Global air pollution and global climate change

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We know that the Earth's climate has changed many times throughout its existence. There have been both ice ages and long periods of warmth. Many natural factors, such as volcanic eruptions, energy absorbed from the sun, and changes in the Earth's orbit have long had an influence on the Earth's climate and contributed to climate change.

Introduction
The era of new human activities
The global change and its effect on human population
The rising sea-levels and an increase in coastal storms
The effects of global air pollution
Role of the government
Commercial and industrial companies
Role of the individuals
Recycling
Conclusion
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[...] (EPA, 2009) One important step that can be made by everyone is to contact representatives in the local, state, and federal governments and let them know how important the issue of global air pollution and global climate change is to this nation's citizens. Global air pollution and global climate change is an issue that is real, that is happening now, and that will not go away unless serious changes are made. Global climate change has begun to affect the world all around us. [...]

[...] (USGCRP, 2009) The effects of global air pollution and global climate change on the environment and the human population are real, are current, and need to be addressed now. Local, state, and federal governments can lead the way to effective climate control by establishing policies and programs that will promote the use and research of climate technology and science. (EPA, 2010) Programs can be set up to research, promote, and actively reduce the amount of greenhouse emissions produced. Specific examples of areas that can be enforced by government are the reduction in use of fossil fuels, such as burning coal and oil, research to improve energy efficiency, research for alternative energy sources, recovery of methane gases and reduced emission. [...]

[...] The face of college campuses would change as more adults returned to school in search of the skills that would be needed to build electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as the skills required to operate and maintain alternative sources of energy. Commercial and industrial companies would have to cease use of fossil fuel energy, so giant windmills would dot the landscape and solar panels would decorate the buildings. These are just a few of the social impacts that would be seen from serious effort by local, state, and federal governments to curb greenhouse gases. [...]

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