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For the my articles or columns used, the shared topic was climate change and whether any actions will be taken accordingly. After reading and evaluating all the information, I have concluded that the article “Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change” (The New York Times) by Justin Gillis, presents a clear and well rounded argument that emphases on climate change, its effects on the environment and humanity as well as solutions to the issue. In the article, the writer presents most of their evidence in a logical and scientific way by having them be addressed by an expert: ‘“.. All those things have been ruled out,” said Drew Shindell, an atmospheric scientist at Duke University.” Unlike in the other articles, there is no expertise or claim …show more content…

But we have satellites keeping a close eye on the sun, and it has not changed nearly enough to be the culprit.” The strategy he goes with is taking the other side and immediately denies it with facts that benefits his point more than the opposing one. Although, Cynthia Tucker’s “Climate Change Looms More Terrifying Than Any Fiction” uses a bunch of stellar evidence, like “A 10-year-old boy visiting from Missouri with his family was killed in a freak accident on an Alabama beach in June when he was struck by a log that had been thrown ashore by a storm surge.” There seems to be a lack of counter arguments that could’ve boosted her evidence even more and propel her work to greatness. For these reasons, I believe that the article, “Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change” by Justin Gillis was the most compelling article on climate

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Whoever says science states facts isn’t saying the truth because science is always evolving and making new discoveries. Climate change is going to be a big concern, it’s going to cause a mass change in agriculture, the rising heat will affect farmers and how they grow crops. The burning toxic chemicals cannot lead to a positive outcome as well, it may rise health problems and create different types of dieses that’ll affect mankind. Science has its predictions, but how solid can these predictions be? “The Myth of ‘Settled Science.’” is an article written by Charles Krauthammer that addresses a different point of view on global warming.

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In the article ‘Why Bother?’ Michael Pollan, a Professor of Journalism at the University of California, examines the dangers of climate change and how ordinary citizens can reduce its effects on the environment. Although most scientists are concerned and have warned nations of its disastrous effects some still deny the existence of climate change. As if melting ice caps and the ever-increasing blue waters were not enough proof, some citizens believe that climate change is an “unproven theory or a negligible contribution to natural climate variability” (Hall 3). Nevertheless, citizens who believe in global warning can change how they live for the better.

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They talked about it in the article as it states. “The world still has time to avoid the most extreme dangers of climate change but only if nations cut greenhouse gas pollution much faster from nearly every aspect of human activity, according to a landmark international climate science report.” This quote shows ethos by stating that according to a landmark international climate science report. This uses persuasive language because it shows credibility so more people would believe it. It also shows how climate change can still be avoided with necessary

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The article created of which is supported by Nasa, tries to make it clear to the general audience that the issue of climate change is real. Nasa being rated to be factual high on the biased scale can be trusted as it favors no political side, making their articles based on scientific evidence. The article opens up stating “Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the "greenhouse effect” A strongpoint of which this article has would be its ability to inform the average viewer about the issue of climate change. Due to this article being supported by Nasa, a pro-science website, this source can be trusted as this article would be backed up by the scientific theory. Comparing to the article created by CNN which backs the creation of “synthetic trees”; Nasa’s article would be meant to inform the reader, however, due to CNN’s political biased towards the liberals, the average viewer may see the article only favor the political view due to the biased.

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Pollan effectively establishes credibility and authority as an author on this particular issue, especially given that his audience consists of American people whose lives are affected by global warming and other environmental

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The argument in an article has a strong effect depending on the language and style the author is using to persuade the audience. In “Sprawl Is Harmful to Wildlife” Jutka Terris argues that urban sprawl is affecting wildlife. Loss of habitat is occurring while people move to the suburbs. Terris must know how to approach towards the audience; it has to be in a manner that will make them believe her argument is correct. Terris argues these statements because she wants to reach out to an audience that agrees to the same problem.

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In order to respond to the Californian senate’s vote on the plastic bag ban issue, Adam B. Summers published “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment.” He elaborates upon his opinions on the plastic bag ban issue within his article, stating how he believes that if plastic bags were banned, it would cause more harm than good in several ways, from the environment to jobs. He uses facts and statistics, development of ideas, as well as emotional elements in order to support his claim and persuade the reader of his opinion on the bag ban. Throughout the entirety of the article, Summers is constantly using statistics and facts to support his claims.

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Seeing as there isn’t much discussion of the what climate change is and what it looks like or what it impacts, it makes

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and Andrey et al. (2014). The information from Walk and Sydneysmith (2008) provides a nice overview of the impacts that climate change has on the world. One piece of information that I felt was

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Michael Pollan publishes an inspiring article, "Why Bother?" to The New York Magazine in April 20, 2008. Pollan desires to discusses the problems with society and how climate changed can be impacted. With only a few words in one can tell how passionate Pollan is in illustrating his "why bother?" question.

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They also point out that global warming consensus is not based on science, but for the political purpose. From my perspective, the severity of climate change indeed can affect the decisions of policy-makers, such as green policy and governance. But it does not mean that people can just ignore the consequences of the enormous emission of greenhouse gases in the past few decades. First of all, countries in Latin America and Africa tend to concern more about climate change issue than other regions. I have noticed that the majority of climate change skeptics mentioned in the documentary were from U.S..

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“Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow” (Winfrey). Baltimore launched Oprah into the stratosphere she’s in today. She became a co-anchor and co-host on different Baltimore shows, and began to create a name for herself. Even though, creating a name and image for herself wasn’t easy, she still worked through the tough times. Oprah has had times that she just wanted to quit, but her colleagues pushed her to finally reach her goals.

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“Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore it’s dangers or split into opposing factions on it, Tony Blair.” The disregard by scientists of global warming does not remove the problems of disturbing the balance of habitats, negatively affecting the human body, and affecting the natural forces of nature, making us doubt the negation of global warming due to its horrific effects. My rebuttal coming from a site that negates my position that global warming is, in fact, real, and a serious problem. In an article coming from Conserve-energy.com, it states in years in the past artic ice has “increased by 50%” which negates the concept of a gradual warming in temperature around the earth. This article also so presented studies

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Al Gore, an elected official and environmental activist gave a speech in April 2004 at Yale University called, “The Climate Emergency,” which argued that there was an immediate need for a change in the rapid decline of our climate and environment at the hand of human actions. Through facts, statistics and appeals to his audience’s emotions, Gore shows that as a result of extreme climate conditions, our environment has taken a turn for the worse. Al Gore wanted to illustrate leading causes of negative climate change through the use of our rising population, new technology, and our way of thinking in order to prove that it is because of human action that we haven’t found a solution to this climate emergency. Gore’s educated audience at Yale

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Climate change is an irreversible consequence of the damage we do to our Earth. If we do not change our ways, the global temperature will swell, causing an unchangeable series of events, consecrating detriments onto all the existence upon Earth. In only about 140 years, the average global temperature has increased 0.8 degrees celsius, and the ramification is the irreparable destruction of the place where we and millions of other species live. The most important consequence of climate change is the global increase in temperature and how that is affecting various animal species all over the Earth, the health of humans, and the rapid rise of sea level.

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