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Argumentative Essay On Climate Change
Over the years there has been a lot of controversy on if climate change is an issue that needs to be discussed and solved. There is a constant debate among scientist on if human actions are contributing the changing of earth's climates. Climate change is defined as the change in average weather patterns for a specific region or Earth as a whole. This could include the change in an average temperature for a city or the amount a rainfall it receives (Dunbar, 2015). The main difference between weather and climate is the period of time specific patterns are recorded. Weather patterns are looked at over a much shorter period of time, meaning that these patterns are going to be more sporadic and change more frequently. Climate on the other had is recorded over a much longer period of time and usually show less drastic changes in patterns when compared to weather. Some people may argue thatclimate change is not an issue because Earth's temperature is always changing do to natural effects. What people don't realize is that human activity has effected the rate that earth's temperature is changing, and just the smallest changes can lead to drastic consequences (Dunbar, 2015). One of the main reasons that earth's temperatures are rising are due to greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are created when humans burn fossil fuels such as coals, natural gases, and oils to produce heat or electricity. These gases are then capable of trapping infrared radiation sent by the sun. Once these
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As of November 2016, Donald Trump was elected our 45th President of the United States, he is known as a business man with little knowledge of how exactly politics work or ones' position in the White House. This man was selected to run our country for the next four years; there are many words for which could be used to describe our president, good and bad. The United States, more importantly Earth, is the most vital form of life yet to Trump it is an insignificant waste of money. Trump in less than a year managed to withdraw the U.S from all effective forms of saving our environment. With three years left in office there is still a lot keep an eye on, with hopes of smarter thinking on ways to improve our home. During Trumps election campaign, he repeatedly mentioned his belief or lack thereof on Global Warming: in a tweet, written November 6th 2012 he wrote "The concept of Global Warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to U.S manufacturing non–competitive." Despite what this tweet may indicate, global warming is very real and the Chinese did not create it for their benefit. Unfortunately, Trump has still not seen the error in his words or thought it wise to pick up any scholarly article on the very real issue global warming is causing. Since being sworn into office Trump has promised to cut budgets for the Environment titled "A New Foundation for American Greatness," these cuts would take away 31% of the Environmental Protection Agency's budget– more than $2.7
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