Environmental Studies\/Environmental Science<\/p>\n

Assignment 2<\/p>\n

Compare Articles<\/p>\n

The issue of global warming remains the most important problem facing the biosphere<\/p>\n

eclipsing all others and requiring a broad range of responses by humans that challenge the<\/p>\n

very way we define economics and progress.<\/p>\n

Environmental scientists generally agree on the scale, pace and intensity of the problem but<\/p>\n

not on the solutions. Policy makers must devise an international system that will reduce the<\/p>\n

most prevalent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide in a short period of time. The suggestions<\/p>\n

made so far do not follow a \u201ccommand and control\u201d model but offer instead market-friendly<\/p>\n

solutions. Two of these are<\/p>\n

a) the “cap and trade” system whereby carbon emissions can be traded in a free market and<\/p>\n

gradually reduce the production of the gas, and<\/p>\n

b) a carbon tax that would use the market to accelerate carbon gas reductions in an<\/p>\n

environment where the costs of emissions would be graduated upward to affect the largest<\/p>\n

producers.<\/p>\n

In the articles provided here the two perspectives are given an examination that advocate for<\/p>\n

one or the other or even both. Four of the articles are general global waming pieces. Six<\/p>\n

of the articles are on the impacts of global warming. Five are on the two approaches.<\/p>\n

Pick at least two from the first batch, and at least three from the second batch for you<\/p>\n

bibliography. Then pick three from the third batch. Download all the articles and read them.<\/p>\n

Make up your own mind which system you think is better.<\/p>\n

Write a short paper (less than six pages) on your arguments based on the papers provided.<\/p>\n

(Yes, you can research this further if you would like and add to the list of papers.) Write in<\/p>\n

your own words a paper that a) shows you understand the arguments given regarding global<\/p>\n

warming or human caused climate change and b) some diuscussion of likely impacts and c)<\/p>\n

the policy options represented in the two arguments. The titles in italics are general overviews<\/p>\n

of the problem. The rest are on imapcts and then the last are specific as to the cap n\u2019 trade vs<\/p>\n

carbon tax policy options.<\/p>\n

The paper must be original. You will get no points for plagiarism. DO NOT PASTE TEXT<\/p>\n

FROM INTERNET SOURCES. Make sure you reference your new sources as well as the<\/p>\n

ones provided. Use college standards for citing of work. In the body of the text, authors<\/p>\n

should appear in parenthesis with the year of the publication. DO NOT USE FILENAMES or<\/p>\n

URLs AS CITATIONS! It should be author, title, publication and date. Consult the library for<\/p>\n

proper \u201cAPA\u201d citation style. These can be footnotes or endnotes. You should provide a<\/p>\n

bibliographic list at the end.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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