Global Warming
...global warming because it claims that such actions would interfere with its economic development. Environmentalists on the other hand believe that no cost is high enough to preserve and ensure the future of our earth, which global warming threatens. The global warming debate poses the dilemma of the costs of action vs. the costs of inaction and in doing so has pitted environmentalists and the U.S. government against each other; having environmentalists concerned with environmental protection and the Government concerned with economic development. These differences can however be bridged; it is in everyone's interest to conserve planet earth since it is a vital aspect of human existence. The conservation of earth can be achieved through the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, but in order to achieve this, the collaboration of the Government and American environmentalists is needed.
Global warming is seen in the rise of the earth's atmospheric average temperature as well as in the oceans. Carbon dioxide is said to be responsible for the rise in earth's temperature. Even though carbon dioxide is not toxic, it is the byproduct of fuel combustion. Its molecular composition traps heat that would usually radiate back out to space, this is then what leads to the intensification of global warming. Global warming is characterized by an increase in worldwide temperatures resulting in a rising sea level, caused by the melting of ice in the Artic, and altered rainfall patterns. These changes are thought to occasion extreme weather events like, hurricanes, tornados, heat waves, floods and droughts leading to the destruction of animal habitats and resulting in species extinctions.
Globalization, power and morality shape the global warming debate concerning politics. Global warming has been a pressing issue for about the last fifty years. Many...
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