WWF Releases a Harsh Statistic

     The World Wide Fund for Nature's Living Planet Index released that the animal population on earth has diminished to less than half it was 30 years ago. This index, which is the main animal census for over 3,000 species, is made every two years. This article contributes the immense decrease rate to human eating too many animals at too high of a rate. It states the animal consumption that humans have become accustomed to can only be sustained by one and a half earths.
      The rapid decline of animal population could have tremendous economic consequences because many industry rely on natural recourses for profit: the fishing industry is a perfect example.
     I agree with the concern stated by this article in that the only way for the life on our planet to be sustained is moderation, but I do not believe that the sole cause of animal depletion is the human race simply having a big food appetite. I think that the industries exploiting ecosystems with high natural resources are the ones who need to mainly be moderated. The industry will only ultimately hurt themselves by dropping majorly in profit when the natural resources they depend on decrease too much. If our ultimate goal is to sustain our earth and economic state so that it may grow and continue to prosper, our use of natural resources simply needs to moderate to an efficient effort and a use that was constant 40 years ago.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/business/wild-life-decline-wwf/index.html?hpt=wo_t2

Obama Fights for Mother Earth

     In the article titled "Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming" Mark Landler and Coral Davenport report how President Obama is working to stop Global Warming. At the United Nations Climate Summit, President Obama expressed his vision of the world working to stop the emission of greenhouse gases. He stated to 100 major nations how he had taken many steps to protect the quality of life in America, but his precautions would not matter if the rest of the world went on emitting so much carbon. He explicitly told China that they need to work specifically because of their stance in the world as a model for other nations. The United States and China are two nations working to create a negotiation for a Global Climate Treaty by 2015.


    The article creates a sense of patriotism for Americans because we are seen in the United Nations as the only nation taking steps to help the world's rising ecological problems. Overall I think the things that Obama said are quite necessary to help China and those who recognize the concern for the environment.
This article could be found on the following link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/world/asia/obama-at-un-climate-summit-calls-for-vast-international-effort.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

The Twisted Interview

 I have been blessed with attending a great school filled with involved and caring students, but after reading "C-SPAN bus rolls into town, but students still skeptical of political process", I am not quite sure that's what the world thinks. Some of the most intellectual classmates I have seemed to be dumbed down to citizens who care more about a good meal at McDonalds than involvement in our country's political process. Immediately after reading the article, I knew that my classmates had been misunderstood by the reporter, Miss Colias.
     
      Each of my classmates that were listed in the article had trouble recollecting the quotes that she included in her article. They recognized that the only time that they said such negative things about the political process is when they were either speaking of reasons other people dislike the political process; the opinions listed as theirs were not their own genuine opinions. It was astounding how the reporter twisted their words so that they seemed to imply something far from reality.