Greenhouse gas

Introduction – Environmental Protection - Environmental Victory This reflective paper will address several issues associated with environmental protection and the perceived environmental victory of a Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to support stricter emissions controls. First, it will discuss how the law must balance competing scientific opinions and make decisions in light of uncertainty. Next, this paper will discuss the different stakeholders who have concern in this situation, delineating…

In the March 2015 issue of National Geographic, an article by Joel Achenbach entitled “The Age of Disbelief”, discusses the rise of climate change skepticism, explore the increasing polarization between cynics and advocates, and examines the what is causing reasonable people to distrust reasons. Achenbach, who is a staff writer for left leaning Washington Post and a monthly contributor for National Geographic, points out that the concept of climate change is born out of scientific methods which…

Additionally, their lack of presence within numerous sustainability indices since the oil spill reflects a lack of confidence in their sustainability initiatives from external organizations. Moreover, BP’s continued depletion of natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions continue to portray the characteristics of an environmentally irresponsible company. Despite the fact profits are essential to a company’s long-term success and funding of both social and environmental initiatives, the…

leading consumer of bottled water in the world. Plastic recycling reduce the usage of energy and natural resources as petroleum, water and natural gas which are the main materials of producing plastic. American Plastics Council reports that production of plastics accounts for 4% of American energy consumption and 70% of plastics in U.S are made from natural gas. Process also saves considerable amount of landfill, 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space. Even though recycling of plastic is an easy…

65,000,000 years ago, an entire species was killed off. There are so many different theories of how the dinosaurs dissapeared. There are many different ways to explain the extinction which took place 65 million years ago. One of the main reasons was the possibility of a sudden change in the climate or atmosphere. For instance, a nearby supernova explosion could heat up the upper atmosphere, disturbing the ozone layer. Disturbing the ozone layer could produce large ice clouds which would cool…

We’ve grow up with the image of animals living on beautiful pastured green farms, in our minds we see red farm houses and cows roaming around grazing. Sadly that it simply an image that only a small percentage of farms actually have. The farms most of our meat is derived from is quite the opposite. Industrial farms is what we call these. They were created to keep up with the increasing meat demand and unfortunately it has brought out more consequences than one could have imagined when it was…

Also, she highlights environmental concerns such as land and water drainage. Wellesley continues to provide statistical evidence showing the importance of reducing meat consumption. According to Wellesley, livestock accounts for about 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions; this is vital for maintaining the rise of global temperature below 2 degrees (Wellesley,…

In this paper I will discuss hoe the character Jo from Chapter 1 of Philip Kitcher and Evelyn Fox Keller’s “The Seasons Alter”, develops two broad types of evidential support for human-induced climate change. Her two claims include: build on what you know and consider the alternatives. I will accuracy present how these two types of evidential support for human-induced climate change (build on what you know and consider the alternatives), support the claim that human activities are contributing…

quantity of greenhouse gases, yet what makes it a threat is as Perovich claims that once the unbalances of these gases commence “…we don't really know where it will stop”(Kolbert, 2006, p.34). The greenhouse gases consist of carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and other gases that are favorable to our ecosystem when in a balance. These gases form a layer around the earth that protect the planet and help keep the planet warm. The layer these gases form around the earth is called the greenhouse…

The movie Merchant of Doubt inspired by the 2010 book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes explores the unethical tactics used by several industries to market unsafe products and make profits. The main theme is climate change, but the movie investigates the business practices of various industries such as tobacco, flame retardant, and oil companies like Exon mobile. The story begins in the 1950 with a look at tobacco industry and their public relations campaign strategies that are designed to…