“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it’s though as if they’re here to stay, oh I believe in yesterday (The Beatles)”. I can remember as a child learning about the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling. All the environmental problems seemed so out of my reach, never realizing how my small efforts could help on a whole. Today, people are completely reliant on fossil fuels for their energy needs and are finally feeling the repercussions of our actions. Due to our mass usage of coal, oil and gas we have punctured a hole in the ozone layer and have propelled global warming up the hierarchy of environmental concern. Global warming, or the increase in temperature and change in climate, can cause dramatic weather events such as droughts, floods, melting polar areas, rising sea levels and loss of coral reefs (Greenpeace.org). The answers to solving this problem are staring us right in the face, wind and solar renewable energy sources. If w
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Even if you are not willing to change your lifestyle over to wind or solar power there are lots of small things you can do that will benefit the global warming problem. Dave Matthews Band teamed up with Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and developed the “One Sweet Whirled” organization. They encourage people to make small commitments such as driving 15 less miles a week (which would save 900 pounds of CO2 per year) or to set your thermostat 3 degrees lower in the winter (which save 600 pounds of CO2 per year.) (one sweet whirled.org). With these seemingly small personal pledges, you are doing so much for the environment. Another organization trying hard to reverse global warming is Greenpeace. They have a “Choose Positive Energy Campaign” that has supporters from all over the world. This campaign supports the use of renewable and clean energy and is dedicated to bringing all the information to the
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Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Fossil Fuel, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Development, World Energy Resources And Consumption, Sun, Beatles,
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Global warming
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Global Warming
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Global Warming Debate
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Global Warming & Phytoplankton
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