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Given the fact that peoples everyday lives already filled to the extreme, it is no wonder that issues that may not immediately effect us all get ignored. T However, this does not mean issues such as global warming do not exist. What people seem to forget that is that it is our everyday actions that are causing harm to the environment, with a practical and realistic course of action, we can reduce our negative impact on the earth. Policy makers have the power to enact policies that can help decrease the consequences that result from global warming. Policies that help make it easier to buy organically and have energy efficient homes would be most ideal. Indicators are already showing the harmful progression global warming is taking yet doubt is still very much present and as a result it is causing a decline in the health of the planet and its wildlife.

With money always weighing heavily on our options and the economy playing a major role in our decisions, the costly manner of taking action against global warming has been a major deterrent for many. In attempt to start reducing the dangerously high level of greenhouse-emissions, policy makers drafted a protocol to forestall climate changes. The Kyoto Protocol was introduced and 141 countries adapted the protocol suggesting an overwhelming validity to its contents. Two prominent countries, Australia and the United States, "which together account for one-quarter of the world's greenhouse-gas emission" are against taking necessary conservation efforts (A). In an article published by "the encyclopedia of earth", the major features of the Kyoto Protocol are detailed as well as the binding set targets for industrialized countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This binding commitment rather than suggested encouragement to reduce emissions ultimately lead the United States to its decision not to sign the protocol. This decision applied pressure on Russia in order to help meet the needed nations representing 55 percent of these emissions. In 1999 the United States pumped out more CO2 than the rest of the world combined and by 2007 the US was still in the top two countries for CO2 emissions. While it is known that CO2 is necessary in our atmosphere, an excess amount of it can threaten the wellbeing of ecosystems and become a toxin/pollutant to the air we breathe. Taking a stance to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases is by no means cheap and it is understood that each country has economic situations that may prevent them from fully implementing the protocol. However, a universal approach was taken to establish a foundation with the idea of ratification already accepted. Rather than attempting to become a part of the solution, many are still remaining a part of the problem. With ignorant statements that "our money, effort and time is better spent solving other problems" it is no surprise that people doubt the actuality of global warming (D). Leaders should consider the potential economic effects that policies can have and work to find a balance between a greener environment and a stable environment. With n ations such as America and citizens such as the one quoted in Source D undermining the severity of global warming and refusing to take action, the Earths temperature will continue to rise we will all soon witness the consequences on a much more severe level.

====The theories concerning the future of the environment may cause some to believe that global warming is a myth, however, the facts alone can prove the seriousness of global warming. In some cases data may be subject to interpretation, however in a graph made up of government compiled data, a dangerous trend showing the staggering increase in the surface temperature from the baseline presented itself. The graphs beginning fluctuations create a baseline for normality and suggests a reliable source (B). The high rise in temperature from negative .03 degrees Fahrenheit to over .03 degrees on the graph leaves no question as to whether or not global warming has started effecting our environment. This still increasing incline of .06 degrees is the reason there is less snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and the reason for extreme weather events. Leaders need to be weary of policies that deal with the global ocean and must be cautious of allowing activities that may allow for a further increase in the temperature. This recorded increase was "the fastest rate in any period over the last 1,000 years" therefore a change in behavior seems necessary (A). If policies were created that would offset our actions such as "protection and restoration of forests" in order to stop the progression or "carbon dioxide emissions", people would not have to change their tendencies in ways that are not practical. (A).The physical changes to our environment that have been recorded only just begin to illustrate the detrimental path we are heading down however with the right course of action, we can reverse our negative impact and still maintain similar lifestyles.====

====Global warming is not only affecting our resources and bodies of water but also our seasons and wildlife. Policies should be implemented that work to save and protect not only endangered animals, but all aspects of nature. With temperatures changing unnaturally, animals are forced are forced to alter the schedules they have maintained for years. Some birds must lay their eggs prematurely due to their early arrival in the spring and it has been noted that cherry trees are blooming "about a month earlier than they did a half-century ago" (F). These changes, while at first may seem insignificant, affect surrounding life and nature in ways that we as outsiders do not notice. We as humans, are apart of the ecosystem and so if any aspect of it is disrupted, we will also be affected. With spring appearing earlier, it has the potential to decrease its season production due to occurrence of "spring snowstorms". The forced adaptation some animals undergo may affect animals who were unaffected by the early beginning of the season. This struggle to survive "is changing so fast that the slow evolutionary process of species adaptation cant keep up" (F). Global warming is causing these changes in nature and the livelihood of animals, in response, leaders need to develop ways to cut back on the gases that are causing the harmful rise in temperatures.====

Our actions are negatively impacting the world and its wildlife, and as inhabitants of this environment it is our responsibility to attend to the consequences and establish a better future. While some argue that global warming is all coincidental and that taking an approach is not practical, it is clear that something is harming our environment. Rather than waiting around for irreversible damages to take hold, we as humans need to take a positive course of action and make for a better world.