The earth is experiencing ecological and environmental issues caused by global warming. The earth is changing drastically and it is up to the American people to get up and do something about it. Why Bother? written by Michael Pollan opens the reader's eyes in a compelling way to global warming and other related environmental issues. Pollan uses rhetorical strategies such as the use of current and past events, pathos, and ethos to persuade his readers “to bother” (312) and start thinking more about the environmental issues that involves everyone. Pollan tries to persuade his reader by looking at these global issues from many different standpoints.…
Al Gore is a politician and environmentalist that gave his speech “Climate Emergency” at Yale School of Forestry in 2004. He also presented it during the presidential campaign that same year. He argues that the Earth’s environment is in fact vulnerable, and that humans have a big impact on it. In his speech he uses scientific facts, statistics, maps, and graphs to demonstrate. Gore explains why he used the title “Climate Emergency”, “it is intended to convey what it conveys- that this is a crisis with an unusual sense of urgency attached to it, and we should see it as an emergency. The fact that we don’t, or that most people don’t is part of what I want to cover here” (Gore, 861)…
McKibben explains global warming as the “single greatest challenge human civilization has ever faced” (McKibben 2007). Global warming has caused dangerous…
This article helps the reader think more deeply into the problem of climate change. It also helps the reader think emotionally about the aspects of their lifestyle that is contributing to the problem of our environment. The article educates readers on a common sense level of doing the right thing. Also ending the problem now so the future will be brighter.…
Climate change will be the end of this world as we know it, according to David Wallace-Wells, the author of “The Uninhabitable Earth,” an article which has spread through this country in something of a frenzy. Wallace-Wells’ article is fast-paced with alarmist tactics to target readers who believe they are in sync with the dangers of climate change, or those who may be on the fence about whether there is enough evidence to support the prevention movement.…
Through the research I’ve done on global warming it appears to me that there is no problem with it at all, and that there is nothing to worry about. We need to accept that fact that global warming is actually helping the human race in many different ways. For examples the environment is warming up, the ocean levels are rising, and the increase of carbon dioxide are all benefits to the environment and economy. It’s almost as if global warming is turning the earth into a tropical paradise.…
“An Inconvenient Truth” directed by Davis Guggenheim is a documentary that Al Gore stars in for the public purpose of increasing awareness about climate change due to greenhouse gases, but for the indirect political purpose of increasing Gore’s popularity amongst the educated masses. Gore’s direct audience would be the liberal thinkers and people concerned about their environment or the future of their family. He asserts that global warming is severely impacting the environment and changes need to be implemented in people’s everyday lives to reduce the negative side effects of the human race’s actions. Gore’s tactics are compelling and highly effective to the point that the documentary received many reviews, both negative and positive, along with millions of dollars in the box office.…
With the recent appointment of Scott Pruitt to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, common sense and order will soon be restored. While to those hippies living in their parent’s basements, appointing a man whom has described himself to be “against the EPA’s liberal agenda” may seem foolish, but be assured, Pruitt will help make America back into the wonderland that it was in the 1920’s. A man like Pruitt isn’t afraid to say what’s on everybody's minds. He questions if carbon dioxide even actually contributes to global warming. But how can carbon dioxide contribute to global warming in global warming isn’t real. Pruitt is also highly overqualified for the position of head of the EPA, with his degree in political science and communications, he’ll be the library of environmental knowledge that saves us…
Critically evaluate the possible effects of the phenomenon known as global warming and suggest possible responses to them (40 marks)…
One huge step would be to include political power into making changes to climate and environmental issues. Climate change should not be a biased issue as it affects all of us. If it’s not perceived by both sides of politics(the leader and the people) as an important issue, it will inevitably causes further complications in the future. If it’s one-sided, internal conflict might end up causing unnecessary trouble, further delaying what should really be done¬ – encouraging and increasing awareness of environmental issues, followed by global effort in solving it. As one mind, appropriate policies should be arranged towards making the world a better place. This is the only way a global solution can be put in place, with time being…
In a poll conducted by expert Michael Bastasch, 91% of Americans aren’t worried about climate change, but little do they know that our planet is going through a disastrous process that we have caused and that it could potentially end up killing us. This process is climate change. Although the rates at which our planet is warming are very slight, this slight warming can have a huge impact.…
This article is a very effective means of communication and persuasion based on several factors. One reason that this editorial is so effective is because Alley gives examples of the problems that humans could face in the future due to abrupt climate change and global warming. For example, Alley mentioned such issues as uncomfortable conditions for humans because of extreme heat, melting of polar ice caps, and deadly heat waves. Alley did a good job of explaining How these problems are created. To do this, he described how too much carbon dioxide released by humans acts similar to a heavy blanket on a sleeping child, overheating the Earth. Although this is a good comparison, Alley could have been more effective by informing his audience on how large amounts of carbon dioxide deplete the ozone layer, which causes global warming.…
The topic of climate change has been a major debate among politician. On Tuesday, September 22,2009 President Obama gave a speech regarding climate change at the United Nation. Within his speech, the president builds an argument that nations must join together to combat the impact of climate change. The author uses reasons about the effects of climate change, what tactics they tried to reduce climate change, additional challenges they still need to overcome and diction choices to strengthen the persuasiveness and effectiveness of his argument.…
“People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes,” Elizabeth Kolbert. For decades our world has been changing slowly, and we have felt the wrath of global warming. Recent hurricanes such as Ike, Wilma, Katrina, Rita, and now Sandy have caused many casualties, billions of dollars in damage and chaos to environments around the world. The effects of these storms are only getting greater with time. We can’t simply adapt to it, and the costs are incalculable. What we are facing is huge, global warming is real, and it is here! It’s time we start focusing on using clean energy exclusively, because the better option is out there.…
For the past decade now there has been a long ongoing controversy, this controversy being this issue of global climate change. It has been a subject many people have been aware of yet few have actually talked about with the general public, as a result is has become one of the most undermined, yet widely discussed issues being held today amongst primarily scientists. Although scientist heavily debate on the subject, making suggestions on what needs to be done and pointing out the causes for climate change; we as a group need to take action in finding out what is happening to the Earth. It is only educating the general public is the only way we can come closer to reversing the damaged caused by global warming and climate…