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    Greenhouse Gas Pollution

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    increasing in the United States; negatively affecting all of our daily lives. How many American citizens drive a car? Roughly 34 percent of the nation’s households own at least one car, and every-time a person drives it releases about 24 pounds of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere. That is just one example of greenhouse gas pollution, and there are an innumerable amount of other different ways these dangerous gases are emitted. The United States, a well developed highly populated country, is…

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    The chances of earth’s environment declining will only increase if humanity continues its meat eating habits, due to the global effects that raising livestock cause to the climate. It has recently been made known to the public on a larger scale, that one of the greatest factors to the ozone layer being damaged is from raising livestock. It is up to us to fix this issue before it makes the world an unlivable place. We have to do this now instead of later. Recently, a group of environmentalists…

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    the Earth radiates lower-energy infrared radiation back out to the atmosphere and space. The Earth’s atmosphere and clouds absorb this infrared energy and radiation directed from the Sun by greenhouse gases. Some examples of greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapour. Then, these gases emit the energy back in every direction, in which some reach back to Earth to warm it even more. The greenhouse gases…

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    According to the Union of Concerned Scientist, over the past 130 years the average temperature has increased by 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and half of that has increased in the last 35 years. This is due to the human population increasingly emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So the threat of climate change is definitely evident and its effects are rapidly…

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    The stench, the horrendous sight, and the wretched feeling that landfills give off to their viewers. What kind of world do individuals want to live in where their air is filled with smog, and their water is brown with lead poising. While extremes are not always the case, they could become common if the waste in which the world throws away is not reduce. Recycling, the solution to the waste dilemma, provides a plausible reality in which individuals can contribute to reusing materials in hopes…

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    became the most successful electric car company in the U.S. Electric cars have been around for a while even if they seem like recent technology. Electric cars and hybrid cars have become a great alternative to fuel guzzlers. They produce little to no carbon emissions when running, which is good for the environment. There are many types of electric cars today. There is the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), which is an all-electric plug-in. BEVs are often called “zero emission” cars. The HEV (Hybrid…

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    Ever since the industrial revolution, the world has been involved in a constant struggle. This everlasting debate between economic growth and environmental protection has come to light once again with the expansion of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. While fracking was first used in the 1940s, it has not been widespread until recently when it was joined with horizontal drilling (Hoffman, n.d., para. 1). It is a process used to acquire natural gas previously inaccessible with more…

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    being discussed all around the world. Many science experts in the film give evidence that humans are the cause of global warming. Earth is already struggling to keep itself alive, and humans are making it worse by the excess heat we generate from Carbon Dioxide and other wastes that we have built up. These changes are damaging the environment and agricultural population, threatening wild species with extinction, damaging our favorite cities by seas, and putting human lifestyles and health at…

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    On a political playing field, nothing goes unnoticed and opposition will always be blocking the path of good intentions. Politicians, foreign and domestic, always have a secondary goal hidden beneath the face value of the topic and terms being discussed. This form of diplomacy and negotiations leads to years of dispute, until a resolution or a compromise is found. The world is going through a crisis of its own and political leaders around the world are working around the clock to save the…

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    Carbon dioxide play important role and is one of the most efficient greenhouse gas in our atmosphere. Carbon footprint is really important and it help us to balance with The Nature Conservancy. This footprint can support the fund forest conservation, develop the forest organization or the reforestation assignments that give significant help to the atmosphere. In this assignment, it will support to decrease or slow the worst consequences of climate change, defend and restore wildlife habitat and…

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