Tag: Global Warming
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Student discusses affects, concerns of Global Warming
by Cassandra Campos Staff Writer Global warming is a topic everyone knows about but does nothing about it. I believe that it is the government’s responsibility to find renewable resources as soon as possible and start enforcing them immediately, because we are running out of time. One of the main reasons why I believe the…
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Atmospheric scientist discuss environmental issues with expert panel
Texas leads the way in energy production and carbon emissions. If Texas were its own country, it would be ranked third in the world for gas production, yet first in the United States (tied with California) for carbon emissions. Texas also has more natural disasters than any other state. This makes Texas one of the…
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Animal agriculture increasing gobal warming
STORY BY: TOVI OYERVIDEZ Animal agriculture is the leading cause of global warming, deforestation, species extinction, water replenishing, and ocean dead zones. The consumption of meat is to blame for all the reasons this is happening. Globally, cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day. Methane has a global warming potential 86 times more…
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Renowned scientist discusses global warming
by MATT MOLINAR//Associate Editor Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe has taken it upon herself to gather data and analyze the patterns of the weather in order to prove global warming. Hayhoe, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University, spends her time traveling the world studying climate change and recently wrote…