Should A Global Climate Agreement Hold The US To A Higher Environmental Standard
Yes, the US should be held to a higher environmental standard than the rest of the world. We have benefited from a superior economic growth powered by consumption of a major share of the world's fossil fuels, causing a major share of the world's environmental pollution. We are technically equipped to lead toward a higher environmental standard. Currently, however, it would be a major challenge for the US to assume this leadership role. We will have to wait for a new administration that, hopefully, will want this role for us. The Bush administration has continued to reject actions to reduce global warming pollution.
Your Carbon Footprint - What Colour Is Yours?
If one person can change things to reduce their Carbon Footprint and make a positive difference on the environment, imagine the difference a whole office can make. The things we do in our everyday lives have a huge impact on our environment. Whether we realise it not, everyday, we are adding to the problem of global warming. The idea of this article is to offer some tips which can help you reduce your office carbon footprint and help the environment by not adding to the global warming issue. Did you really need to print that? So, you're sitting at your desk and receive an email, you decide you want a copy of the email, so you print it off.
The Versatile Bamboo - Its Contributions To Our Environment
China has at present more than five million hectares of bamboo plantation and still growing. In recent years bamboo has also been lauded as a source of fabric. Bamboo cloth is gaining popularity in the world market, for its softness comparable to silk and its ability to produce fabrics that breathe. Few are aware that there are at least 1500 recorded uses of bamboo. It can be used either as food (bamboo shoot), shelter (bamboo grove or rest houses), clothing (bamboo fabric), protection (fence, windbreaker and soil erosion) and fishing materials. Its roots are used for handicrafts such as carvings and charcoal, the butt and lower portion of the culm are used for furniture and construction.
Telemarketing And Junk Mail -A New Approach
One of the good points about being on the Internet is that you build up a large number of friends all over the Internet. Most of them you will never meet but as you exchange e-mails you really do get to know them. One such person for me is John Fox-Kirk a legal consultant who lives in Leeds.UK The other day John passed on to me an e-mail that he had received from a guy called Andy Rooney who I had never heard of. Andy"s pet hates are telemarketing and junk mail and he sent out an e-mail with his tips on how to deal with these problems. It is obvious that we are kindred spirits so I thought I would pass on some of Andy"s ideas along with a few techniques of my own.
Simple Ways You Can Help Stop Global Warming
What Exactly Is Global Warming? In simple terms, global warming refers to an overabundance of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. This carbon dioxide traps heat and acts like a blanket warming the earth. Humans are contributing to the excess amounts of carbon dioxide present in our atmosphere in many ways. The emissions from the cars we drive The polluting factories used to make everyday items The power plants that produce non-renewable electricity for our every day lives All of these things that we rely on and typically take for granted are making the earth a less friendly environment for us.
The Cataclysmic Effects of Tree Deforestation
Whoever made that poem on trees knew very well the essence of these God-given creatures. Tree is life, and this is a globally accepted truth. Once deforestation occurs, the dreadful effects are out to get lives. This is a disturbing thought but the effects of deforestation do not occur on trees only but on us, humans, too. Trees were given to mankind as a resource. It, the tree, is there for several purposes. It could be to provide man his most basic and most important need - food; it could also be a source for his many other needs such as shelter, medicine and clothing; trees also help make the soil become more compact (a compact soil is a prevention against erosion).
Acid Rain - A Problem Which Concerns Us All
The United States and Canada suffer greatly from acid rain because of the inability of the soil to neutralize the acidity naturally, lacking alkalinity. The soil of Canada is in a great part made of rock which does not help to neutralize acid rain. The damages caused by acid rain continue in part to the lack of a natural ability to cleanse itself. One solution then is to diminish the creation and emission of acid rain. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has been commissioned to achieve sufficient environmental health conditions for everyone. They have the mission of reducing the emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere, two major of pollutants found in acid rain.
Acid Rain Pollution
Acid rain has been a preoccupation since 1966 in the scientific community. Scientists finally could describe and explain the phenomenon. Acid rain was not a random problem anymore. More surprising was evidence that man himself was causing this menace to nature. The focus was now on trying to stop it. Acid rain is a worldwide problem. Countries with higher pollution emission are more affected. We only recently realized the great danger of acid rain. Its effects on nature are more and more obvious. Acid rain has generated a very slow response in the beginning. Nowadays, as people realize the devastating effects of acid rain on animals and plants, their reaction is one of concern.
You Are Contributing to Global Warming and Miserable Doing It
No one likes being stuck in traffic, but sadly this daily unpleasantness is necessary for millions of people to get to work. If you are an automobile commuter, then you are intimately familiar with frustrating delays and reckless drivers while your vehicle issues pollution, including the global warming carbon dioxide. Freeing yourself from the colossal polluting waste of time that comes with long commutes would greatly enhance your life and reduce your carbon emissions. According to the book "Simplify Your Work Life" by Elaine St. James, millions of Americans spend two hours or more every day traveling to work.
Greenpeace Does It Best
Protecting the environment is one major task that needs the cooperation of all people living on earth. This cannot be done overnight. It takes time to solve environment related problems and raise public awareness on the effects of environmental degradation. But thanks to Greenpeace, people and governments around the world are made aware of their responsibility towards saving Mother Earth. Greenpeace, an international non-profit organization, has been instrumental in solving major crises affecting the environment worldwide. According to its mission, "Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice, it needs solutions, it needs change and it needs action.