This gave Senator Reid a big enough boost to get him re-elected. While Senator Patty Murray of Washington faced challenges in her re-election bid. In an article for The Washington Times Daily, Kevin Freking wrote “Support for Yucca Mountain in the two states shows that positions on now how to deal with nuclear waste are often shaped by regional differences rather than partisan ones.” In March 2010 when the DOE withdrew its application for Yucca Mountain, Senator Murray gave the Energy Secretary an earful. She told Energy Secretary Steven Chu “I just think it’s irresponsible.”
Case 19-1: Massachusetts v EPA Facts: A group of 19 private organizations filed a petition asking EPA to regulate “greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Petitioners maintained that greenhouse gas emissions have accelerated climate change and that carbon dioxide is the most important contributor to climate change. EPA denied the petition, claiming that the Clean Air Act does not authorize the Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Even if it did, EPA argued, the Agency had discretion to defer a decision until more research could be done on "the causes, extent and significance of climate change and the potential options for addressing it." Massachusetts, other states and private organizations filed suit
The atomic bomb represents the deception behind mistaking destruction for recreation, the exploitation of land, the failure of achieving peace through violent means, and an understanding of the relationship between humans and their land. As a result, we learn the importance of having ceremony to balance human nature with the natural world as Silko intended us to. Firstly, Silko uses the creation of the atomic bomb to critique the deception that both Native Americans faced. She accomplishes this by having Tayo’s grandmother narrate how she had confused an explosion with a sunrise: “I thought I was seeing the sun rise again, but it faded away…Later on there was something about it in the newspaper. Strongest thing on this earth.
Which factors contribute to global climate change and how do these factors impact the earth compared to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions? Bodden, Zachary Environmental Systems and Societies Strawberry Crest High School May, 2014 3563 Abstract The most popular theory for the cause of global warming today is the burning of fossil fuels. Furthermore, there has been much speculation that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emission will have a harmful impact on the earth. However, through research, it shows that this truly is, only a speculation. In this paper, I plan to analyze the underlying causes of climate change, and the consequences the earth faces.
Instead, Romney used his time to rebuke Obama and did not express his position as much. “Why am I lowering taxes on the middle-class? Because under the last four years, they've been buried,” Romney said. Even though, Romney tried to overcome Obama; Obama fought back better than the last presidential debate. When Romney attacked Obama for hindering the use of coal, the President recalled an appearance of Romney as governor of Massachusetts, where he vowed to shut down a coal-fired power plant.
She presented a great deal of solid evidence to prove her points, backed up her opinions with credible sources and managed to write a piece that could very easily be understood by the general public. Smyth offered suggestions as an alternative to NCLB, and, by doing this, recognized the importance of accountability in Education. Overall, I think Smyth did an excellent job of creating an informative and persuasive article on the adverse effects of No Child Left Behind. Her research and obvious passion on the subject are apparent and very helpful in convincing the reader that No Child Left Behind is not having the positive effect in which it was envisioned to have. Dr. Smyth makes many interesting and powerful points on the American Education System and calls for a change.
To end his essay, Berry offers this last advice, “We are going to find a limit beyond which there will be no more. To hit these limits at top speed is not a rational choice. To start slowing down, with the idea of avoiding catastrophe is a rational choice.”(35-36) When reading the essay “Faustian Economics” by Wendell Berry, you may find yourself lost and more often than not, confused. Berry is a very intelligent man and proves it so while writing his essay of his views on the matter of humanity’s tradition of the limitless consumption of fossil fuels, and how it will affect the environment for later generations thus making the human species a greedy, wasteful, and selfish race. His audience
I would recommend the book When Presidents Lie by Eric Alterman, The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz, and Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman. I think reading these books would help the presidents in making good decisions for our country. The first book that I would recommend the candidates to read is When Presidents Lie by Eric Alterman. This book is about lies the presidents have told and their consequences. This is a good book for the presidents to read because it shows the consequences of deceit and it shows when it is acceptable to lie and when it isn’t.
When Gardner spoke of “Good Work”, he meant it from an ethical view point. The historians were not doing “good work” from Trask’s perspective, so she wanted to correct what the historians had done. Trask’s clever title of the essay screams her identity from the start. Using the word native in her title was a clue to as to what the essay would mostly be centralized. She starts off the telling the reader her name, which is the first identifier used to inform someone of who you are.
If more people fight to force the government to make wiser energy decisions we can turn around global warming. Many communities are surrounded by nuclear energy plants or other harmful energy plants. This is a dilemma that local communities face when trying to fight global warming. Each individual can only do so much to fight these huge corporations and energy plants. The best thing we can do as a society is establish better laws for what is considered acceptable when creating energy.