Sea Level Rise

Question 1

Climate and Air Pollution

As increases in human population lead to expansive industrialization and cultivation, increased carbon emissions are resulting in global climate change. This atmospheric alteration may result in a number of detrimental environmental impacts including food insecurity, increased spread of disease, more intense storms, and sea level rise. As the United States is one of the largest contributors to atmospheric carbon emissions, describe one or two specific new policies might the United States enact to reduce its impact on global climate change. Be creative here; focus on policies that are not already in place.  Discuss the economic impacts of any proposed policy.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Utilize at least two scholarly

Question 2

Requirements—Your responses should be approximately the word total suggested for each of the five questions. These suggestions are approximate. Also, the text must be double spaced. Please retype questions and clearly mark answers with letters or numbers.

You must send the paper at the latest (earlier is better) by Monday, 1 May, during the usual time period of your class, i.e., 9:30-10:50 a.m., or 11:00-12:20 p.m.

1. What are some problems with using the concept of luxury versus subsistence emissions in establishing permissible thresholds for GHG emissions? (100 wds.)

2. What are some of what Jamieson calls green virtues? However many you relate, describe each in one sentence apiece. (100 wds.)