Essays on Climate Action

Globalization

Carrier is a major organization and a subsidiary of the United Technologies that has operations in 6 continents and in 170 countries where it seeks to provide consistent, noiseless, and energy-efficient products to its huge consumer base. The expansive presence in the global market is an opportunity for the company to introduce products into the market, enforce partnership, and foster innovation. However, Carrier faces stiff competition from cheap products from China especially in developing areas. To reduce operational costs, the company has instituted several strategies such as developing operational and manufacturing plants outside the United States. Like many other ...

Response to Jacob’s Post

Jacob’s post concerns Denver’s Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan of Denver Colorado, also known as sustainability 2.0 aims at dealing with the impacts of urban sprawl and also at enhancing urban development. Through this plan, there have been improvements in the transport sector such that there are no longer cases of environmental pollution that bused to be a major concern in the region due to urban pollution effects. Their plan has also been effective in dealing with issues of affordable housing. A similar plan that exists in my state, which is Oregon State, is the ...

Speaking about climate change it should be stressed that there are two points of view on the problem. Thus, the US government is constantly searching ways how to combat climate change and unite the whole world in this issue. However, there are critics of the climate change who state that the problem does not exist. The US President Barack Obama stresses in his speech that when it comes to climate change, there is such a thing as being too late. He states that over the last years the country has done much to combat climate change. It has been ...

It is the duty of each and every person to take care of the environment and further to have in place an environment that will enable the world regenerate and in turn be favourable for the day to day living of man today and the future. Various measures have been put in place in order for this to happen. These include the coming up with the bio-degradable products and further, to look for the alternative sources of energy that reduce the amount of harmful emissions. One of these methods is the coming up with the green cars which are ...

Climate Action Plan for the City of Trenton

The efforts undertaken are mainly aimed at helping a city or a town help towards the common goal of combating the impacts of climate change. The document outlines how the city of Trenton can contribute in the global crises of climate change. It lays out action plans, the current activities employed in the reduction of Greenhouse Gas, the operations that municipals and communities can engage in to reduce carbon footprint.

The document outlines the action plan for greenhouse emissions reduction for the city of Trenton.

Question. How sustainable are the plans the city of Trenton proposes? Planning for Rebuilding New Orleans The journal document addresses the events after the disastrous destruction of property and ...

The issue of climate change is politically contentious. In the United States, political opinion is sharply divided between Democrats and Republicans. This sharp divide has implications for policy outcomes concerning climate change and the future of the earth. Despite political disagreements on the nature and causes of climate change, scientists do agree that human activities are contributing to the release or emission of greenhouse gases that potentially trap heat and affect the future of the earth. Some of the activities responsible for the warming of the planet are the fueling of economic growth with fossil fuels, heavy industrial and ...

Effective Sustainable Planning

Introduction Sustainable planning is basically the efficient use of resources, which are human, natural, and technological to sustain current needs of a community as well as ensuring that these resources will continue to be effective to sustain the future needs. Over the past few years, sustainable planning has established support from several national and international organizations. Illinois is one of the states that have implemented programs in sustainable planning to resolve challenges in public transportation, energy conservation, recycling, natural hazard reduction, and other issues. In this essay, we will discuss the challenges that Chicago has dealt with in the ...

Introduction:

The modern United States economy relies on fossil fuels for up to 82% of the overall energy supply. This energy supports industrial processes, commercial and residential, and transportation purposes. Oil accounts for 34% of the overall energy demand, coal accounts for 39%, natural gas represents 27%, hydropower accounts for 7%, while nuclear energy accounts for 19% (United States Energy Department, 33). However, in terms of net energy consumption, fossil fuels accounted for 67.5% while other energy sources; that is, nuclear and other renewable energy sources, such as hydro-power and wind-energy accounted for 32.5% in 2013 (United States Energy Department, ...