One reason why per capita emissions are low in developing countries is that many energy-consuming technologies have not yet penetrated widely. ... This list includes: • Enhancing energy efficiency; • Protecting and enhancing greenhouse gas sinks; • Promoting sustainable agriculture; • Promoting renewable energy, carbon sequestration and other environmentally friendly technologies; • Removing subsidies and other market imperfections for environmentally damaging activities; • Encouraging reforms in relevant sectors to promote emission reductions; &bull...

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Gas Cars? We use them everyday in America, yet it help kill the environment every time. They cause others to inhale potentially dangerous chemicals in the air. It's breaking down the ozone layer, causing global warming to occur. Gas cars destroy the planet every time we start them. We need an alt...

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The accurate warnings and scientific analysis should not be disregarded. ... An Inconvenient Truth is scientifically accurate but still with few discrepancies in some explanation and yet it is still understandable by people who are not very knowledgeable on things scientifically. ...

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That question could be answered as such: "The thoughtless and shortsighted transformation of scientific knowledge into technical know-how has given mankind too much power too soon to be able to use it wisely (Arnopoulos 80)". ...

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The greenhouse effect as stated in the dictionary is the effect produced as greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, but prevent most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space. This process occurs naturally and has kept the Earth's temperature about 60 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would otherwise be. Current life on Earth could not be sustained without the natural greenhouse effect. Weather stations, balloons, ocean buoys, and satellites tell us the Earth's tempe...

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That question could be answered as such: "The thoughtless and shortsighted transformation of scientific knowledge into technical know-how has given mankind too much power too soon to be able to use it wisely (Arnopoulos 80)". ...

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