Question
One
Water pollution
is a big problem and much need to be done to do away with this problem that has
all dimensions when it comes to the human life. In as much as 70% of the worlds
population is covered with water, many people the world over die of lack of
this precious commodity. The problem of water pollution has mainly been brought
about by the population of the world that has greatly increased over the past
three decades. This has brought the need fro sufficiency in the national and
international levels of the precious commodity. The other mina contributor
towards the problem of water pollution is industrialization. Many countries as
they enter this competitive area where their economy tends to be growing they
neglect the fact that water need to be conserved (Price, 2008).
Water pollution
is a menace to the flora and fauna. This natural plant and animals desperately
need water for their survival. When water is polluted it renders them
completely on the verge of extinction. In the long run this is detrimental to
the very economy that countries seek to grow as they enter into
industrialization. This is especially true when the disposal of waste is
arbitrarily done and therefore threatens the life of the plants and animals
that live in Seas Rivers and oceans where this chemical-full water drains into.
If governments lack restrictive measures to tackle that issue of waste disposal,
it becomes a recipe for disaster to the environment.
Many
organizations the world over are increasingly embracing the need to have a
clean environment and water for that matter. This is following lobbying by
governments and human rights organizations. Also, the public has become even
more aware of the disaster in waiting if they do not consider their environment
in their day today decision making. They
therefore have come out to make it a reality and they are not sparing
organizations either. Companies that do not take the matter of environmental
consideration to their policy making are having it rough to sell their products
especially in the western countries. The trend is quickly growing in the third
world countries too.
Question
Two
In United States
there has a big problem of air pollution especially in Los Angeles. This has
been observed for many years by the United States government and it has even
set policies to curtail the advent of a disaster in the making in the Los
Angeles area. This has majorly been caused by many people driving on the roads.
These cars emit carbon dioxide in the air which in essence spoils the
environment from which we breathe air. The government has been discussing a
solution with the traffic police department for quite some time but there has
been no any forthcoming comprehensive solution. It has considered spanking a
tax to the traffic users and it has even proposed policies whereby green
revolution cars can be used to no avail. However the problem cannot be solved if
it is not tackled from the public’s angle of view.
The
problem of air pollution in the republic of china is a menace to the people.
The country has of late been experiencing great economic growth rates
associated with its industrialization drive. This has however impacted badly on
the country’s image as it has greatly contributed to air pollution through the
gases it arbitrarily emits in the air. Even the United Nations has not been
able to convince the country to consider going green. This will be a big
problem in future where there is likely to be a myriad of diseases associated
with this negligence been shown by the Chinese government. Therefore it is up
to the country to look into the future and try and curtail the problem.
Environmentally induced diseases are likely to emerge and it will heavily
impact badly on the government’s expenditure and peoples saving and purchasing
power as they seek to be healthy from these diseases.
Question
3
Scientist has been warning the world
against involvement in activities that increases the global temperature. Due to
increased human activities around the globe, the atmospheric temperature has
been increasing steadily for the last half a century.
Increase of the global temperatures has
resulted in a rise in the ocean tides and scientist are warning that if more
precautious measures are not applied on time, more ice caps will melt, this
will result in further rise of the ocean levels. Consequently, some low laying
islands and other lands will be submerged. The scientists have also cautioned
that a rise in the global temperature will affect seasons and the natural
climatic conditions around the world. Regional agricultural production are
expected to be affected; most agricultural lands will be not be available for
farming as ideal conditions required for farming won’t be available after the
change of climate. Due to the increase in the atmospheric temperatures, the hot
desserts have been increasing at a tremendous rate, consequently most lands
that have been in use for food production have rendered useless. This is
expected to cause a food crisis around the globe in a few years time (Pollution,
2008).
An increase in the global temperature is
also expected to create distress around the globe. Although persons might have
made a switch to solar power, the intensity of the solar receive of the earth’s
surface will be too much and living in most of the world will virtually
impossible. The high levels of carbon dioxide emission coupled with other
dangerous emissions that are released from factories around the globe have been
destroying the ozone layer. Ozone layer filters out the harmful u-v rays’ from
penetrating the atmosphere. Now with the atmosphere completely damaged, harmful
radiations from the sun will be penetrating the atmosphere and reaching the
earth’s surface. These radiations are dangers as they are cancerous and might
destroy many other lives on the earth’s surface.
Question 4
The United States of America as the
world’s greatest nation bears the greatest responsibility in management of the
global climatic conditions. Mismanagement of forest resources by most third
world countries has contributed to a considerable level of the current increase
in the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere. United States of America can use
its advance influence to influence the smaller nations in environmental
conservation measures.
The US can kick start the process by
steaming more resources towards planting of trees around the globe, the process
of afforestation can be made much faster by ensuring that most of the seedlings
that they supply are for fast growing trees. The United States should also
start programs aimed at enlightening populations living the third world
countries on the importance of conserving forests. The government should also
encourage these nations to embrace other alternative energy sources instead of
felling trees to be used for powering industries and domestic use. USA should
also fight for implementation of global policies that would reduce marketing of
products from wood, especially from the scarce species of trees.
Although, the government has a large
responsibility to play in the reduction of global warming, the civil society
should play the most important part of ensuring that the world’s approach
towards the climatic conditions is moderated. The governmental involvement
might have political attachments and the move might not be welcome by many
republics around the world. Many nations, usually prefer to follow their own
generated policies instead of sheeping behind policies generated by the world’s
most powerful nations. To reduce the fuse that might be created by this, the
civil society should take up the responsibility of campaigning for a safer
world around the globe. This can be possible especially if the groups finance
these projects through other already operational organizations in the target
countries.
In conclusion, the United States of
America is good at following the set policies. Its efforts can be very easily
nullified by other countries lack of environmental conservation policies. Thus,
it is the responsibility of the central government to ensure other nations
around the world honor environment treats and policies set up to conserve the
environment. It should also go a step further and be the leader in the fight
for a safe environment.
References
Pollution.
(2008). Definition from the
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved October 17, 2010 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollution.
Price, S. (2008).Water Pollution Water Pollution. New
York: Benchmark Books.
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