The Environmentalist Movement
By: Alec Winsor
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A Fierce Green Fire focuses on how we are destroying the environment, and spotlights different organizations against pollution, and shows what they are doing to combat this growing problem. A well renowned group, the Sierra Club, fought against the building of dams. In a neighborhood near an old toxic waste dump, kids were starting to begin developing birth defects that many believed to be caused by the chemicals. Some of the moms of the neighborhood decided to take a stand against this, they had a very strong case, only helped by the fact that the chemicals were starting to leak into the basements of most of the houses. Eventually the case went to the White House, an they achieved their goal and were relocated to a different, safer area. Another famous organization was a group of whale hunters, their goal to stop the illegal hunting of whales by other nations, such as Japan and Russia.
Air pollution is one of the largest problems contributing to global warming. It comes from man made things such as cars, planes, factories, and basically anything that has emissions. What it does is it goes into the atmosphere and traps heat in the earth, increasing the overall temperatures on the planet. Another common greenhouse gas is methane, which comes from livestock, and it deteriorates the ozone layer. Sulfur dioxide is the smog that you see in big cities. But believe it or not, it is actually beneficial to the earth; it reflects heat and sunlight from the earth. Some ways you can help lower the affects of greenhouse gasses is to carpool, ride bikes, recycle, and find ways to not use as many non renewable fuel sources.
Air pollution is one of the largest problems contributing to global warming. It comes from man made things such as cars, planes, factories, and basically anything that has emissions. What it does is it goes into the atmosphere and traps heat in the earth, increasing the overall temperatures on the planet. Another common greenhouse gas is methane, which comes from livestock, and it deteriorates the ozone layer. Sulfur dioxide is the smog that you see in big cities. But believe it or not, it is actually beneficial to the earth; it reflects heat and sunlight from the earth. Some ways you can help lower the affects of greenhouse gasses is to carpool, ride bikes, recycle, and find ways to not use as many non renewable fuel sources.
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- "Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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