Essays on Environment Problems

Are plastic straws necessary? Plastic straws trace origin in 1888 when Marvin Stone, a Washington resident, wrapped a paper around a pencil and glued it together to form a straw. From there, Stone’s invention was improved. Plastic straws are now found everywhere and are mostly discarded on land or in...

A garden refers to a well-planned outdoor space that people cultivate and plant trees, flowers, fruits, and vegetables. A garden includes both natural and artificial materials to prepare the ground for cultivation. For a garden to be referred to as a garden, it consists of soil, sunlight, water, fertilizer and...

Writing Process Writing process is like a sectioned triangle where one begins from broad view of writing then narrows as one moves up as a result of improvement. Different characteristics are learnt at different levels and from a wide view to specific style. Writing is follows some instructions and improves over...

Although globalization has had positive impacts on the development of various countries, it is associated with adverse effects on the climate through an increase in the greenhouse gas emissions.  Globalization has gradually increased across the world as interconnections and relationships are created between various countries to keep up with the...

Every plant and animals are part of the ecosystem of the particular place where its habitat is. So destroying plant or animals beyond natural causes their death, this destroys the ecosystem and creates imbalance in nature in the long run. So it is advisable to protect the endangered species because...

My primary motivation for writing the draft My primary motivation for writing the draft is to put into practice my newly acquired writing skills. The intended audience was my peers who could later look into the draft and develop responsive feedback which will be instrumental for consideration in the enhancement of...

Is it “possible to get ourselves to sincerely doubt things, despite abundant evidence to the contrary”? This is the question Dr. Angel Pinillos invites us to answer with respect to public conversations on climate change. His article titled “Knowledge, Ignorance and Climate Change” published in the New York Times opinion...

Introduction With increased population on the planet, human beings have increasingly cleared land for settlement hence reducing the forest cover and increased greenhouse gasses emission into the atmosphere leading to global warming that results in climate change which its effects are visible across the world from high temperatures to disasters leading...

Plastic Straws and the Need for a Ban Plastic straws are non-biodegradable; banning it beats plastic pollution in the environment. There has been a heated debate on whether to get rid of plastic straws in Canada and other world countries in the recent past. This debate has been brought about by...

The American economy depends largely on fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, and oil. According to Maczulak (2010), America uses more energy than it can produce; hence, it must import to meet the deficit. Despite offering immense benefits to the Americans and indeed other nations of the world, the burning...

Recent statistics depict that there will be an increase in reliability of alternative sources of energy by 2020. At least 26 percent of the total primary energy will come from alternative energy sources (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). This trend has been established based on analysis of a pattern of...

In Michael Specter’s essay “Bigfoot,” Michael talks about the issue of increasing pollution from carbon emissions, and what causes the emissions. He explains that we as humans produce a whole lot of emissions from everyday tasks that we would hardly think about. Some examples are driving to work, flying in...