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    OVERVIEW Coal, gas, and natural gas are the fossil fuels which are currently the world’s primary-energy source. Fossil fuels are made millions of years ago from organic materials such as plants and animals. Fossil fuels are finite resources and can cause irreparable damage to the environment. Fossil fuels are considered to be responsible for global warming. There are many activist and campaigns launched calling for divestment from fossil fuels, especially from large companies and…

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    Pro Solar Energy Essay

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    Today, we are facing the environmental crisis of global warming. A major factor that is contributing to this is the use and burning of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil. Through the process of coal burning, Carbon Dioxide is formed as a result, which is one of the major causes of the Greenhouse effect. With the Greenhouse effect, the Earth’s average temperature rises, causing ice caps to melt, which is an effect of global warming. To put a stop to this, our population needs to…

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    Environmental Inequality

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    Society in the United States has definitely been dominated by the idea of consumption. Many of the goods that we are consuming today are thanks to the resources that we find in our environment. The majority of Americans understand the ecological consequences of hurting our own environment. They think of global warming, animals dying off, or landscapes being transformed. However, this same majority does not understand that destroying the environment causes an increase in personal health risks.…

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    This article is about how wind and nuclear power have a better alternative power source than coal and fossil fuel. It also talks about how the USA is switching to renewable power generating sources. In addition, there are pros and cons to these renewable power resources for generating power. For instance, wind power is a good source of power, but can cause too much power generation and sometimes cannot produce enough power. However, nuclear power is a good source of constant power, but does not…

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    absolute best to make the best of our remaining resources and innovate anew. One suggestion might be nuclear power plants that are considered clean energy. I seem to enjoy the fact that it’s clean energy, don’t you? Plus, you can design your own company that produces energy from nuclear power plants. I will guarantee that the future will need more of these plants and you can be filthy rich. Our economy will triumph on an empire of nuclear power plants for all I care, so long that it helps beat…

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    rising of sea level. The higher temperatures cause the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica to melt causing sea level to rise several feet. Providing examples of where our energy comes from and how much we use Fox argues we burn too many fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas, etc.). In result, there is an overabundance of carbon dioxide in our environment, causing global warming. He backs up his information using graphs to show the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment and changing…

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    Essay On Carbon Tax

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    Every fossil fuel, coal, oil and gas is composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms, oxidizing these atoms releases their heat energy into the atmosphere. Natural gases have the highest hydrogen per carbon index, meaning it is a very low carbon intensive fuel. Coal is just the opposite, this means that burning these fuels releases CO2 into the air, trapping heat from the surface therefor warming the planet. A carbon dioxide tax means that users of fossil fuels will pay for the environmental damage…

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    The Benefits Of Fracking

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    (2)Coal has been the main energy source for America, but has several weaknesses. For example, coal has a high emission of greenhouse gases. These gases contributes to global warming and regional air quality. Coal burning is not environmentally safe. (3)Fracking has brought natural gases as a source of energy, and natural gases are not as destructive as coal. Natural gas is a viable alternative to coal. (4)“…natural gas produces only somewhere between…

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    total energy consumption from different countries will vary in a variety of different ways. Many of the fuels that are used around the world are emitting mass amounts of carbon dioxide into the air and the environment. Fossil fuels include gasoline, coal, oil, natural gas and diesel fuel. When it comes to the United States, the primary sources of emissions are burning fossil fuels for heat, transportation, and electricity. The primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States…

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    One of the most important issues today for the left is climate change, rampant disregard for the environment will leave the world in shambles. There are a few current issues for the environment as well, like whether to allow fracking and the keystone pipeline. While most Republicans still deny it is a thing the Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have both put forth their own plans to combat its effects. Hillary’s plan mainly involves solar power plants providing energy,…

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