Since the mid-twentieth century, the issue of global climate change has become increasingly evident and is now not only undeniable but incredibly dire. Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has caused CO2 levels to dramatically, causing great damage to the ozone layer. This, in turn, has resulted in sea levels rising, general weather patterns changing, and an alarming increase in natural disasters. It is imperative that action is taken here in the United States on a governmental level in order to help reverse these catastrophic effects.
In the last few months, many Democratic candidates have announced their candidacy in the 2020 presidential election. Combatting climate change has been a cornerstone of many campaigns and will continue to be a hot-button topic in the primaries.
I have personally enjoyed researching each candidate’s plan to change policy related to climate change, as each candidate is devising big solutions for a big problem.
For example, current New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand plans to put a price on carbon, combat unemployment through creating waste management jobs, and back the New Green Deal. Elizabeth Warren, my favorite potential 2020 democratic candidate, also endorses the New Green Deal. She has also placed a great emphasis on repairing and replacing current infrastructure, as well as taking revenue from her Ultra-Millionaire Tax to support her proposals.
Though the problem of fighting global climate change is incredibly daunting and pressing to say the least, it gives me hope that we have such passionate and capable leaders to bring this issue to the forefront of America’s political agenda.
I critiqued Taylor Davis who wrote on climate change. When I first looked at this, the title says “The Federalist papers”, but obviously it’s not about the Federalist papers it’s about global climate change. The student does a good job stating the history and facts of climate change. They mention the industrial revolution and how CO2 levels have greatly damage the O-Zone layer since then. This student talks about how the climate change is affecting the sea levels, the general weather patterns and increase in natural disasters. Then the student begins to talk about the Democratic candidates and how some of them in the 2020 presidential election plan to change policy related to climate change. This is very interesting and I hope that we can start finding some solutions to this extremely dangerous problem. This student talks about how New York senator Kristen Gillibrand plans to replace the current infrastructure and is really working on finding solutions for this global climate change issue. This student did a fantastic job with organization. They stated facts and history and then zoomed in on a particular political candidate who planned on changing the policies to find solutions for global climate change problems. It was a very interesting editorial to read and I have more information about this topic. I agree that we really need to do something soon or else our world is doomed. We are not taking this situation serious enough and scientist have said if we don’t do something, in about the next 12 years it’ll be too late.
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