmosphere would be reduced dramatically. To show this, Bill McKibbon, an environmentalist and fonder of 350.org states, “Many of the technologies we need, we have to get off fossil fuel and onto something else” (McKibbon). Once a reliable, stable replacement for fossil fuels is discovered, it needs to be used and easily accessible for the population. Then fossils fuels need to be globally
Climate change is the most important issue facing the human race. The global environment is unjustifiably being abused through pollution by mass corporations and citizens but it’s not too late to change our ways. If we don’t fix our environment, we will lose humanity, to show this Robert Weiner states, “The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today. Dramatic and unforeseen changes already are occurring at a faster rate than expected. ” (Weiner). The most serious challenge of the global environment is climate change, we still have time to change our ways however the damage cannot be reversed at this point, and with the time we have remaining society needs to reduce carbon emissions by enforcing a …show more content…
I believe that the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a main cause for climate change. Richard Spinrad, author of Our Deadened Carbon Soaked Seas, explains “Both the United States and Britain recognize that rising CO2 and the production of other greenhouse gases have widespread consequences and have called for strong action to reduce carbon emissions” (Spinrad). To reduce worldwide carbon emissions there needs to be an enforced global tax on carbon. For instance, Van Jones, a former CEO and environmental activist states, “Nobody should be allowed to pollute for free, the only people who have polluted for free are these mega polluters when it comes to carbon” (Jones). The carbon tax should be charged heavily to large corporations, who do the most …show more content…
The burning of fossil fuels is dangerous to the environment because it’s heating up the atmosphere and increasing global warming. I think scientists should be designated to research a better option for renewable energy, including looking into Solar and Wind power. In our everyday lives we burn fossil fuels by simply driving our cars, but if there were a more eco-friendly, affordable car that ran on something else like electricity, the pollution in the atmosphere would be reduced dramatically. To show this, Bill McKibbon, an environmentalist and fonder of 350.org states, “Many of the technologies we need, we have to get off fossil fuel and onto something else” (McKibbon). Once a reliable, stable replacement for fossil fuels is discovered, it needs to be used and easily accessible for the population. Then fossils fuels need to be globally