The Relationship Between Climate Change And The Environment

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Due to the constant emission of harmful chemicals, such as carbon, into the atmosphere, the climate and the environment as it was once known to mankind is changing. Many scientists have come to the conclusion of that there is no way to help prevent climate change or help repair the atmosphere. Unfortunately, our planet will never be the way it was before, even if we were to watch how much carbon is released into the atmosphere, and because of this many countries do not see why they should change anything since there is no help for the climate. In other cases, there are people that completely ignore that there is a problem with the environment, and when they are faced with questions about the environment they find a way to change the subject. In the article “They’re Not Scientists” by Greg Sargent, when asked any questions about climate change, many Republican politicians answered by saying, “They’re not scientists” so they could avoid the question without offending anyone. It is easier to avoid something that when it is not a direct problem. The correlation between climate change denial and politicians is more present in the article “Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States” written by Aaron M. McCright and Riley E. Dunlap. In this article the authors found it more common for climate change …show more content…
Instead of us coming together and helping the environment, we are slowly adding more harm to it. It is detrimental for us to not care more about the world we live in because we only have this one planet. It is not like we move to another planet when this one becomes decrepit. There are only so many times people can relocate until there is not anywhere left for them to go. Politicians should no longer avoid the problem, but work harder to help preserve the world and the environment that is the place we all call

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