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Global warming has become an important issue in politics today. Original perspective? Key issues that must be considered when policies are made that may affect global warming are the economic factors and the long term effects and significance of global warming. Need a more specific argument- economic factors, long term effects, and signifance are too general. Also, it is best to have three areas of support. Agreed, especially because we had Tuesday evening to edit

Combating climate change will no doubt affect the world economy but whether the changes will help or hinder the economy in the long term is uncertain. Topic sentence must directly pertain to your thesis. An example of possible positive chenge is that "New York..aims to generate 25% of the state's energy from renewables by 2013, up 19% from [2005]," (Source C). By mandating the use of renewable energy, New York is supporting new energy industries such as the solar panel and wind energy industries. The economic support of such companies will create new jobs for Americans. However, some argue that the costs of eliminating global warming are just too high. Claims have been made that "only when we get sufficiently rich can we afford the relative luxury of caring about the environment," Quote is misunderstood. It is an argument for global warming prevention, not against. (Source D). While the cost of improving the environment may be high, I disagree with this assertion because if our environment continues to worsen we will not even have a planet to live on, so the economy will not even matter anymore. Excellent- adding in your opinion! Agreed Thus, the environment must take priority over the economy because the planet is necessary to sustain human life, and the economy is an invention of humans that is not required for the survival of our species nice flow of logic and clear inductive reasoning. It is diffucult to decide "whether the money we plan to spend on stabilizing global warming...to protect future generations is better spent on alleviating current global human suffering," make sure to quote only the necessary information to keep it concise/prevent losing focus from your argument (Source E) but ultimately, the money involved cannot be the top priority when approaching this problem. Even if jobs are lost with new regulations for industries that contribute to global warming, new jobs can be created in new, eco-friendly industries, and the economy will recover if policy makers invest in enabling our environment to recover from global warming. A bit wordy, try to say exactly whart you want to say. (aka "salvage of our environment is worth any cost.")

An additional factor that policy makers must consider when creating environmental legislation, are the long term effects of global warming fairly similar to issues discussed in the first body paragraph, try to find more distinction. The detrimental effects of global warming are already beginning to show as exhibited by the ocean temperature change from -0.4 degrees F to 0.5 degrees F from 1880 to 2004 (Source B). The ocean temperature change demonstrates that radical changes are already occuring, so if climate change is allowed to continue, the situation will worsen even more rapidly and the long term effects could be disasterous. so what? Similarly, "US carbon dioxide emissions have already risen by 12% compared with 1990 levels and are predicted to rise by more than 30% by 2012 compared to 1990 levels," (Source E). There is significant evidence that the slate of the environment will deteriorate further if (H) jumans do not intervene to reverse global warming. Where is your opinion in this paragraph? Lastly, as the environment changes, "the first signs of spring are appearing earlier in the year," (Source F). If global warming continues, entire species could face extinction, destroying our planet's diversity permanatly. This paragraph contains a lot of facts compiled, and it is clear that you have done your research, but it lacks analysis. Before you go on to your next fact, include why it matters.

Therefore, important issues to consider when creating global warming policies are the economy and long term effects of climate change. consider the broader context