Some Major Contributers to the Problem of Global Warming and an Opposer to the Whole Concept of Global Warming

Global Warming in China: New Documentation

China is one of the biggest polluters on our planet, although still a developing country, China’s cities have some of the most polluted air on earth. This huge nation plays a big role in the climate change for those reasons. It consumes the most coal and it is second in carbon dioxide emissions, after the U.S. Being one of the biggest polluters means that China is playing a big role in Global Warming.

I think that China needs to work on cleaning its air, because it is a very large country and it has caused and probably will continue to cause a lot of damage to the earth’s ozone layer.The Beijing Oplympics are coming up, and China has as one of its goals, to clean up its air before the Olympics. If China takes a few steps to reduce its air pollution, I think that it will do China a whole lot of good, and the rest of the world will benefit as well.

Japan Seeking China’s Cooperation to Cut Air Pollution

In Japan pollution is also a problem, but it is not one that Japan blames on itself. Japan blames its pollution problems on its large neighbor, China. Ozone pollution, is caused when sunlight reacts with emissions from cars and factories. According to this article, China’s pollutants have been found in the air in South Korea, Japan and even on the West Coast of the U.S. Japan is working towards its goal to get the international community to cooperate towards limiting greenhouse emissions.

Japan says that its ozone is polluted by its giant neighbor China. Although China is a big polluter and its pollutants may drift over to its neighboring countries, and even the U.S. I still think that Japan also plays a part in its polluted air. How can it not play a part? When Japan is an industrialized nation, and although it is not as large as China, Japan must make at least some pollutants, enough to pollute its own air at least. Now I’m not saying that China’s pollutants don’t drift over to Japan, but I am saying that Japan does play a part in its own air pollution. I bring this up because it is not mentioned in the article. With that said, I do like that Japan is trying to start on a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Urging all nations to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a good long term plan to at least slow down Global Warming.

Written by: Elvisa Daka

Sources:

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-09/2007-09-25-voa5.cfm?CFID=208120067&CFTOKEN=38277062

http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/chinareport.html

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