Global warming, or climate change, is an increase in the earth’s atmospheric temperature since the late nineteenth century. In politics the debate over global warming is centered on whether this increase in temperature is due to greenhouse gas emissions or is the result of a natural pattern in the earth’s temperature. In 2022 Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act which included hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for investing in renewable-energy projects and producing energy from renewable sources. The bill also included credits to help factories retool to turn…
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37% No |
57% Yes |
28% No |
7% Yes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
5% No, provide more incentives for alternative energy production instead |
3% No, and global warming is a natural occurrence |
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1% No, tax carbon emissions instead |
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@4YRY8PG3yrs3Y
government needs to regulate the pollution of the planet, not just for climate change; saving the planet is unnecessary, the planet will save itself. However, humans are capable of making the earth inhabitable for themselves.
@4YTBLYB3yrs3Y
Yes, but not for climate change. I think that is unfounded for several contradicting reasons from both sides of the issue. However, the human toll through cancer causing agents is alarming and should have been addressed with more importance years ago.
@93H9FXV2yrs2Y
Yes and make littering illegal
@5DVLBZW3yrs3Y
This question is wrong, as the real problem has always been corruption/cronyism and failure to enforce property rights. Regulations are written by cronies more to the benefit of polluters than to our environment or property owners. Regulations have actually made it harder to sue those who harm our shared/un-owned resources, stealing property value, health and life.
@9D5GR6M9mos9MO
Yes and drastically increase the amount of fines the company must pay in the event of an accident and provide more incentives for alternative energy production
@9D84HDR8mos8MO
Yes, but drastically increase the amount of fines the company must pay in the event of an accident
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Once vibrant corals turning bone white highlights something scientists have been saying for years: the oceans are heating up dangerously.This week, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a global coral bleaching event. Too much heat is the main cause of coral bleaching — and there are more worrying signs as the latest ocean-surface readings show temperatures are on the rise.“This is big,” said John Abraham, professor of thermal sciences at the University of St. Thomas. People are realizing just “how important the oceans are as the measurement metric for climate change.”Every day, for more than a year — barring a tiny blip last spring — the global average sea-surface temperature has been at a record seasonal high in data that go back to 1979. And those historical records haven’t just been narrowly surpassed, they’ve been obliterated.Hotter oceans matter for all sorts of reasons beyond their impact on coral reefs. They exacerbate sea-level rise as warmer water expands. They restrict the supply of oxygen to marine life and are pushing fish toward the earth’s poles or deeper waters. They’ve been linked to the rise of marine bacteria called Vibrio, which can cause vibriosis in humans, bringing symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and, in some cases, it can kill. And last year, high sea-surface temperatures helped push scientists to raise their forecast for Atlantic hurricanes.
@AmnestyJackal2 days2D
Dubai International Airport forced to divert flights after torrential downpour causes the runway to look like an ocean. Citizens are being told to stay inside as thunder, lighting, hail and heavy rain slams the region. Dubai saw more rainfall in one day than they see on average for an entire year, nearly 5 inches.The country of Oman was also hit by the intense rain which reportedly killed 18 people.Dubai is more generally known for its hot and dry desert weather, with the average temperature in April 33ºC.However, flash flooding can be deadly, especially if people are in the vicinity of dry riverbeds known as ‘wadi’ in Arabic, which can quickly fill with water and wash away vehicles and bystanders.Dubai’s flooding comes a day after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Oman on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, killing at least 17 people as rescuers searched for survivors.In one incident, a group of school children and a driver died when their vehicle was overtaken, authorities said.The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) stated that the current unsettled weather in the region is expected to last until tomorrow.
@ISIDEWITH6 days6D
The Biden administration has increased the cost of oil and gas drilling on public lands, raising royalty rates for the first time in a century as part of a sweeping crackdown on the industry ahead of November’s election. The Bureau of Land Management said on Friday it had finalised a rule to raise the royalties drillers must pay to the government for the first time since 1920 and the bonds needed to cover the cost of clean-ups for the first time since 1960. “These are the most significant reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing program in decades, and they will cut wasteful speculation, increase returns for the public, and protect taxpayers from being saddled with the costs of environmental clean-ups,” said Deb Haaland, interior secretary.The rule comes as President Joe Biden toughens his stance on fossil fuel producers in a bid to mobilise progressive voters in the run-up to this year’s presidential election. His administration also recently moved to restrict offshore drilling leases and froze permits for new liquefied natural gas infrastructure. But the royalty rise also comes as crude oil prices increase amid fears of supply disruptions due to turmoil in the Middle East — factors that have already pushed up US petrol prices and boosted inflation, just as Biden tries to sell his economic record to voters.Royalty rates will rise from 12.5 per cent to 16.67 per cent, in line with a change first mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden’s landmark climate law. Minimum bond requirements, used to pay for the clean-up of abandoned wells, will rise from $10,000 to $150,000 for an individual lease.Friday’s rule is the latest of several climate rules by federal agencies as Biden races to wrap up his regulatory agenda ahead of November’s vote.Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, said that while it supported the new royalty rate rise as a way to “curb financial giveaways to Big Oil”, the rule failed “to confront the massive tide of climate emissions stemming from [the interior department’s] leasing programme”.
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