Therefore, holding the Murphy Oil company responsible for their contribution in the matter was the initial response to rectifying their losses. However, at first their case was rejected mainly due to prejudice ideals of those in their local government, but in the end they were able to appeal with the 5th Circuit's federal appeals court, but eventually led nowhere. Per Maleske, ",the case looked likely to bring legal certainty to the climate change litigation realm. Either it would add to the growing pressure against oil and gas companies to cut emissions, or it would lead to a circuit split with the 2nd Circuit, which had allowed state and public plaintiffs to proceed with similar claims in Connecticut v. AEP, and nudge the issue closer to the Supreme Court. (Maleske, M. 2010 Inside Counsel)" This case and others like it would surely start a huge liability case influx to other energy and oil companies worldwide.
Running head: COMPARATIVE REVIEW Introduction The article “Why Prostitution Initiative Misses” was written by Ronald Weitzer, a professor at George Washington University who specializes in criminology. The article is about prostitution and the proposed Measure Q a bill initiated by the city of Berkeley. The second article “The Legalization of Prostitution” was written by James Bovard a libertarian author and lecturer who have written several books on social issues. The article states several reasons of why legalizing prostitution is important. Article One The purpose of the article is to state why Measure Q, a proposition on the November 2004 ballot in the city of Berkeley, is negative and should not be passed.
In the article “No Sympathy” was a quote by Prime Minister David Tusk stated two years before as he replied to a human rights group as said “I do not believe that we can call these individuals -- these creatures -- human beings," he added. "So in this case, we don't need to discuss human rights." At the end of the day the important question to ask is this. Is castration about punishment of offenders or public safety? Dr. Keith Albow gave his analysis on Fox News.com in the article “chemical castration” his article conveniently contains info discussing of a scientific study that found that offenders on Depo-Provera re-offended less than 1 percent in comparison to 68 whom were not taking the drug.
Throughout, this essay will discuss, with uses of examples, how Balog (2009) disputed his arguments in order to cogent TED audience and outward viewers on the issue of ‘climate changes’? The question to challenge James Balog (2009) illustration proposal is possible, in a way that, bringing the invisible to the visual is undoubtedly fascinating. However, he claimed that the cause of an on-going global warming is due to CO2 (Balog, 7.20); which it is utterly unconvincing. Drawing his project on merely two years of work, it would have had been more reasonable to extend the ‘Extreme Ice Survey’ on long-cycle duration to obtain accurate data. Furthermore, online participation denoted that the paleoclimate graphs show correlation of CO2 and temperature are not clear doer.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research reports that if all signatories of the Kyoto Protocol met their green house reduction goal, the earth's temperature would only drop between .07 and .19 degrees celcius. Global warming is very real, and reguardless of the pace it which it occurs it's effects will eventually change our way of life. Legislation offering incentives to companies to set energy reduction goals would motivate them to discontinue their contributions to global warming. A law requiring the use of spray bottles rather than aerosol cans could drastically reduce the decomposition of the ozone layer, which would delay the increase in Earth's temperature. Also, efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol can make a significant difference.
Investigating the Editorial: 1) The topic of David Suzuki’s editorial is the effects of emissions on climate change and possible ways to fight it. 2) The author’s opinion on the topic is that we need to embrace the Kyoto Protocol because it takes time to put international treaties in place and emissions continue to increase and it is the only realistic option as it is already in place and set up. 3) The purpose of this editorial is to bring to the attention of the reader the effects of climate change and to make them aware that waiting to fight it is not an option. 4) a. The criticism in the editorial is that the Kyoto Protocol is not enough to reduce emissions that climate change as stated in the editorial “Alone, it will do
The 21st Century Energy Boom: An In-depth Analysis of the Benefits of Hydraulic Fracking The controversy of hydraulic fracking is mainly funded by energy corporations and environmental organizations, with the government slowly encroaching after public outcry. With the bias of pro-fracking from energy companies wanting to make money from newly found American natural gas prospects and the anti-fracking claims from environmentalist who are against drilling or operations on American soil wanting very restricting regulations on fracking that would make the process cost more and thus not have the economic benefits that are present now. Through the use of several databases, I have found several different articles that strengthen both sides of
Both Sharon Begley and Jeff Jacoby contradict one another in their text. Sharon claims, “The stable climate of 12,000 years is gone” (Begley 4). Jacoby on the other hand basically states we haven’t really had 12,000 years of stable climate, because we have been using CO2 since the Industrial Revolution (Jacoby 9). Begley also states how global warming is coming fast, while Jacoby is saying that he doesn’t believe global warming is even going to happen. These are
Sonia Weber Crossfire Essay Is Nuclear Power Safe? The debate starts off with two people named Michael Shellenberger and Ralph Nader arguing on whether or not nuclear energy is safe. Shellenberger is an environmental policy expert and president of The Breakout Institute which analyzes energy, climate, and innovation policy that has a goal of making clean energy cheap, Shellenberger supports the use of nuclear energy. Ralph Nader opposes it based on the historical accidents from natural earthquakes and leaking nuclear power plants. Nader is a political activist and his areas of focus concern consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.
Speech We categorically believe that fracking is not the answer to the UK’s energy needs. I will be discussing health and environmental issues and my partner will be talking about the economic disaster it would undoubtable be. My argument will use the US as a case study for what could hypothetically become in the UK if fracking does in fact take off. Just a few years ago, fracking was sold to us as the ideal pathway to utilising our vast reserves of natural gas, a “perfect bridge fuel.†Gas executives promised that fracking would help rural communities, create jobs, cut carbon pollution and pose no threat to air and water quality, it sounded almost too good to be true, and it was. Now, several years after the start of America’s fracking