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Global Warming
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Global Warming
Global warming has been attributed to the earth's changing atmospheric conditions. There
are opposing views on global warming with some factions terming it a hoax, while the other
parties advocate for better and more environmentally-safe ways of going about various activities
to mitigate the effects of global warming. These two groups, the Union for Concerned Scientists
and the Americans for Prosperity that hold differing views on the topic. The Union of Concerned
Scientists advocates for the sensitization of the masses on the effects of global warming, the
science, and the ways to control global warming. The Americans for Prosperity are a
conservative party and are of the view that reduced carbon emissions would reduce the economic
prosperity. The Americans for Prosperity has openly opposed moves to mitigate global warming
such as the President Obama global warming regulations. However, both parties are concerned
with the overall well-being of the American society and both can work together to mobilize
stakeholders, policies, and drive the reduction of greenhouse emissions agenda.
The Union of Concerned Scientists has dedicated part of its agenda to educating and
researching on global warming. The earth has been getting warmer every year for the past 40
years (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2018). This is attributed to the release of greenhouse gases
that are generated by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. These are generated
when powering vehicles, generating electricity, and heating homes among other activities. This
has adverse consequences on the planet such as flooding due to heavy rains and rising sea levels,
extreme heat waves, and severe droughts (Trenberth, 2013).
The Americans for Prosperity is a conservative political party. The organization is aimed
at recruiting, educating, and mobilizing US citizens to support policies and goals that make
America free and help the less fortunate achieve their dreams (Americans for Prosperity, 2018).
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The party aims at achieving this by championing policies for economic freedom, education, and
building a culture geared towards economic freedom. Some of the projects that the party is
involved in include the advocacy for the better use of economic resources. This includes
monitoring the government spending on energy projects that are quite costly. This has led them
to be widely opposed to climate change issues (Riley, 2016).
The Americans for Prosperity and the Union of Concerned Scientists have several factors
that they share. To begin with, both the groups use the same mechanisms to get their message
across to their supporters. For example, the Union of Concerned Scientists uses education
through its website to sensitize the masses on global warming among other issues. Americans for
Prosperity use their website to engage people in conversation as well as post articles concerning
their activities. The two groups also are heavily invested in research by conducting own research
and partnering with other research partners.
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Americans for Prosperity also have an
understanding of global warming and climate change. The two groups know that climate change
is real and it is happening but one group, the Union of Concerned Scientists, is more vocal in
supporting anti-climate change policies. Additionally, the two groups are involved in the
formulation of various national policies by engaging in research and lobbying activities. Both
groups have the vision to build a better world in their various capacities. The Union of
Concerned Scientists aims at achieving this through science while the Americans for Prosperity
aim to achieve this through empowering economic prosperity.
With dialogue and good team building mediators, the two parties can come together
under a compromise to deliver a workable union that will enable each organization to meet its
end goal efficiently. The two organizations have similar visions that involve the people enjoying
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a better future. The Americans for Prosperity are good at politics and use politics as a means to
achieving their goals. Their main concern is the economic empowerment and freedom of the
society. As such, the end compromise has to deliver economic freedom to the people. There are
many opportunities in climate change that can deliver opportunities for economic empowerment.
The Union of Concerned Scientists aims at ensuring that the effects of global warming
and climate change are mitigated by the implementation of environmentally friendly policies.
The end compromise for these two groups is the formulation of activities that generate economic
sense while at the same time generating economic freedom. The objective of this solution is to
deliver a safe environment to the people through engagement in green business. This means the
wind power has to be commercialized and bringing business sense into other green projects that
will generate income for many people.
By undertaking such a compromise, both parties will be in a win-win situation. This
solution requires that both parties have concrete gains. The Americans for Prosperity want the
people to be empowered economically and with global warming, farmers are affected by lower
growing seasons. This gives the farmers have a unique opportunity to move to higher value crops
such as soybeans (Rubin, 2017). This will improve their income. Additionally, practices such as
agroforestry will help to create microclimates that will enable farmers to get more produce and
also mitigate the effects of climate change. The trees will help absorb more carbon dioxide which
will mitigate global warming.
Global warming is caused by the generation of carbon dioxide as a result of burning
fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel. There is an opportunity to generate more power by
combining fossil fuels and green energy such as wind power and electricity. This is through the
hybrid engines. This will lower the cost of production, therefore, increase profits and also help to
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lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment. This is all possible through good
research, policies and proper stakeholder partnerships. The two organizations can deliver this by
Union of Concerned Scientists delivering the research and bringing on-board green investors and
stakeholders while the Americans for Prosperity can help formulate policies and bring on board
investors and stakeholders for implementation.
In conclusion, global warming is the steady increase in the global atmospheric
temperatures that is caused by the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a
result of burning fossil fuels. This is a topic that has been under heavy research and has solicited
varying emotions, opinions, and support. The Union of Concerned Scientists supports anti-global
warming campaign whereas the Americans for Prosperity are slow to support the cause as it may
lead to reduced economic freedom which is their main area of concern. With the right forum and
leadership, a compromise between the two groups can lead to new policy formulations that can
create new innovations that will lead to improved livelihoods and economic stability. This
compromise means that solutions for anti-global warming have to be commercialized and lead to
little disruption while safeguarding the economic prosperity of the people.
Reference
About. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://americansforprosperity.org/about/
Dunlap, R. E., Mccright, A. M., & Yarosh, J. H. (2016). The Political Divide on Climate Change:
Partisan Polarization Widens in the U.S. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable
Development, 58(5), 4-23. doi:10.1080/00139157.2016.1208995
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Global Warming Science. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/globalwarming/science-and-impacts/global-warming-science#.W5XGCuhKg2w
Rubin, J. (2017). Economic Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Climate. Environment
& Energy, Retrieved from https://www.cigionline.org/multimedia/economic-challengesand-opportunities-changing-climate
Trenberth, K., Dai, A., Schrier, G., Jones. P., Barichivich, J., Briffa, K., & Sheffield, J. (2013).
Global warming and changes in drought. Nature Climate Change, 4, 17–22.
doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE2067.
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Overview
Part 1 of this Project 2 assignment asks you to choose one stakeholder from Project 1
and to locate two of the stakeholder’s images (either static or dynamic), which represent
the stakeholder’s goal(s). You will answer guiding questions to help you think critically
about the visual and rhetorical strategies a particular organization (stakeholder)
implements in its campaign.
Skills & Strategies
This Part 1 Assignment will help you to
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identify a stakeholder who has an active website and who has an invested interest in
the controversial issue you researched in Project 1
determine a stakeholder’s goals that encompass its interests, missions, and
message
analyze the stakeholder’s use of two images as argument
make connections between the stakeholder’s goals and the visual campaign
Description
Begin by selecting an organization (stakeholder) that is engaged in the controversial
issue you researched in Project 1. Explore the stakeholder’s goals that encompass its
interests, missions, and message. Find two specific images created by the stakeholder.
The stakeholder you identify may present these images via advertisements, Public
Service Announcements, flyers, billboards, or on its website. Images may be static (still)
or dynamic (literal movement) or a combination of both. If you choose a dynamic image,
you must be able to take a clear screen shot of the image. Start thinking about how the
organization’s two images might reflect its goals and argument. Respond to the
following critical examination questions. Note: these questions map onto your course
rubric to guide your assessment of this visual analysis. Upload your list of answers as a
worksheet to MyReviewers by the due date.
Questions
1. Choose one stakeholder from Project 1 as your focus for Project 2 and locate two of
the stakeholder’s images (either static or dynamic), which represent the
stakeholder’s goals. Include a description of the images.
2. Look at both of your images and consider their rhetorical situation. What are their
purposes or goals, how are the images conveying and supporting these purposes or
goals, and what audiences are the images trying to reach with their messages?
Please include specific details about both images that help you answer the
questions.
3. Reflect on how your images are created to convey the stakeholder’s goal. How do
the visual design principles of the image, including the colors, text, and pictures (and
whatever other design principles you recognize), work together to persuade the
audience to agree with the stakeholder’s message?
4. Think about your images in terms of ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos. Identify
elements of each rhetorical appeal in both of your images.
Rhetorical Appeal
Appeal to Logos: How does the
stakeholder use reason and logic in
the image to appeal to its
audience? Point to specific details.
Appeal to Pathos: What ways does
the stakeholder appeal to its
audience’s emotion through the
image? Point to specific details.
Appeal to Ethos: How does the
stakeholder use credibility,
reputation, and/or morality appeals
in the image to persuade its
audience? Point to specific details.
Appeal to Kairos: In what ways
might the stakeholder use an
appeal to timeliness to influence its
audience? Point to specific details.
Image 1
Image 2
1. Using the information, you have accumulated so far, explain how the two images
you have chosen support the goals of the stakeholder organization. Your answer
should be at least 200 words.
2. Take a screen shot of your two images and paste your two images here.
Helpful Hints
Choose a stakeholder that has an active website to ensure that the organization you
choose is substantial enough for you to research and provide information in your
subsequent assignments and projects throughout the semester.
Keep your focus on the relationship between the two images and the stakeholder’s main
argument, including how the two images represent the stakeholder’s goals that
encompass its interests, missions, and message.
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