Our climate is changing. Climate change, also referred to as ‘Global Warming’. It is a problem for everyone around the world. 97% of climate change scientists agree that man-made climate change is a fact. In 2014, 2 landmark reports spoke out the reality of the challenge we face the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and the NCA (National Climate Assessment) revealed that, if nothing is done, climate change could have the possibility to effect the people no matter where they are.
In August 2015, The President of the United States Obama takes the biggest most important step ever taken to combat climate change. The Clean Power Plan (CPP), which prepares the first ever carbon pollution standards for power plants. Power plants are the single biggest source of harmful carbon pollution that contributes to climate change. The CPP has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030. The Plan will protect the health of people (Prevent up to 3,600 premature deaths, Prevent 1,700 non-fatal heart attacks, Prevent 90,000 asthma attacks in children, Prevent 300,000 missed workdays and schooldays), boost our economy (Creating tens of thousands of jobs), and save the average American family (Nearly $85 a year on their energy bills in 2030). “Washington is starting to catch up with the vision of the rest of the country. ” Obama said Monday from the White House.
Temperatures are rising across the US. The hottest year on the past years is 2014. Extreme weather change is getting more abnormal. Weather and climate disasters in 2012 ‘alone’ has cost the people economy more than a shocking $100 billion. Health threats is also one of problems associated with extreme weather. Kids, elderly, and the poor are most weak to the climate heath effects: heat stress, air pollution, diseases carried by food, or water. The New York Times called the President’s climate proposal “the strongest action ever taken by an American president to tackle climate change.”
And finally, climate change is not just our problem, it’s everyone’s problem. The Clean Power Plan now effects everyone in a positive way, the change in our breathing outside is good, the kids, and elderly’s health is so much better. The Clean Power Plan is indeed a good thing.
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