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.
We are like boiling frogs, Failing to act against climate change. As the severity of the situation continues to increase the world is reaching catastrophic levels. The recent article, “It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds” by Lauren Sommer, uses persuasive language to alert the public that the time to act on climate change is now. The world has enough technology and solutions to fix this problem as stated in the article whilst the author uses pathos to help support the quote.
Within the last half century, the issue of Earth’s ability to sustain the swiftly expanding population has perplexed scientists and environmentalists. Now, as significant measures have been taken to alleviate the effects of modern life on the planet, writers such as Michael Pollan from New York Times Magazine, express their concern and ideas regarding the real predicament in easing global warming. In the article “Why Bother?” Pollan discusses how present-day society has specialized jobs so that everyone besides environmentalists leaves saving the planet up to the scientists, but if everyone contributes some, there could be a significant change in the efforts to save the planet. It is difficult for humans to even contemplate about attempting to help fix global climate change, while it is obvious that there are more people working against their efforts and living care-free of driving less or not eating meat and have no desire to help the scientists save the planet, as it is their job only.
A harsh cold reality on climate change is exposed to an unbelieving world in Mike Pearl’s “Phoenix will be almost unlivable by 2050, thanks to climate change” article. Mike pearl is a journalist for Vice Magazine in 2017, a rocky year after the election of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, in a less than stable political climate. As well as a less than stable living climate. According to Mike Pearl, temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona, may be unlivable by 2050 due to climate change. His article is more than effective, as it’s extremely terrifying as he stresses the importance of what this will mean with pathos, logos and ethos.
Fareed Zakaria focuses on globalization in his book The Post-American World, and how outsourcing is just one small component of it. He believes that globalization has been beneficial for the rest of the world, and how it will ultimately be beneficial for us too. Ehrenreich’s
Hi Classmate, To be honest with you, after reading this article and the other so far in this class, this presidential administration has really touched a nerve. I think our policymakers have set out to confuse the public and it has become a battle over climate science. Through this battle, Scientists and journalists have decided to go straight to the public, whereas before they would go straight to the politicians in a straighter formal format. Justin Gillis's article in the New York Times, “Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions” is an example of striving to create a simplified way of explaining global climate change to the public, because the science community is having to climb over mountains that President Trump and his administration have created.
An increase in the climate could offset any economic benefits that supporters discuss. Over the next several decades’ parts of the U.S. could become semi-permanent drought, with rain that occurs alongside extreme events with heavy floods according to Hansen. These conditions would make farming extremely difficult resulting in food prices skyrocketing. If Hansen’s predictions are true then this could result in a loss of a great amount of jobs and could create more economic losses than what will be gained
The human race has taken the planet under our control, but now we must keep the peace with the environment on which we so heavily depend--this is a crucial part of Elizabeth Kolbert’s main argument in her book Field Notes from a Catastrophe. However, while scientific evidence, climate models, and visible effects of global warming all work together in presenting a sound case for political action to be taken against further warming, there is a noticeable lack of actual policy-making. Kolbert points out that both the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration failed to treat global warming as a political issue of top priority. Similarly, Fred Powledge highlights in his article “Scientists, Policymakers, and a Climate of Uncertainty” that current government officials continue to publicly question the validity of scientific evidence that proves human activity has directly affected the progression of climate change and actively cease to support legislation that works to mitigate further warming. While the majority of scientists agree that global warming is escalating at an unprecedented rate due to human activity, both Kolbert and Powledge agree that many politicians have yet to treat climate change as a serious issue that demands immediate action, and point out that some refuse to admit that it is even an
Allison Firriolo Ms. Bailey 2 March 2024 ENC 1102 Essay 2 The threatening idea of an apocalypse has risen, and it might happen much sooner than we all suspect it to. As Americans, we are made aware of the rapid incline in climate change affects, and how they are more unlikely to resolve. For those who read the articles, "Who is the We in We Are Causing Climate Change" by Genevieve Gunther and "Why Hope is Dangerous When it Comes to Climate Change" by Tommy Lynch, we are made aware that the cause of the issues regarding climate change is not specifically from humans, and more from big industries, but together we can work in a positive direction.
Malm uses the concept of the Anthropocene to introduce his argument on climate change. The Anthropocene is the so-called current-day epoch, in which the relationship between humans and the environment has drastically changed the Earth’s natural systems. This provides a foundation for recognizing the contemporary era that has been shaped by human-induced changes. Malm goes on to describe this as “the inescapable fate for a planet subjected to humanity’s “business-as-usual (Malm, 2015).” The term “business-as-usual” recurs frequently throughout the article, a term that is layered with meaning and significance.
Thomas Friedman has written this book in 2008. He passionately argues within 17 chapters for immediate action to prevent a global climatic apocalypse. He directly aims the American audience in order to make the things evolve. The main subject of this book is the global warming and his first cause of it the fossil fueled based American economy.
(Collins, 2015) But then continues with some points that seem more valid to me, "The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer"(Collins, 2015) and "Globalization is deindustrializing America as we continue to outsource both manufacturing blue collar and white collar jobs. "(Collins, 2015) Because we are in a whirlwind of globalization we loosing jobs ourselves.
Support & Opposition: Public and expert opinion on how to combat climate change exasperated natural disasters differs among specific regions. After studying public opinion, and interviewing experts on both climate change and the Caribbean, we have reached the conclusion that there is a large difference of opinions regarding climate change between the regions. Those from the United States, in both public opinion and from experts, were less likely to be wary of climate change and natural disasters resulting from it. In contrast, the public and experts from the Caribbean are more vocal in their beliefs of to climate change and the natural disasters it creates. This means that it is import to focus on promoting climate change in the United States through education, media and policy to make the public
The author is invested in being right about climate change not being a concern, likely due to political
Professor Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist, discovered drastic climate changes which he believed would affect the world population. He, therefore, voiced out about the problem during a press conference with the world’s leaders in New Delhi. Unfortunately, the American vice president, Raymond Becker, did not heed his advice until matters were out of control. "Our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment (Strieber, 2004)," the vice president says, dismissing Jack 's sensational claims. Due to the advancement of technology in the United States, there were several greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, and the citizens of United States contributed to the emission of these gases in many ways.
